| 11 | Bernd Schneider / Alexander Wurz | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:41.8650 |
| 12 | Bernd Mayländer / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:42.0560 |
| 8 | J.J. Lehto / Steve Soper | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Team BMW Motorsport | 1:42.4990 |
| 10 | Alessandro Nannini / Marcel Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:42.5910 |
| 7 | Yannick Dalmas / Bob Wollek | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | Porsche AG | 1:43.2970 |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen / Ralf Kelleners | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | Porsche AG | 1:43.5020 |
| 20 | Franck Lagorce / Eric Bernard | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:43.5550 |
| 17 | Mauro Baldi / Emmanuel Collard | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | JB Racing | 1:43.8450 |
| 9 | Peter Kox / Roberto Ravaglia | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Team BMW Motorsport | 1:43.8600 |
| 21 | Christophe Bouchut / Carl Rosenblad | Porsche 911 GT1 | Kremer Racing | 1:43.9100 |
| 3 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Jean-Marc Gounon | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Gulf Team Davidoff | 1:44.1570 |
| 4 | Andy Wallace / Olivier Grouillard | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | Dave Price Racing | 1:44.7250 |
| 22 | Christian Pescatori / Pierluigi Martini | Porsche 911 GT1 | BMS Scuderia Italia | 1:45.3280 |
| 14 | Jan Lammers / Mike Hezemans | Lotus Elise GT1 | GT1 Lotus Racing | 1:45.3640 |
| 1 | Anders Olofsson / Geoff Lees | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Gulf Team Davidoff | 1:45.6980 |
| 27 | Gary Ayles / Chris Goodwin | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Parabolica Motorsport | 1:45.7900 |
| 5 | Perry McCarthy / David Brabham | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | Dave Price Racing | 1:45.9190 |
| 2 | John Nielsen / Thomas Bscher | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Gulf Team Davidoff | 1:45.9270 |
| 19 | Alexander Grau / Marco Werner | Lotus Elise GT1 | MVR Lotus Racing | 1:47.0300 |
| 23 | Luca Badoer / Mimmo Schiattarella | Lotus Elise GT1 | GBF | 1:47.4560 |
| 51 | Philippe Gache / Olivier Beretta | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:51.9730 |
| 52 | Luca Drudi / Justin Bell | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:52.6950 |
| 59 | Harald Becker / Cor Euser | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:53.7210 |
| 57 | Ni Amorim / Patrice Goueslard / Pedro Chaves | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:54.8970 |
| 65 | Luca Riccitelli / Raffaele Sangiuolo / Mario Spagnoli | Porsche 911 GT2 | RWS | 1:54.9040 |
| 31 | Stefano Buttiero / Horst Felbermayr / Hans-Jörg Hofer | Porsche 911 GT2 Evo | Karl Augustin | 1:55.3990 |
| 77 | Robert Schirle / Peter Owen / Mark Peters | Ford Saleen Mustang | Cirtek Motorsport | 1:55.9150 |
| 66 | Toni Seiler / Marco Spinelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:56.3990 |
| 55 | Wolfgang Kaufmann / Ernst Gschwender | Porsche 911 GT2 | Karl Augustin | 1:56.7130 |
| 73 | Bruno Michelotti / Andrew Bagnall / Jacques Corbet | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 1:56.7980 |
| 53 | Leonardo Maddalena / Renato Mastropietro / Piergiuseppe Peroni | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:56.9770 |
| 87 | Hugh Price / John Robinson / Mike Martin | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:57.0350 |
| 60 | Mauro Simoncini / Alfons Taels | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:57.3340 |
| 24 | Max Angelelli / Ralf Kalaschek / Davide Campana | Lotus Elise GT1 | GBF | 1:57.5890 |
| 58 | Manuel Monteiro / Michel Monteiro | Porsche 911 GT2 | Estoril Racing Team | 1:57.7070 |
| 68 | Philipp Peter / Angelo Zadra | Porsche 911 GT2 | Angelo Zadra | 1:57.9270 |
| 63 | Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | Krauss Rennsport Technik | 1:58.2930 |
| 62 | Axel Rohr / Uwe Sick / Denis Lay | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:58.3560 |
| 70 | Günther Blieninger / Klaus Horn / Rainer Bonnetsmüller | Porsche 911 GT2 | Dellenbach Motorsport | 1:58.6090 |
| 64 | Tomas Saldaña / Alfonso de Orleans | Porsche 911 GT2 | Kremer Racing | 1:58.9920 |
| 69 | Patrick Vuillaume / Gerold Ried / Manfred Jurasz | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 2:03.5130 |