| 1 | Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:14.4000 |
| 8 | Uwe Alzen / Jörg Müller | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:14.8490 |
| 7 | Allan McNish / Yannick Dalmas | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:15.1320 |
| 3 | Eric Bernard / David Brabham | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:15.1390 |
| 2 | Ricardo Zonta / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:15.4410 |
| 6 | Max Angelelli / Michael Bartels / *Andreas Scheld | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:15.7340 |
| 12 | Jean-Marc Gounon / Marcel Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:15.7740 |
| 11 | Bernd Mayländer / Christophe Bouchut | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:17.5150 |
| 70 | Cor Euser / Christian Vann / Harald Becker | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:21.9370 |
| 52 | Karl Wendlinger / David Donohue | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:22.5780 |
| 56 | Stéphane Ortelli / Claudia Hürtgen | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:22.7000 |
| 57 | Bruno Eichmann / Mike Hezemans | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:23.6930 |
| 53 | Ni Amorim / Dominic Chapell / Hans Hugenholtz | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:24.0960 |
| 81 | Wolfgang Kaufmann / Michel Ligonnet | Porsche 911 GT2 | Freisinger Motorsport | 1:24.3980 |
| 66 | Franz Konrad / Jan Lammers | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:24.5750 |
| 63 | Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | Krauss Race Sports International | 1:24.8570 |
| 58 | André Ahrlé / Andy Pilgrim | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Sportsystem | 1:26.0990 |
| 60 | Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Zak Brown | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:26.1080 |
| 80 | Daniel Dror / Simon Gregg / Robert Schirle | Ford Saleen Mustang | GP Motorsport | 1:26.9290 |
| 65 | Martin Stretton / Toni Seiler | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:26.9820 |
| 71 | Manno Schaafsma / Herman Buurman | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:27.0540 |
| 76 | Andrew Bagnall / Max Cohen-Olivar / Nigel Smith | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 1:27.5420 |
| 87 | Christian Vogler / Manfred Jurasz / Gerhard Marchner | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 1:27.8080 |
| 69 | Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:28.1300 |
| 86 | Jean-Luc Chéreau / Jack Leconte | Porsche 911 GT2 | Larbre Competition | 1:29.4350 |
| 61 | Klaus Horn / Mauro Casadei | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:30.2730 |
| 62 | Uwe Sick / Renato Mastropietro | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:30.3030 |