| 16 | Jean-Christophe Boullion / Emmanuel Collard / Erik Comas | Pescarolo C60 Hybrid Judd | Pescarolo Sport | 3:32.4680 |
| 13 | Shinji Nakano / Bruce Jouanny / Jonathan Cochet | Courage C60H Judd | Courage Competition | 3:37.6740 |
| 3 | J.J. Lehto / Marco Werner | Audi R8 | Champion Racing | 3:38.7190 |
| 5 | Ryou Michigami / Katsutomo Kaneishi / Seiji Ara | Dome S101 hb Mugen | Jim Gainer International | 3:38.8750 |
| 18 | Martin Short / João Barbosa / Vanina Ickx | Dallara LMP Judd | Rollcentre Racing | 3:38.9760 |
| 4 | Stéphane Ortelli / Franck Montagny / Jean-Marc Gounon | Audi R8 | Audi PlayStation Team Oreca | 3:39.0600 |
| 2 | Frank Biela / Emanuele Pirro | Audi R8 | Champion Racing | 3:39.4180 |
| 7 | Nicolas Minassian / Jamie Campbell-Walter / Andy Wallace | DBA 03S Judd | Creation Autosportif | 3:39.5680 |
| 12 | Dominik Schwager / Christian Vann / Alexander Frei | Courage C60H Judd | Courage Competition | 3:39.6330 |
| 9 | Sam Hignett / John Stack / Haruki Kurosawa | Zytek 04S | Team Jota | 3:42.7390 |
| 32 | Gregor Fisken / Liz Halliday / Sam Hancock | Lola B05/40 AER | Intersport Racing | 3:44.4260 |
| 25 | Mike Newton / Thomas Erdos / Warren Hughes | MG Lola EX264 | RML | 3:44.6140 |
| 30 | Phillip Bennett / Ian Mitchell / Tim Mullen | Courage C65 Judd | Kruse Motorsport | 3:45.8440 |
| 37 | Paul Belmondo / Didier André / Rick Sutherland | Courage C65 Ford | Paul Belmondo Racing | 3:46.5220 |
| 39 | Bob Berridge / Gareth Evans / Peter Owen | Lola B05/40 AER | Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport | 3:47.5860 |
| 8 | Michael Krumm / Bobby Verdon-Roe / Harold Primat | Dallara LMP Nissan | Rollcentre Racing | 3:49.8260 |
| 58 | Peter Kox / Pedro Lamy / Tomáš Enge | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin Racing | 3:50.0330 |
| 59 | David Brabham / Darren Turner / Stéphane Sarrazin | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin Racing | 3:50.5390 |
| 34 | John Macaluso / Ian James / Andy Lally | Courage C65 AER | Miracle Motorsports | 3:50.9470 |
| 45 | Piergiuseppe Peroni / Mirko Savoldi / Filippo Francioni | Lucchini LMP2-04 Judd | Lucchini Engineering | 3:51.3500 |
| 61 | Christophe Bouchut / Alex Vasiliev / Nikolaj Fomenko | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Cirtek Motorsport | 3:53.6350 |
| 36 | Claude-Yves Gosselin / Karim Ojjea / Adam Sharpe | Courage C65 Ford | Paul Belmondo Racing | 3:53.6550 |
| 33 | Sergey Zlobin / François Migault / Juan Barazi | Courage C65 AER | Intersport Racing | 3:53.7350 |
| 64 | Oliver Gavin / Olivier Beretta / Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Corvette Racing | 3:54.1830 |
| 50 | Patrice Goueslard / Olivier Dupard / Vincent Vosse | Ferrari 550 Maranello | Larbre Competition | 3:55.3400 |
| 63 | Ron Fellows / Johnny O'Connell / Max Papis | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Corvette Racing | 3:56.1740 |
| 24 | Yojiro Terada / Patrice Roussel / William Binnie | WR LMP2 Peugeot | Rachel Welter | 3:57.7800 |
| 51 | Fabrizio Gollin / Christian Pescatori / Miguel Ramos | Ferrari 550 Maranello | BMS Scuderia Italia | 3:58.1990 |
| 52 | Michele Bartyan / Matteo Malucelli / Toni Seiler | Ferrari 550 Maranello | BMS Scuderia Italia | 3:58.4280 |
| 35 | Frank Hahn / Val Hillebrand / Jean-François Leroch | Courage C65 Judd | G-Force Racing | 4:03.3010 |
| 77 | Bill Auberlen / Robin Liddell / Scott Maxwell | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Panoz Motor Sports | 4:05.0590 |
| 76 | Raymond Narac / Sébastien Dumez / Romain Dumas | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Raymond Narac | 4:05.3670 |
| 71 | Mike Rockenfeller / Marc Lieb / Leo Hindery | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Alex Job Racing / BAM! | 4:06.4640 |
| 80 | Seth Neiman / Lonnie Pechnik / Johannes Van Overbeek | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Flying Lizard Motorsports | 4:08.4040 |
| 23 | Jean-Bernard Bouvet / Sylvain Boulay / Robert Julien | WR LMP2 | Gerard Welter | 4:08.5500 |
| 93 | Andrew Kirkaldy / Nathan Kinch / Anthony Reid | Ferrari 360 Modena GT | Scuderia Ecosse | 4:10.1800 |
| 89 | Lars Nielsen / Thorkild Thyrring / Pierre Ehret | Porsche 996 GT3-RSR | Sebah Automotive | 4:16.0320 |
| 92 | Stefan Eriksson / Joe Macari / Rob Wilson | Ferrari 360 Modena GTC | Cirtek Motorsport | 4:16.6870 |
| 95 | Piers Johnson / Richard Stanton / John Hartshorne | TVR Tuscan T400R | Racesport Peninsula TVR | 4:25.3040 |