| 7 | Rinaldo Capello / Tom Kristensen / Allan McNish | Audi R10 TDI | Audi Sport Team Joest | 3:35.0370 |
| 8 | Frank Biela / Emanuele Pirro / Marco Werner | Audi R10 TDI | Audi Sport Team Joest | 3:35.9270 |
| 17 | Franck Montagny / Eric Hélary / Sébastien Loeb | Pescarolo C60 Hybrid Judd | Pescarolo Sport | 3:36.3810 |
| 16 | Erik Comas / Emmanuel Collard / Christophe Bouchut | Pescarolo C60 Hybrid Judd | Pescarolo Sport | 3:36.5130 |
| 9 | Nicolas Minassian / Filipe Ortiz / Beppe Gabbiani | Creation CA06/H Judd | Creation Autosportif Ltd. | 3:37.5560 |
| 13 | Shinji Nakano / Haruki Kurosawa / Jean-Marc Gounon | Courage LC70 Mugen | Courage Competition | 3:38.2070 |
| 2 | John Nielsen / Casper Elgaard / Philip Andersen | Zytek 06S | Zytek Engineering | 3:40.2230 |
| 25 | Mike Newton / Thomas Erdos / Andy Wallace | MG Lola EX264 AER | RML | 3:43.8170 |
| 14 | Jan Lammers / Alex Yoong / Stefan Johansson | Dome S101 HB Judd | Racing for Holland | 3:44.1130 |
| 5 | Harold Primat / Marcel Fässler / Philipp Peter | Courage LC70 Judd | Swiss Spirit | 3:44.4050 |
| 33 | Clint Field / Liz Halliday / Duncan Dayton | Lola B05/40 AER | Intersport Racing | 3:49.6970 |
| 39 | Miguel Amaral / Miguel Ángel de Castro / Angel Burgueño | Lola B05/40 AER | Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport | 3:50.0830 |
| 12 | Sam Hancock / Gregor Fisken / Alexander Frei | Courage LC70 Mugen | Courage Competition | 3:51.7110 |
| 32 | Juan Barazi / Michael Vergers / Neil Cunningham | Courage C65 AER | Barazi Epsilon | 3:52.2870 |
| 007 | Tomáš Enge / Darren Turner / Andrea Piccini | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin Racing | 3:53.3890 |
| 64 | Oliver Gavin / Olivier Beretta / Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Corvette Racing | 3:55.7430 |
| 72 | Jérôme Policand / Patrice Goueslard / Luc Alphand | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Luc Alphand Aventures | 3:55.7950 |
| 009 | Pedro Lamy / Stéphane Sarrazin / Stéphane Ortelli | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin Racing | 3:55.8220 |
| 67 | Robert Pergl / Peter Kox / Alex Vasiliev | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Convers MenX Team | 3:57.0160 |
| 63 | Ron Fellows / Johnny O'Connell / Max Papis | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Corvette Racing | 3:57.2300 |
| 22 | Martin Short / João Barbosa / Stuart Moseley | Radical SR9 Judd | Rollcentre Racing | 3:57.5050 |
| 37 | Didier André / Yann Clairay / Jean-Bernard Bouvet | Courage C65 Ford | Paul Belmondo Racing | 3:58.0380 |
| 69 | Fabrizio Gollin / Fabio Babini / Christian Pescatori | Aston Martin DBR9 | BMS Scuderia Italia | 3:58.1390 |
| 36 | Claude-Yves Gosselin / Karim Ojjea / Pierre Ragues | Courage C65 Ford | Paul Belmondo Racing | 3:58.3630 |
| 19 | Bob Berridge / Gareth Evans / Peter Owen | Lola B06/10 AER | Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport | 3:58.6150 |
| 62 | Antonio Garcia / David Brabham / Nelson Piquet, Jr. | Aston Martin DBR9 | Russian Age Racing | 3:58.9350 |
| 35 | Frank Hahn / Edward Morris / Jean-François Leroch | Courage C65 Judd | G-Force Racing | 3:59.1100 |
| 20 | Marc Rostan / Chris MacAllister / Simon Pullan | Pilbeam MP93 Judd | Pierre Bruneau | 3:59.7480 |
| 6 | Jens Moller / Gavin Pickering / Nick Kiesa | Lister Storm LMP Hybrid | Lister Storm Racing | 4:02.1920 |
| 66 | Johnny Mowlem / Terry Borcheller / Christian Fittipaldi | Saleen S7-R | ACEMCO Motorsports | 4:02.4000 |
| 24 | Yojiro Terada / Allen Timpany / William Binnie | Lola B05/40 Zytek | Binnie Motorsports | 4:02.9420 |
| 50 | Gabriele Gardel / Patrick Bornhauser / Jean-Luc Blanchemain | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Larbre Competition | 4:04.2520 |
| 27 | John Macaluso / Andy Lally / Ian James | Courage C65 AER | Miracle Motorsports | 4:04.2900 |
| 61 | Tim Sugden / Christian Vann / Nigel Smith | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Russian Age Racing | 4:04.7060 |
| 53 | Marco Apicella / Yasutaka Hinoi / Kouji Yamanishi | Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT | JLOC Isao Noritake | 4:05.3030 |
| 80 | Seth Neiman / Patrick Long / Johannes Van Overbeek | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Flying Lizard Motorsports | 4:06.1300 |
| 76 | Raymond Narac / Romain Dumas / Luca Riccitelli | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | IMSA Performance Matmut | 4:07.1530 |
| 87 | Andrew Kirkaldy / Tim Mullen / Chris Niarchos | Ferrari F430 GTC | Scuderia Ecosse | 4:09.0520 |
| 86 | Donny Crevels / Peter Dumbreck / Tom Coronel | Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R | Spyker Squadron B.V. | 4:10.0020 |
| 89 | Xavier Pompidou / Thorkild Thyrring / Christian Ried | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Sebah Automotive Ltd. | 4:10.6360 |
| 30 | Patrice Roussel / Frédéric Hauchard / Julien Briche | WR LMP2 Peugeot | Gerard Welter | 4:10.6720 |
| 77 | Scott Maxwell / Gunnar Jeannette / Tommy Milner | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Multimatic Motorsport - Team Panoz | 4:11.0250 |
| 85 | Jeroen Bleekemolen / Mike Hezemans / Jonny Kane | Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R | Spyker Squadron B.V. | 4:12.6010 |
| 83 | Lars Nielsen / Dominik Farnbacher / Pierre Ehret | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Seikel Motorsport | 4:15.3520 |
| 93 | Philip Collin / Kazuyuki Nishizawa | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Team Taisan Advan | 4:16.1730 |
| 91 | Yutaka Yamagishi / Miro Konôpka / Jean-René de Fournoux | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | T2M Motorsport | 4:23.6580 |
| 73 | Yves Lambert / Christian Lefort / Romain Iannetta | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Ice Pol Racing Team | 4:25.7070 |
| 98 | Patrick Bourdais / Tom Cloet / Adam Sharpe | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Noel del Bello | 4:26.8040 |
| 81 | Lawrence Tomlinson / Richard Dean / Tom Kimber-Smith | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Team LNT | 4:33.5690 |