| 12 | Alexander Wurz / Greg Moore | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:17.9410 |
| 11 | Bernd Schneider / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:18.0150 |
| 10 | Alessandro Nannini / Marcel Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:18.2840 |
| 47 | Allan McNish / Ralf Kelleners | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | Porsche AG | 1:18.3630 |
| 7 | Yannick Dalmas / Bob Wollek | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | Porsche AG | 1:18.7830 |
| 9 | Peter Kox / J.J. Lehto / *Roberto Ravaglia | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Team BMW Motorsport | 1:18.8950 |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen / Hans-Joachim Stuck | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | Porsche AG | 1:19.2690 |
| 8 | Roberto Ravaglia / Steve Soper / *J.J. Lehto | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Team BMW Motorsport | 1:19.5060 |
| 20 | Eric Bernard / Franck Lagorce | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:19.8600 |
| 3 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Jean-Marc Gounon | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Gulf Team Davidoff | 1:20.1090 |
| 2 | John Nielsen / Thomas Bscher | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Gulf Team Davidoff | 1:20.2900 |
| 14 | Jan Lammers / Mike Hezemans / Max Angelelli | Lotus Elise GT1 | GT1 Lotus Racing | 1:20.4160 |
| 5 | David Brabham / Andy Wallace / *Perry McCarthy | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | David Price Racing | 1:20.4630 |
| 27 | Gary Ayles / Chris Goodwin | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Parabolica Motorsport | 1:20.5330 |
| 1 | Geoff Lees / Anders Olofsson | McLaren F1 GTR BMW | Gulf Team Davidoff | 1:20.8330 |
| 29 | Julian Bailey / Eric van de Poele | Lister Storm GTL | NewCastle United | 1:21.7350 |
| 4 | Perry McCarthy / Olivier Grouillard / *Andy Wallace | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | David Price Racing | 1:21.8020 |
| 13 | Jean-Denis Delétraz / Fabien Giroix | Lotus Elise GT1 | GT1 Lotus Racing | 1:22.1880 |
| 17 | Mauro Baldi / Emmanuel Collard | Porsche 911 GT1 Evo | JB Racing | 1:22.2560 |
| 30 | John Greasley / Magnus Wallinder / Geoff Lister | Porsche 911 GT1 | G Force | 1:23.5140 |
| 51 | Olivier Beretta / Philippe Gache | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:25.0010 |
| 56 | Bruno Eichmann / Stéphane Ortelli / *Claudia Hürtgen | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:25.3130 |
| 57 | Uwe Alzen / Claudia Hürtgen / *Ni Amorim / *Pedro Chaves | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:25.4770 |
| 52 | Justin Bell / Tommy Archer | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:25.9060 |
| 77 | Robert Schirle / Christian Vann / *Peter Owen | Ford Saleen Mustang | Cirtek Motorsport | 1:28.8680 |
| 63 | Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | Krauss Motorsport | 1:29.0910 |
| 72 | Michel Neugarten / Stéphane de Groodt | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:29.1650 |
| 58 | Michel Monteiro / Manuel Monteiro | Porsche 911 GT2 | Monteiro | 1:29.2370 |
| 87 | André Ahrlé / Hugh Price / John Robinson | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:29.2830 |
| 53 | Tim Moser / Patrick Vuillaume / Shane Lewis | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:29.5040 |
| 54 | Richard Dean / Tim O'Kennedy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:29.5390 |
| 70 | Rainer Bonnetsmüller / Klaus Horn / *Gunther Bieninger | Porsche 911 GT2 | Dellenbach Motorsport | 1:30.3340 |
| 66 | Franz Konrad / Toni Seiler / Nick Ham / *Bernd Netzebrand | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:30.3590 |
| 55 | Wolfgang Kaufmann / Wido Rössler | Porsche 911 GT2 | Karl Augustin | 1:30.4330 |
| 62 | Denis Lay / Uwe Sick | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:31.9750 |
| 69 | Gerold Ried / Manfred Jurasz | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:32.1960 |
| 59 | Cor Euser / Harald Becker | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:34.2410 |