Grelha de partida
| A Negro O piloto que efectuou o melhor tempo nos treinos, em itálico o piloto que iniciou a corrida |
| Linha 1 | 62 - Team Sauber - Mercedes Jean-Louis Schlesser/Jean-Pierre Jabouille/Alain Cudini Sauber C 9 Mercedes-Benz - 3:15.04 (249.826 km/h) | 61 - Team Sauber - Mercedes Mauro Baldi/Kenny Acheson/Gianfranco Brancatelli Sauber C 9 Mercedes-Benz - 3:15.67 (249.021 km/h) |
| Linha 2 | 1 - Silk Cut Jaguar Jan Lammers/Patrick Tambay/Andrew Gilbert-Scott Jaguar XJR-9 LM - 3:18.35 (245.657 km/h) | 3 - Silk Cut Jaguar Davy Jones/Jeff Kline/Derek Daly Jaguar XJR-9 LM - 3:19.48 (244.265 km/h) |
| Linha 3 | 9 - Joest Racing Bob Wollek/Hans-Joachim Stuck Porsche 962 C - 3:19.80 (243.874 km/h) | 4 - Silk Cut Jaguar Alain Ferte/Michel Ferte/Eliseo Salazar Jaguar XJR-9 LM - 3:20.19 (243.399 km/h) |
| Linha 4 | 17 - Repsol Brun Motorsport Oscar Larrauri/Walter Brun/Jesus Pareja Porsche 962 C - 3:20.26 (243.314 km/h) | 2 - Silk Cut Jaguar John Nielsen/Andy Wallace/Price Cobb Jaguar XJR-9 LM - 3:20.65 (242.841 km/h) |
| Linha 5 | 5 - Brun Motorsport Harald Grohs/Akahiko Nakaya/Sarel van der Merwe Porsche 962 C - 3:21.51 (241.804 km/h) | 11 - Porsche Kremer Racing Masanori Sekiya/Hideki Okada/George Fouche Porsche 962 CK6 - 3:22.70 (240.385 km/h) |
| Linha 6 | 63 - Team Sauber - Mercedes Jochen Mass/Stanley Dickens/Manoel Reuter Sauber C 9 Mercedes-Benz - 3:22.86 (240.195 km/h) | 24 - Nissan Motorsports International Julian Bailey/Mark Blundell/Martin Donnelly Nissan R 89C - 3:24.09 (238.748 km/h) |
| Linha 7 | 7 - Joest Racing Frank Jelinsky/John Winter/Pierre-Henri Raphanel Porsche 962 C - 3:24.77 (237.955 km/h) | 10 - Porsche Kremer Racing Kunimitsu Takahashi/Bruno Giacomelli/Giovanni Lavaggi Porsche 962 C - 3:24.92 (237.781 km/h) |
| Linha 8 | 25 - Nissan Motorsports International Geoff Brabham/Chip Robinson/Arie Luyendyk Nissan R 89C - 3:25.38 (237.248 km/h) | 202 - Mazdaspeed Co Ltd. Takashi Yorino/Herve Regout/Elliot Forbes-Robinson Mazda 767 B - 3:25.45 (237.167 km/h) |
| Linha 9 | 37 - Toyota Team Tom's Geoff Lees/Johnny Dumfries/John Watson Toyota 89 C-V - 3:25.60 (236.994 km/h) | 55 - Team Schuppan / Team Davey Vern Schuppan/Eje Elgh/Gary Brabham Porsche 962 C - 3:26.89 (235.516 km/h) |
| Linha 10 | 23 - Nissan Motorsports International Masahiro Hasemi/Kazuyoshi Hoshino/Toshio Suzuki Nissan R 89C - 3:26.95 (235.448 km/h) | 6 - Repsol Brun Motorsport Walter Lechner/Maurizio Sandro Sala/Roland Ratzenberger Porsche 962 C - 3:27.07 (235.312 km/h) |
| Linha 11 | 14 - Richard Lloyd Racing Derek Bell/Tiff Needell/James Weaver Porsche 962 C GTi - 3.27.75 (234.542 km/h) | 33 - Team Schuppan / Team Davey Will Hoy/Jean Alesi/Dominic Dobson Porsche 962 C - 3:27.79 (234.496 km/h) |
| Linha 12 | 15 - Richard Lloyd Racing David Hobbs/Steven Andskar/Damon Hill Porsche 962 C GTi - 3:27.97 (234.293 km/h) | 36 - Toyota Team Tom's Hitoshi Ogawa/Paolo Barilla/Ross Cheever Toyota 89 C-V - 3:28.23 (234.001 km/h) |
| Linha 13 | 38 - Toyota Team Tom's Kaoru Hoshino/Keiichi Suzuki/Didier Artzet Toyota 88 C - 3:28.64 (233.541 km/h) | 27 - Repsol Brun Motorsport Franz Konrad/Andres Vilarino/Rudi Seher Porsche 962 C - 3:29.41 (232.682 km/h) |
| Linha 14 | 16 - Repsol Brun Motorsport Uwe Schafer/Harald Huysman/Dominique Lacaud Porsche 962 C - 3:29.90 (232.139 km/h) | 201 - Mazdaspeed Co Ltd. David Kennedy/Chris Hodgetts/Pierre Dieudonne Mazda 767 B - 3:31.38 (230.514 km/h) |
