| For title defender Audi, the start into the new season of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) could not have |
| OA |
Pos |
Driver(s) |
Best Lap |
Best Time |
Interval |
Car |
| 1 |
77 |
Capello/McNish |
5 |
01:05.4 |
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Audi R8 |
| 2 |
78 |
Biela/Perro |
6 |
01:05.7 |
00:00.2 |
Audi R8 |
| 3 |
2 |
Katoh/O'Connell |
29 |
01:06.0 |
00:00.6 |
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S |
| 4 |
1 |
Brabham/Magnussen |
11 |
01:06.0 |
00:00.6 |
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S |
| 5 |
36 |
Johansson/Smith |
34 |
01:06.1 |
00:00.7 |
Reynard 2KQ/Judd |
| 6 |
0 |
Schiattarella/de Radigues |
27 |
01:06.4 |
00:01.0 |
Lola B2K/10/Rafanelli V10 |
| 7 |
42 |
Lehto/Muller |
4 |
01:06.6 |
00:01.1 |
BMW V12 LMR |
| 8 |
43 |
Auberlen/Gounon |
5 |
01:06.6 |
00:01.1 |
BMW V12 LMR |
| 9 |
37 |
Field/Sutherland |
8 |
01:08.1 |
00:02.7 |
Lola B2K/10/Judd |
| 10 |
19 |
Angelelli/Taylor |
32 |
01:08.4 |
00:03.0 |
Cadillac Northstar LMP |
| 11 |
39 |
Matthews/Simo |
12 |
01:10.4 |
00:05.0 |
Reynard 2KQ/Judd |
| Sunday, September 08, 2000 During first practice the other teams could not match the speed of the Audis and the #78 car was working on the race setup and did not switch to new tires like the #77 McNish and Capello R8. |