| | No. | Class | T | Team | Driver | Car | Time |
| 1 | 8 | LMP1
ILMC | M | Peugeot Sport Total | Franck Montagny
Stéphane Sarrazin | Peugeot 908 | 1:21.999 |
| 2 | 7 | LMP1
ILMC | M | Peugeot Sport Total | Sébastien Bourdais
Anthony Davidson | Peugeot 908 | 1:22.495 |
| 3 | 2 | LMP1
ILMC | M | Audi Sport Team Joest | Tom Kristensen
Allan McNish | Audi R18 TDI | 1:23.608 |
| 4 | 1 | LMP1
ILMC | M | Audi Sport Team Joest | Timo Bernhard
Marcel Fässler | Audi R18 TDI | 1:24.312 |
| 5 | 12 | LMP1
ILMC | M | Rebellion Racing | Nicolas Prost
Neel Jani | Lola B10/60 Coupé Toyota | 1:25.533 |
| 6 | 15 | LMP1
ILMC | D | OAK Racing | Matthieu Lahaye
Guillaume Moreau
Pierre Ragues | OAK Pescarolo 01 Judd | 1:25.973 |
| 7 | 007 | LMP1
ILMC | M | Aston Martin Racing | Andy Meyrick
Stefan Mücke
Harold Primat | Lola Aston Martin | 1:26.020 |
| 8 | 24 | LMP1
ILMC | D | OAK Racing | Jacques Nicolet
Alexandre Prémat
Olivier Pla | OAK Pescarolo 01 Judd | 1:26.324 |
| 9 | 26 | LMP2
ILMC | D | Signatech Nissan | Franck Mailleux
Lucas Ordonez
Jean-Karl Vernay | Oreca 03 Nissan | 1:30.309 |
| 10 | 35 | LMP2
ILMC | D | OAK Racing | Frédéric Da Rocha
Patrice Lafargue | OAK Pescarolo Judd-BMW | 1:32.820 |
| 11 | 23 | LMP1
Zhuhai | Y | Tokai University YGK Power | Mitsuyama Shogo
Yokomizo Naoki | Courage-Oreca LC70 | 1:34.042 |
| 12 | 55 | LM GTE Pro
ILMC | D | BMW Motorsport | Augusto Farfus
Jörg Müller | BMW M3 GT | 1:34.680 |
| 13 | 56 | LM GTE Pro
ILMC | D | BMW Motorsport | Andy Priaulx
Uwe Alzen | BMW M3 GT | 1:35.108 |
| 14 | 59 | LM GTE Pro
ILMC | M | Luxury Racing | Frédéric Makowiecki
Stéphane Ortelli | Ferrari 458 Italia | 1:35.519 |
| 15 | 57 | LM GTE Am
ILMC | D | Krohn Racing | Tracey Krohn
Nic Jönsson
Michele Rugolo | Ferrari F430 GT2 | 1:35.736 |
| 16 | 90 | FLM
Zhuhai | M | PTRS Racing | Zhang Shanqi
Wei Liang Chen | FLM Oreca 09 | 1:35.814 |
| 17 | 51 | LM GTE Pro
ILMC | M | AF Corse | Giancarlo Fisichella
Gianmaria Bruni | Ferrari 458 Italia | 1:35.968 |
| 18 | 62 | LM GTE Am
ILMC | M | CRS Racing | Pierre Ehret
Tim Mullen
Roger Wills | Ferrari F430 GT2 | 1:36.178 |
| 19 | 60 | LM GTE Am
ILMC | D | Gulf AMR Middle East | Fabien Giroix
Roald Goethe | Aston Martin Vantage | 1:36.362 |
| 20 | 50 | LM GTE Am
ILMC | M | Larbre Competition | Patrick Bornhauser
Julien Canal
Olivier beretta | Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 | 1:36.370 |
| 21 | 63 | LM GTE Am
ILMC | M | Proton Competition | Richard Lietz
Gianluca Roda
Christian Ried | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | 1:36.455 |
| 22 | 58 | LM GTE Pro
ILMC | M | Luxury Racing | Anthony Beltoise
Dominik Farnbacher
Ralph Firman | Ferrari 458 Italia | 1:36.631 |
| 23 | 96 | GTC
Zhuhai | M | Team AMG China | Mika Häkkinen
CongFu Cheng
Lance David Arnold | Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 | 1:36.930 |
| 24 | 61 | LM GTE Am
ILMC | M | AF Corse | Marco Cioci
Philip Ma | Ferrari F430 GT2 | 1:37.130 |
| 25 | 94 | GTC
Zhuhai | Y | Hitotsuyama Racing | Akihiro Tsuzuki
Michael Kim
Carlo Van Dam | Audi R8 LMS | 1:37.167 |
| 26 | 97 | GTC
Zhuhai | M | Audi Race Experience China | Jeffrey Lee
Florian Grüber
Hing Tak Mak | Audi R8 LMS | 1:37.473 |
| 27 | 98 | GTC
Zhuhai | M | Audi Sport C Racing China | Edoardo Mortara
Darryl O'Young
Alexandre Imperatori | Audi R8 LMS | 1:37.616 |
| 28 | 65 | LM GTE Pro
ILMC | M | Lotus Jetalliance | James Rossitter
Johnny Mowlem
David Heinemeier Hansson | Lotus Evora GT2 | 1:38.154 |
| 29 | 64 | LM GTE Pro
ILMC | M | Lotus Jetalliance | Oskar Slingerland
Martin Rich
rene Rasmussen | Lotus Evora GT2 | 1:39.147 |
