| 1st | 6 | Stéphane Sarrazin / Mike Conway / Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:23.2390 |
| 2nd | 8 | Lucas di Grassi / Loic Duval / Oliver Jarvis | Audi R18 | Audi Sport Team Joest | 1:23.2860 |
| 3rd | 5 | Anthony Davidson / Sébastien Buemi / Kazuki Nakajima | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 1:23.4820 |
| 4th | 1 | Timo Bernhard / Mark Webber / Brendon Hartley | Porsche 919 Hybrid | Porsche Team | 1:23.6650 |
| 5th | 7 | Andre Lotterer / Marcel Fässler / Benoit Tréluyer | Audi R18 | Audi Sport Team Joest | 1:23.7110 |
| 6th | 2 | Romain Dumas / Neel Jani / Marc Lieb | Porsche 919 Hybrid | Porsche Team | 1:24.1360 |
| 7th | 13 | Mathéo Tuscher / Dominik Kraihamer / Alexandre Imperatori | Rebellion R-One AER | Rebellion Racing | 1:27.9860 |
| 8th | 4 | Pierre Kaffer / Simon Trummer / Oliver Webb | CLM P1/01 AER | Bykolles Racing Team | 1:30.0190 |
| 9th | 36 | Gustavo Menezes / Nicolas Lapierre / Stéphane Richelmi | Alpine A460 Nissan | Signatech Alpine | 1:31.8130 |
| 10th | 31 | Ryan Dalziel / Pipo Derani / Chris Cumming | Ligier JS P2 Nissan | Extreme Speed Motorsports | 1:31.8230 |
| 11th | 42 | Lewis Williamson / Jonny Kane | Gibson 015S Nissan | Strakka Racing | 1:32.0000 |
| 12th | 26 | Roman Rusinov / Alex Brundle / Will Stevens | Oreca 05 Nissan | G-Drive Racing | 1:32.0640 |
| 13th | 35 | David Cheng / Ho-Pin Tung / Paul-Loup Chatin | Alpine A460 Nissan | Baxi DC Racing Alpine | 1:32.2890 |
| 14th | 30 | Antonio Giovinazzi / Giedo Van Der Garde / Sean Gelael | Ligier JS P2 Nissan | Extreme Speed Motorsports | 1:32.4820 |
| 15th | 43 | Ricardo Gonzalez / Filipe Albuquerque / Bruno Senna | Ligier JS P2 Nissan | RGR Sport by Morand | 1:32.8860 |
| 16th | 27 | Nicolas Minassian / Mikhail Aleshin / Maurizio Mediani | BR01 Nissan | SMP Racing | 1:32.9170 |
| 17th | 44 | Matthew Rao / Richard Bradley / Roberto Merhi | Oreca 05 Nissan | Manor | 1:32.9690 |
| 18th | 37 | Vitaly Petrov / Kirill Ladygin / Victor Shaytar | BR01 Nissan | SMP Racing | 1:33.1250 |
| 19th | 45 | Tor Graves / Alex Lynn / Shinji Nakano | Oreca 05 Nissan | Manor | 1:33.5740 |
| 20th | 67 | Andy Priaulx / Harry Tincknell | Ford GT | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 1:37.7190 |
| 21st | 66 | Stefan Mücke / Olivier Pla | Ford GT | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 1:37.8170 |
| 22nd | 71 | Davide Rigon / Sam Bird | Ferrari 488 GTE | AF Corse | 1:37.9330 |
| 23rd | 51 | Gianmaria Bruni / James Calado | Ferrari 488 GTE | AF Corse | 1:38.1540 |
| 24th | 95 | Marco Sørensen / Nicki Thiim | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | Aston Martin Racing | 1:38.5200 |
| 25th | 97 | Ritchie Stanaway / Darren Turner | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | Aston Martin Racing | 1:38.7550 |
| 26th | 77 | Richard Lietz / Michael Christensen | Porsche 991 RSR (2016) | Dempsey - Proton Racing | 1:39.2710 |
| 27th | 98 | Paul Dalla Lana / Pedro Lamy / Mathias Lauda | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | Aston Martin Racing | 1:39.9980 |
| 28th | 83 | François Perrodo / Emmanuel Collard / Rui Aguas | Ferrari 458 Italia | AF Corse | 1:40.5650 |
| 29th | 50 | Yutaka Yamagishi / Pierre Ragues / Ricky Taylor | Chevrolet Corvette C7-Z06 | Larbre Competition | 1:40.7720 |
| 30th | 78 | Christian Ried / Wolf Henzler / Joël Camathias | Porsche 991 RSR | KCMG | 1:41.3620 |
| 31st | 88 | Khaled Al Qubaisi / David Heinemeier Hansson / Patrick Long | Porsche 991 RSR | Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing | 1:41.3920 |
| 32nd | 86 | Mike Wainwright / Adam Carroll / Ben Barker | Porsche 991 RSR | Gulf Racing | 1:43.9020 |