| 1st | 2 | Ricardo Zonta / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:16.1540 |
| 2nd | 1 | Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz CLK LM | AMG Mercedes | 1:16.5880 |
| 3rd | 7 | Allan McNish / Yannick Dalmas | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:16.6750 |
| 4th | 3 | David Brabham / Eric Bernard | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:17.4040 |
| 5th | 8 | Uwe Alzen / Jörg Müller | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:17.4140 |
| 6th | 11 | Bernd Mayländer / Christophe Bouchut | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:17.4540 |
| 7th | 12 | Jean-Marc Gounon / Marcel Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:18.2220 |
| 8th | 6 | Max Angelelli / Michael Bartels | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:18.3240 |
| 9th | 56 | Claudia Hürtgen / Stéphane Ortelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:24.8510 |
| 10th | 70 | Cor Euser / Christian Vann / Harald Becker | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:24.9060 |
| 11th | 51 | Olivier Beretta / Pedro Lamy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:24.9720 |
| 12th | 57 | Bruno Eichmann / Mike Hezemans | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:25.7910 |
| 13th | 81 | Wolfgang Kaufmann / Michel Ligonnet | Porsche 911 GT2 | Freisinger Motorsport | 1:27.0710 |
| 14th | 63 | Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | Krauss Race Sports International | 1:27.2500 |
| 15th | 58 | André Ahrlé / Dirk Layer / Robert Schirle | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Sportsystem | 1:28.1480 |
| 16th | 53 | Hans Hugenholtz / Spencer Trenery / Ni Amorim | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:28.7390 |
| 17th | 60 | Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Zak Brown | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:29.0400 |
| 18th | 62 | William Langhorne / Uwe Sick / Renato Mastropietro | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:29.2060 |
| 19th | 65 | Toni Seiler / Martin Stretton | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:29.2890 |
| 20th | 71 | Herman Buurman / Manno Schaafsma | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:29.3210 |
| 21st | 76 | Nigel Smith / Max Cohen-Olivar / Andrew Bagnall | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 1:30.1420 |
| 22nd | 80 | Daniel Dror / Simon Gregg / John Young | Ford Saleen Mustang | GP Motorsport | 1:31.5470 |
| 23rd | 66 | Jan Lammers / Franz Konrad | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:32.8450 |
| 24th | 69 | Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:32.8700 |
| 25th | 86 | Jack Leconte / Jean-Luc Chéreau | Porsche 911 GT2 | Larbre Competition | 1:32.8790 |
| 26th | 61 | Bruno Lambert / Mike Conte | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:34.4640 |
| 27th | 87 | Manfred Jurasz / Tony Burgess / Gerhard Marchner | Porsche 911 GT2 | Seikel Motorsport | 1:34.7580 |