| 1st | 5 | Anthony Davidson / Sébastien Buemi / Kazuki Nakajima | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:44.3680 |
| 2nd | 8 | Lucas di Grassi / Loic Duval / Oliver Jarvis | Audi R18 | Audi Sport Team Joest | 1:44.4200 |
| 3rd | 2 | Romain Dumas / Neel Jani / Marc Lieb | Porsche 919 Hybrid | Porsche Team | 1:44.5960 |
| 4th | 1 | Timo Bernhard / Mark Webber / Brendon Hartley | Porsche 919 Hybrid | Porsche Team | 1:44.6180 |
| 5th | 6 | Stéphane Sarrazin / Mike Conway / Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:44.9830 |
| 6th | 7 | Andre Lotterer / Marcel Fässler / Benoit Tréluyer | Audi R18 | Audi Sport Team Joest | 1:45.2090 |
| 7th | 13 | Mathéo Tuscher / Dominik Kraihamer / Alexandre Imperatori | Rebellion R-One AER | Rebellion Racing | 1:50.1150 |
| 8th | 4 | Pierre Kaffer / Simon Trummer / Oliver Webb | CLM P1/01 AER | Bykolles Racing Team | 1:51.3350 |
| 9th | 36 | Gustavo Menezes / Nicolas Lapierre / Stéphane Richelmi | Alpine A460 Nissan | Signatech Alpine | 1:53.8800 |
| 10th | 45 | Tor Graves / Roberto Gonzalez / Mathias Beche | Oreca 05 Nissan | Manor | 1:54.0010 |
| 11th | 26 | Roman Rusinov / Alex Brundle / Will Stevens | Oreca 05 Nissan | G-Drive Racing | 1:54.1740 |
| 12th | 44 | Matthew Rao / Richard Bradley / Alex Lynn | Oreca 05 Nissan | Manor | 1:54.6760 |
| 13th | 31 | Ryan Dalziel / Pipo Derani / Chris Cumming | Ligier JS P2 Nissan | Extreme Speed Motorsports | 1:54.7730 |
| 14th | 30 | Antonio Giovinazzi / Tom Blomqvist / Sean Gelael | Ligier JS P2 Nissan | Extreme Speed Motorsports | 1:55.0100 |
| 15th | 43 | Ricardo Gonzalez / Filipe Albuquerque / Bruno Senna | Ligier JS P2 Nissan | RGR Sport by Morand | 1:56.0590 |
| 16th | 27 | Nicolas Minassian / Mikhail Aleshin / Maurizio Mediani | BR01 Nissan | SMP Racing | 1:56.3140 |
| 17th | 37 | Vitaly Petrov / Kirill Ladygin / Victor Shaytar | BR01 Nissan | SMP Racing | 1:57.0260 |
| 18th | 35 | David Cheng / Ho-Pin Tung / Paul-Loup Chatin | Alpine A460 Nissan | Baxi DC Racing Alpine | 1:58.8000 |
| 19th | 67 | Andy Priaulx / Harry Tincknell | Ford GT | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 2:01.5430 |
| 20th | 66 | Stefan Mücke / Olivier Pla | Ford GT | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 2:01.7250 |
| 21st | 95 | Marco Sørensen / Nicki Thiim | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | Aston Martin Racing | 2:02.2260 |
| 22nd | 51 | Gianmaria Bruni / James Calado | Ferrari 488 GTE | AF Corse | 2:02.3130 |
| 23rd | 71 | Davide Rigon / Sam Bird | Ferrari 488 GTE | AF Corse | 2:02.4030 |
| 24th | 97 | Ritchie Stanaway / Darren Turner | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | Aston Martin Racing | 2:02.4460 |
| 25th | 77 | Richard Lietz / Michael Christensen | Porsche 991 RSR (2016) | Dempsey - Proton Racing | 2:03.1910 |
| 26th | 98 | Paul Dalla Lana / Pedro Lamy / Mathias Lauda | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | Aston Martin Racing | 2:04.0300 |
| 27th | 83 | François Perrodo / Emmanuel Collard / Rui Aguas | Ferrari 458 Italia | AF Corse | 2:04.3480 |
| 28th | 88 | Khaled Al Qubaisi / David Heinemeier Hansson / Patrick Long | Porsche 991 RSR | Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing | 2:04.4910 |
| 29th | 86 | Mike Wainwright / Adam Carroll / Ben Barker | Porsche 991 RSR | Gulf Racing | 2:04.8490 |
| 30th | 50 | Pierre Ragues / Ricky Taylor / Romain Brandela | Chevrolet Corvette C7-Z06 | Larbre Competition | 2:06.1150 |
| 31st | 78 | Christian Ried / Wolf Henzler / Joël Camathias | Porsche 991 RSR | KCMG | 2:06.1880 |