| 7 | Allan McNish / Bob Wollek | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:39.7030 |
| 3 | David Brabham / Eric Bernard | Panoz GTR-1 Ford | DAMS | 1:39.8470 |
| 8 | Uwe Alzen / Jörg Müller | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Porsche AG | 1:39.8850 |
| 2 | Ricardo Zonta / Klaus Ludwig | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:40.2130 |
| 1 | Bernd Schneider / Mark Webber | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | AMG Mercedes | 1:40.8410 |
| 11 | Christophe Bouchut / Bernd Mayländer | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:41.6150 |
| 12 | Jean-Marc Gounon / Marcel Tiemann | Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR | Team Persson Motorsport | 1:41.9400 |
| 6 | Michael Bartels / Armin Hahne | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:42.9540 |
| 15 | Thomas Bscher / Geoff Lees | McLaren F1 GTR | Davidoff Classic | 1:44.9440 |
| 5 | Alexander Grau / Andreas Scheld | Porsche 911 GT1-98 | Zakspeed Racing | 1:45.6890 |
| 56 | Claudia Hürtgen / Stéphane Ortelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:49.7050 |
| 9 | Jan Lammers / Mike Hezemans | Bitter GT1 | Team Hezemans | 1:50.5450 |
| 52 | Karl Wendlinger / Justin Bell | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:50.6640 |
| 51 | Pedro Lamy / Olivier Beretta | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 1:50.6720 |
| 70 | Cor Euser / Harald Becker | Marcos LM600 | Marcos Racing International | 1:51.1460 |
| 57 | Bruno Eichmann / Sascha Maassen | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Racing | 1:51.2800 |
| 58 | Tim Sugden / Peter Owen / André Ahrlé | Porsche 911 GT2 | Roock Sportsystem | 1:52.6170 |
| 66 | Franz Konrad / Nick Ham | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:53.5290 |
| 65 | Toni Seiler / Martin Stretton | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 1:54.1750 |
| 53 | Ni Amorim / Goncalo Gomes | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:55.7140 |
| 54 | Hans Hugenholtz / Matt Turner | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chamberlain Engineering | 1:56.0340 |
| 62 | Uwe Sick / Axel Rohr | Porsche 911 GT2 | Stadler Motorsport | 1:56.5030 |
| 63 | Michael Trunk / Bernhard Müller | Porsche 911 GT2 | Krauss Race Sports International | 1:56.8770 |
| 60 | Michel Neugarten / Gerd Ruch / Marco Spinelli | Porsche 911 GT2 | Elf Haberthur Racing | 1:58.4240 |
| 96 | Horst Felbermayr / Horst Felbermayr, Jr. | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 1:59.9270 |
| 69 | Gerold Ried / Patrick Vuillaume | Porsche 911 GT2 | Proton Competition | 2:00.1590 |
| 27 | Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Patrick Caternet | McLaren F1 GTR | Parabolica Motorsports (BBA) | 2:01.9070 |
| 98 | Robert Schirle / David Warnock | Ford Saleen Mustang | Cirtek Motorsport | 2:07.7700 |
| 10 | Rainer Bonnetsmüller / Manfred Jurasz / Stefan Hackl | Bitter GT1 | Team Hezemans | 2:08.5580 |