Det mest bemærkelsesværdig i denne træning var Porsche RS Spyde med Sascha Maassen, Lucas Luhr, Emmanuel Collard. Trioen præsterede en fantom tid som var 1.48.654. Den anden LMP2 Porsche kørte 1.49.599
GT1 klassen blev domineret af Jan Magnussen, Oliver Gavin og Olivier Beretta i deres Corvette C6.R med tiden 1.55.782. Næst hurtigst i GT1 klassen er Tomas Enge, Nicolas Kiesa og Darren Turner. Den anden Corvette kørte 1.56.590 hvilket rakte til 3. hurtigste tid. Den sidste Aston Martin kørte 1.57.845.
Begge Saleen var på den forkerte side af 2 minutter
GT2 klassen overraskede ved den første fri træning for her var det Risi Competizione og deres nye Ferrari 430 GTC der var hurtigst med tiden 2.02.808. Næsthurtigst i klassen var Multimatic Motorsports og deres panoz Esperante GTLM med tiden 2.03.452
Martin Jensen og hans kollegaer i PTG BMW'en kørte 2.06.052. Den anden dansker i klassen, Lars Erik Nielsen køre en Porsche 911 GT3-RSR for Farnbacher Loles Racing, kørte tiden 2.06.709. Dermed er de to i den absolut tunge ende af feltet.
Resultatet af første træning
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Pl. | # | Kl. | Team | Kørere | Mærke | Tid |
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1 | 2 | LMP1 | Audi Sport | Allan McNish | Audi | 1.47.791 |
| | | North America | Tom Kristensen | R10 | |
| | | | Rinaldo Capello | | |
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2 | 6 | LMP2 | Penske Motorsports | Sascha Maassen | Porsche | 1.48.654 |
| | | | Lucas Luhr | RS Spyder | |
| | | | Emmanuel Collard | | |
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3 | 1 | LMP1 | Audi Sport | Marco Werner | Audi | 1.49.210 |
| | | North America | Frank Biela | R10 | |
| | | | Emanuele Pirro | | |
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4 | 16 | LMP1 | Dyson Racing Team | James Weaver | Lola | 1.49.530 |
| | | | Butch Leitzinger | B06/10 AER | |
| | | | Andy Wallace | | |
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5 | 7 | LMP2 | Penske Motorsports | Timo Bernhard | Porsche | 1.49.599 |
| | | | Romain Dumas | RS Spyder | |
| | | | Patrick Long | | |
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6 | 20 | LMP1 | Dyson Racing Team | Chris Dyson | Lola | 1.49.692 |
| | | | Guy Smith | B06/10 AER | |
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7 | 37 | LMP2 | Intersport Racing | Clint Field | Lola | 1.50.350 |
| | | | Jon Field | B05/40 AER | |
| | | | Liz Halliday | | |
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8 | 12 | LMP1 | Autocon Motorsports | Michael Lewis | Lola | 1.52.469 |
| | | | Chris McMurry | B01/60 AER | |
| | | | Bryan Willman | | |
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9 | 10 | LMP2 | Miracle Motorsports | Andy Lally | Courage | 1.52.941 |
| | | | James Gue | C65 AER | |
| | | | Andrew Davies | | |
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10 | 41 | LMP2 | Binnie Motorsports | Bill Binnie | Lola | 1.54.375 |
| | | | Allen Timpany | B05/40 Zytek | |
| | | | Rick Sutherland | | |
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11 | 8 | LMP2 | B-K Motorsports | James Bach | Courage | 1.55.573 |
| | | | Guy Cosmo | C65 Mazda | |
| | | | Raphael Matos | | |
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12 | 4 | GT1 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin | Corvette | 1.55.782 |
| | | | Olivier Beretta | C6.R | |
| | | | Jan Magnussen | | |
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13 | 33 | LMP2 | Barazi Epsilon | Juan Barazi | Courage | 1.56.148 |
| | | | Michael Vergers | C65 AER | |
| | | | Elton Julian | | |
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14 | 7 | GT1 | Aston Martin Racing | Tomas Enge | Aston Martin | 1.56.509 |
| | | | Nicolas Kiesa | DBR9 | |
| | | | Darren Turner | | |
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15 | 3 | GT1 | Corvette Racing | Ron Fellows | Corvette | 1.56.590 |
