| 7 | Pedro Lamy / Yannick Dalmas / Allan McNish | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | Porsche AG | 1:56.0390 |
| 12 | Bernd Mayländer / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:56.5680 |
| 8 | J.J. Lehto / Steve Soper | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Team BMW Motorsport | 1:57.3940 |
| 11 | Bernd Schneider / Alexander Wurz / Aguri Suzuki | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:58.4180 |
| 5 | Perry McCarthy / David Brabham / Olivier Grouillard | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | David Price Racing | 1:58.6200 |
| 1 | Geoff Lees / Andrew Gilbert-Scott / John Nielsen | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Gulf Team Davidoff/GTC | 1:58.6270 |
| 10 | Alessandro Nannini / Marcel Tiemann / Bernd Schneider | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:58.7130 |
| 3 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Anders Olofsson / Jean-Marc Gounon | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Gulf Team Davidoff/GTC | 1:58.7760 |
| 20 | Eric Bernard / Franck Lagorce | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:58.9460 |
| 44 | Keiichi Tsuchiya / Masanori Sekiya / Akihiko Nakaya | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Team Lark McLaren | 1:59.2670 |
| 17 | Mauro Baldi / Emmanuel Collard / Alain Ferté | Porsche 911 GT1 | JB Racing | 1:59.5080 |
| 6 | Hans-Joachim Stuck / Thierry Boutsen / Bob Wollek | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | Porsche AG | 2:00.1680 |
| 9 | Peter Kox / Roberto Ravaglia | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Team BMW Motorsport | 2:00.8490 |
| 27 | Gary Ayles / Chris Goodwin / Stefan Johansson | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Parabolica Motorsport | 2:04.6530 |
| 15 | Jérôme Policand / Fabien Giroix / Ratanakul Prutirat | Lotus Elise GT1 | First Racing Project | 2:04.7680 |
| 39 | Tatsuya Tanigawa / Yuuji Tachikawa / Yasutaka Hinoi | SARD MC897-R Toyota (SW20) | IDC Ootsukakagu SARD | 2:05.9410 |
| 46 | Masami Kageyama / Tetsuya Tanaka | SARD MC897-R Toyota (SW20) | Team Menicon SARD | 2:06.0870 |
| 51 | Philippe Gache / Olivier Beretta | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 2:07.5020 |
| 59 | Cor Euser / Harald Becker / Herman Buurman | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 2:07.9680 |
| 52 | Justin Bell / Hideshi Matsuda / Tommy Archer | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Oreca Racing | 2:08.6990 |
| 56 | Bruno Eichmann / Ni Amorim / Claudia Hürtgen | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 2:09.4230 |
| 83 | Patrice Goueslard / Jean-Luc Chéreau / Jack Leconte | Porsche 911 GT2 | Larbre Competition | 2:09.9150 |
| 16 | Christophe Bouchut / Carl Rosenblad / Ralf Kelleners | Porsche 911 GT1 | Roock Racing | 2:12.2100 |
| 57 | Pedro Chaves / Robert Nearn / Hisashi Wada | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 2:12.5990 |
| 53 | Manabu Orido / Naohiro Kawano / Yukihiro Hane | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering Viper | 2:13.1820 |
| 66 | Franz Konrad / Seiichi Sodeyama / Wolfgang Kaufmann | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 2:13.2310 |
| 58 | Michel Monteiro / Manuel Monteiro / Henri-Louis Maunoir | Porsche 911 GT2 | Estoril Racing Team | 2:14.0110 |
| 50 | Michel Ligonnet / Luca Drudi / Masahiro Kimoto | Porsche 911 GT2 | Agusta Racing/Haberthur | 2:14.1290 |
| 25 | Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Jun Harada / Tomiko Yoshikawa | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | BBA Compétition | 2:14.6910 |
| 69 | Gerold Ried / Manfred Jurasz / Patrick Vuillaume | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 2:17.9530 |
| 62 | Denis Lay / Uwe Sick / Franz Hunkeler | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 2:19.1760 |
| 85 | Takeshi Yuasa / Kiyoaki Hanai / Akio Tomita | Nissan Silvia (S13) | Team Signal | 2:40.6990 |