The Venezuelan's time of 1:45.880 bettered the lap set by Kuppens in the first session.

However, the Belgian's consistency was rewarded with third spot, behind Fascicolo/Sernagiotto, in the afternoon session.

Popow's drive should not have been all that unexpected as he is North American champion in the American Le Mans series (Prototype Challenge class). Here he displayed his confidence on this type of track as his experience helped him into the lead positions.

Dromedari/Pigoli and De Leener/Sbirrazzuoli managed to stay within a second of the front runners. Simoni/Ragazzi's 1:47.133 was good enough for sixth, just ahead of Australian Denny's 1:47.399. Further down the field are Van Overbeek/Hedlund, Merjech, Garelli/Bakker, Venier/Gardelli, Richard/Krodestani, Tadlauoi and Azcarate. The Hollywood duo Tracy/Dempsey, despite improving their lap time by a few tenths, slipped to fifteenth. Next come the Ockey brothers, from Canada, German Segler is in seventeenth with Dane Rasmussen and Hedman up next. Nielsen is twentieth, just up on Kratz, Becker and Pierre Marie De Leener.