| 2 | Johnny Herbert / Christian Pescatori / Rinaldo Capello | Audi R8 | Audi Sport North America | 2:29.9050 |
| 1 | Frank Biela / Emanuele Pirro / Tom Kristensen | Audi R8 | Audi Sport Team Joest | 2:30.2190 |
| 3 | Michael Krumm / Marco Werner / Philipp Peter | Audi R8 | Audi Sport Team Joest | 2:30.8010 |
| 14 | Stéphane Sarrazin / Franck Montagny / Nicolas Minassian | Oreca-Dallara LMP 02 Judd | Playstation Team Oreca | 3:31.8280 |
| 16 | Jan Lammers / Tom Coronel / Val Hillebrand | Dome S101 Judd | Racing For Holland BV | 3:32.7340 |
| 15 | Pedro Lamy / Olivier Beretta / Erik Comas | Oreca-Dallara LMP 02 Judd | Playstation Team Oreca | 3:33.4030 |
| 7 | Emmanuel Collard / Eric Bernard / J.J. Lehto | Cadillac Northstar LMP 02 | Team Cadillac | 3:33.5690 |
| 11 | Jan Magnussen / David Brabham / Bryan Herta | Panoz LMP 01 Evo | Panoz Motor Sports | 3:34.8240 |
| 8 | Andy Wallace / Eric van de Poele / Butch Leitzinger | Bentley EXP Speed 8 | Team Bentley | 3:35.0560 |
| 26 | Anthony Reid / Warren Hughes / Jonny Kane | MG Lola EX257 | MG Sport & Racing Ltd. | 3:36.6940 |
| 21 | Werner Lupberger / Timothy Bell / Ben Collins | Ascari KZR-1 Judd | Team Ascari | 3:37.8250 |
| 4 | Marc Goossens / Jim Matthews / Didier Theys | Riley & Scott Mk III C Elan | Riley & Scott Racing - B. Riley | 3:38.5480 |
| 12 | Bill Auberlen / David Donohue / Gunnar Jeannette | Panoz LMP 01 Evo | Panoz Motor Sports | 3:39.0690 |
| 18 | Stéphane Ortelli / Eric Hélary / Ukyou Katayama | Courage C60 Evo Peugeot | Pescarolo Sport | 3:41.2370 |
| 17 | Jean-Christophe Boullion / Franck Lagorce / Sébastien Bourdais | Courage C60 Evo Peugeot | Pescarolo Sport | 3:41.5090 |
| 30 | Duncan Dayton / Steven Knight / Mel Hawkins | MG Lola EX257 | Knight Hawk Racing | 3:42.4410 |
| 22 | Jérôme Policand / Marc Duez / Perry McCarthy | Leader (Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S) | DAMS | 3:44.8770 |
| 9 | Masahiko Kondou / François Migault / Ian McKellar | Dome S101 Judd | Kondo Racing | 3:45.4120 |
| 25 | Jean-René de Fournoux / Stéphane Daoudi / Jean-Bernard Bouvet | WR LM 2001 Peugeot | Welter Gérard | 3:47.5460 |
| 19 | Didier de Radigues / Milka Duno / John Graham | Panoz LMP07 Mugen | MBD Sportscar Team | 3:49.2990 |
| 28 | Jordi Gene / Mark Smithson / *Peter Owen | Reynard 2KQ VW | ROC Organisation Corse | 3:51.4110 |
| 58 | Rickard Rydell / Tomáš Enge / Alain Menu | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Prodrive | 3:54.0910 |
| 63 | Ron Fellows / Johnny O'Connell / Oliver Gavin | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Corvette Racing Garry Pratt | 3:54.9030 |
| 50 | Christophe Bouchut / Vincent Vosse / Patrice Goueslard | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Larbre Compétition-Chéreau | 3:57.1160 |
| 53 | Mike Hezemans / Anthony Kumpen / Gabriele Matteuzzi | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Team Carsport Holland | 3:57.9600 |
| 64 | Kelly Collins / Andy Pilgrim / Franck Fréon | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Corvette Racing Garry Pratt | 3:57.9720 |
| 66 | Toni Seiler / Franz Konrad / Terry Borcheller | Saleen S7-R | Konrad Motorsport | 3:58.8330 |
| 51 | Jean-Luc Chéreau / Carl Rosenblad / Jean-Claude Lagniez | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Larbre Compétition-Chéreau | 4:06.3310 |
| 68 | Pedro Chaves / Miguel Ramos / Gavin Pickering | Saleen S7-R | RML | 4:08.2230 |
| 67 | Charles Slater / Walter Brun / *Rodney Mall | Saleen S7-R | Konrad Motorsport | 4:08.5490 |
| 81 | Kevin Buckler / Timo Bernhard / Lucas Luhr | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | The Racers Group - K. Buckler | 4:10.8030 |
| 82 | Luca Drudi / Fabio Rosa / Luca Riccitelli | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Seikel Motorsport | 4:12.9080 |
| 78 | Robin Liddell / David Warnock / Piers Masarati | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | PK Sport Ltd. | 4:13.9120 |
| 70 | Cort Wagner / Sam Hancock / Martin Short | Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT | JMB Racing | 4:15.9510 |
| 77 | Atsushi Yogou / Kazuyuki Nishizawa / Akira Iida | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Team Taisan Advan | 4:15.9890 |
| 73 | Richard Stanton / Steve Hyde / Richard Hay | Morgan Aero 8 | DeWalt-Racesport Salisbury | 4:16.8470 |
| 74 | Guillaume Gomez / Ryou Fukuda / *Laurent Cazenave | Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT | Auto Palace | 4:19.5360 |
| 85 | Peter Kox / Norman Simon / Hans Hugenholtz | Spyker C8 Double 12R | Spyker Automobielen BV | 4:19.9690 |
| 71 | Stephen Earle / Chris MacAllister / Gary Schultheis | Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT | JMB Racing | 4:27.3130 |