| Linha 15 | 13 - Courage Compétition Pascal Fabre/Jean-Louis Bousquet/Jiro Yoneyama Cougar C 22 LM Porsche - 3:31.49 (230.394 km/h) | 72 - Obermaier Racing / Primagaz Jurgen Lassig/Pierre Yver/Paul Belmondo Porsche 962 C - 3:32.00 (229.840 km/h) |
| Linha 16 | 21 - Spice Engineering Ray Bellm/Gordon Spice/Lynn Saint-James Spice SE 89 C Ford - 3:32.54 (229.256 km/h) | 18 - Aston Martin (Ecurie Ecosse) Costas Los/Brian Redman/Michael Roe Aston Martin AMR 1 - 3:34.08 (227.607 km/h) |
| Linha 17 | 8 - Joest Racing Henri Pescarolo/Claude Ballot-Lena/Jean-Louis Ricci Porsche 962 C - 3:35.42 (226.191 km/h) | 203 - Mazdaspeed Co Ltd. Yojiro Terada/Marc Duez/Volker Weidler Mazda 767 B - 3:36.69 (224.865 km/h) |
| Linha 18 | 34 - Almeras Fréres Jacques Almeras/Jean-Marie Almeras/Alain Ianetta Porsche 962 C - 3:36.91 (224.637 km/h) | 22 - Spice Engineering Wayne Taylor/Thorkild Thyrring/Tim Harvey Spice SE 89 C Ford - 3:38.47 (223.033 km/h) |
| Linha 19 | 104 - Graff Racing Jean-Philippe Grand/Remy Pochauvin/Jean-Luc Roy Spice SE 89 C Ford - 3:38.70 (222.798 km/h) | 12 - Courage Compétition Patrick Gonin/Bernard Santal/Bernard de Dryver Cougar C 22 LM Porsche - 3:38.74 (222.758 km/h) |
| Linha 20 | 32 - Courage Compétition / Le Mans Takao Wada/Akio Marimoto/Anders Olofsson March 88 G Nissan - 3:39.91 (221.572 km/h) | 19 - Aston Martin (Ecurie Ecosse) David Leslie/Ray Mallock/David Sears Aston Martin AMR 1 - 3:40.11 (221.371 km/h) |
| Linha 21 | 101 - Chamberlain Engineering Fermin Velez/Nick Adams/Luigi Taverna Spice SE 88 C Ford - 3:41.04 (220.440 km/h) | 151 - Pierre-Alain Lombardi Pierre-Alain Lombardi/Bruno Sotty/Fabio Magnani Spice SE 86 C Ford - 3:41.94 (219.546 km/h) |
| Linha 22 | 20 - Team Davey Tim Lee-Davey/Tom Dodd-Noble/Katsunori Iketani Porsche 962 C - 3:42.31 (219.180 km/h) | 52 - WM Secateva Jean-Daniel Raulet/Philippe Gache/Pascal Pessiot WM P 489 Peugeot - 3:44.00 (217.527 km/h) |
| Linha 23 | 103 - France Prototeam Bernard Thuner/Philippe de Thoisy/Raymond Touroul Spice SE 88 C Ford - 3:44.44 (217.100 km/h) | 102 - Chamberlain Engineering John Hotchkiss/John Hotchkiss Jr./Richard Jones Spice SE 86 C Hart - 3:44.99 (216.570 km/h) |
| Linha 24 | 171 - Team MAKO Robbie Stirling/Don Shead/Ross Hyett Spice SE 88 C Ford - 3:45.45 (216.128 km/h) | 113 - Courage Compétition Jean-Claude Andruet/Philippe Farjon/Shunji Kasuya Cougar C 20 LM Porsche - 3:45.86 (215.735 km/h) |
| Linha 25 | 108 - RBR / GP Motorsport Dudley Wood/Philippe de Henning/Evan Clements Spice SE 87 C Ford - 3:46.23 (215.383 km/h) | 107 - Tiga Race Team John Sheldon/Max Cohen-Olivar/Robin Donovan Tiga GC 289 Ford - 3:47.03 (214.624 km/h) |
| Linha 26 | 106 - Porto Kaleo Robin Smith/Vito Veninata/Stefano Sebastiani Tiga GC 288/9 Ford - 3.48.27 (213.458 km/h) | 175 - ADA Engineering Lawrence Bristow/Ian Harrower/Colin Pool ADA 02 B Ford - 3:48.80 (212.963 km/h) |
| Linha 27 | 126 - France Prototeam Jean Messaoudi/Thierry Lecerf/Pierre-Francois Rousselot Argo JM 19 C Ford - 3:50.37 (211.512 km/h) | 105 - Porto Kaleo Jean-Claude Justice/Noel del Bello/Jean-Claude Ferrarin Tiga GC 289 Ford - 3:50.82 (211.100 km/h) |
| Linha 28 | 177 - Automobiles Louis Descartes Alain Serpaggi/Louis Descartes/Yves Hervalet ALD C 289 Ford - 3:55.36 (207.028 km/h) |