| | | | Johnny O'Connell | C6.R | |
| | | | Max Papis | | |
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16 | 9 | GT1 | Aston Martin Racing | Jason Bright | Aston Martin | 1.57.845 |
| | | | Pedro Lamy | DBR9 | |
| | | | Stephane Sarrazin | | |
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17 | 25 | GT1 | Konrad Motorsport | Tom Weickardt | Saleen | 2.02.807 |
| | | | Terry Borcheller | S7R | |
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18 | 62 | GT2 | Risi Competizione | Ralf Kelleners | Ferrari | 2.02.808 |
| | | | Anthony Lazzaro | 430 GTC | |
| | | | Jaime Melo | | |
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19 | 51 | GT2 | Multimatic Motorsports | Gunnar Jeannette | Panoz | 2.03.452 |
| | | Team Panoz | Tom Milner | Esperante GTLM | |
| | | | Bruno Junqueira | | |
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20 | 23 | GT2 | Alex Job Racing | Mike Rockenfeller | Porsche | 2.03.689 |
| | | | Klaus Graf | 911 GT3-RSR | |
| | | | Graham Rahal | | |
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21 | 26 | GT1 | Konrad Motorsport | Paolo Ruberti | Saleen | 2.03.811 |
| | | | Jamie Davies | S7R | |
| | | | Fabio Babini | | |
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22 | 21 | GT2 | BMW Team PTG | Bill Auberlen | BMW | 2.04.078 |
| | | | Joey Hand | E46 M3 | |
| | | | Ian James | | |
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23 | 31 | GT2 | Petersen / | Jorg Bergmeister | Porsche | 2.04.083 |
| | | White Lightning | Tim Bergmeister | 911 GT3-RSR | |
| | | | Nic Jonsson | | |
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24 | 50 | GT2 | Multimatic Motorsports | Scott Maxwell | Panoz | 2.04.132 |
| | | Team Panoz | David Brabham | Esperante GTLM | |
| | | | Sebastien Bourdais | | |
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25 | 45 | GT2 | Flying Lizard | Johannes van Overbeek | Porsche | 2.04.558 |
| | | Motorsports | Jon Fogarty | 911 GT3-RSR | |
| | | | Marc Lieb | | |
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26 | 78 | GT2 | J3 Racing | Jep Thornton | Porsche | 2.04.812 |
| | | | Mark Patterson | 911 GT3-RS | |
| | | | Spencer Pumpelly | | |
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27 | 44 | GT2 | Flying Lizard | Lonnie Pechnik | Porsche | 2.05.476 |
| | | Motorsports | Seth Neiman | 911 GT3-RSR | |
| | | | Darren Law | | |
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28 | 85 | GT2 | Spyker Squadron | Peter Kox | Spyker | 2.05.688 |
| | | | Donny Crevels | C8 Spyder | |
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29 | 22 | GT2 | BMW Team PTG | Justin Marks | BMW | 2.06.052 |
| | | | Bryan Sellers | E46 M3 | |
| | | | Martin Jensen | | |
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30 | 80 | GT2 | Team LNT | Lawrence Tomlinson | Panoz Esperante | 2.06.140 |
| | | | Richard Dean | GTLM | |
| | | | Tom Kimber-Smith | | |
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31 | 55 | GT2 | Farnbacher Loles Racing | Pierre Ehret | Porsche | 2.06.709 |
| | | | Lars Erik Nielsen | 911 GT3-RSR | |
| | | | Dominic Farnbacher | | |
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32 | 86 | GT2 | Spyker Squadron | Mike Hezemans | Spyker | 2.07.337 |
| | | | Jeroen Bleekemolen | C8 Spyder | |
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33 | 56 | GT2 | Vonka Racing | Jan Vonka | Porsche | 2.33.839 |
| | | | Mauro Casadei | 911 GT3-RS | |
| | | | Bo McCormick | | |
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34 | 9 | LMP1 | Highcroft Racing | Duncan Dayton | Lola | no time |
| | | | Rick Knoop | B01/60 AER | |
| | | | Gregor Fisken | | |
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35 | 79 | GT2 | J3 Racing | Tim Sugden | Porsche | no time |
| | | | Wolf Henzler | 911 GT3-RSR | |
| | | | Jim Matthews | | |
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