| 1st | 2 | Ricardo Zonta / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:22.1660 |
| 2nd | 1 | Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:22.4190 |
| 3rd | 3 | Christophe Tinseau / Franck Lagorce | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:23.5920 |
| 4th | 11 | Christophe Bouchut / Bernd Mayländer | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:23.7710 |
| 5th | 12 | Marcel Tiemann / Jean-Marc Gounon | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:23.8240 |
| 6th | 6 | Michael Bartels / Max Angelelli | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:24.0420 |
| 7th | 7 | Yannick Dalmas / Allan McNish | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:24.1590 |
| 8th | 8 | Uwe Alzen / Jörg Müller | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:24.1880 |
| 9th | 15 | Geoff Lees / Thomas Bscher | McLaren F1 GTR | Davidoff Classic | 1:24.4810 |
| 10th | 5 | Andreas Scheld / Armin Hahne | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:25.1050 |
| 11th | 56 | Claudia Hürtgen / Stéphane Ortelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:31.2690 |
| 12th | 70 | Harald Becker / Cor Euser / Christian Vann | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:31.2690 |
| 13th | 57 | Bruno Eichmann / Mike Hezemans | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:31.5370 |
| 14th | 66 | Franz Konrad / Altfrid Heger | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:31.6910 |
| 15th | 53 | Ni Amorim / Manfred Stohl | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:31.7910 |
| 16th | 51 | Olivier Beretta / Pedro Lamy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:31.8450 |
| 17th | 58 | André Ahrlé / Sascha Maassen | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Sportsystem | 1:32.8660 |
| 18th | 65 | Martin Stretton / Toni Seiler | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:33.4660 |
| 19th | 60 | Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Marco Spinelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:33.4760 |
| 20th | 81 | Wolfgang Kaufmann / Michel Ligonnet | Porsche 911 GT2 | Freisinger Motorsport | 1:34.8080 |
| 21st | 76 | Ernst Palmberger / Manfred Jurasz / Gerhard Marchner | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 1:34.8840 |
| 22nd | 62 | *Uwe Sick / *Axel Rohr | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:35.3000 |
| 23rd | 96 | Horst Felbermayr / Horst Felbermayr, Jr. | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:35.6910 |
| 24th | 67 | Herbert Drexler / Wido Rössler | Porsche 911 GT2 | Remus Racing | 1:36.7130 |
| 25th | 79 | Raffaele Sangiuolo / Günther Blieninger / Hans-Jörg Hofer | Porsche 911 GT2 | RWS | 1:36.8950 |
| 26th | 69 | Patrick Vuillaume / Gerold Ried | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:37.2380 |
| 27th | 61 | Bruno Lambert / Mauro Casadei / Karl Baron | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:38.0490 |
| 28th | 78 | Kalman Bodis / Ferenc Ratkai | Porsche 911 GT2 | Bovi Motorsport | 1:42.7460 |