LE MANS 2001 - OFFICIAL PRACTICE TIMES
Thursday
| Pos | No | Team | Drivers | Fastest Lap |
| 1 | 2 | Audi Sport North America | Aiello/Capello/Pescatori | 3:32.429 |
| 2 | 9 | Racing for Holland | Lammers/Hillebrand/Crevels | 3:34.838 |
| 3 | 4 | Johansson Motorsport | Johansson/Coronel/Lemarie | 3:35.128 |
| 4 | 5 | DAMS | Bernard/Collard/Goossens | 3:37.402 |
| 5 | 7 | Team Bentley | Brundle/Ortelli/Smith | 3:37.441 |
| 6 | 1 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Biela/Kristensen/Pirro | 3:37.678 |
| 7 | 8 | Team Bentley | Wallace/Van de Poele/Leitzinger | 3:38.787 |
| 8 | 3 | Champion Racing | Herbert/Kelleners/Theys | 3:38.787 |
| 9 | 17 | Pescarolo Sport | Bourdais/Boullion/Redon | 3:39.789 |
| 10 | 34 | MG Sport & Racing | Reid/Hughes/Kane | 3:40.243 |
| 11 | 10 | Team Den Bla Avis | Nielsen/Katoh/Elgaard | 3:40.958 |
| 12 | 6 | DAMS | Taylor/Angelelli/Tinseau | 3:41.991 |
| 13 | 15 | Viper Team ORECA | Dalmas/Montagny/Sarrazin | 3:42.559 |
| 14 | 12 | Panoz Motorsports | Magnussen/Brabham/Lagorce | 3:42.974 |
| 15 | 18 | Pescarolo Sport | Clerico/Cottaz/Dereichebourg | 3:43.002 |
| 16 | 11 | Panoz Motorsports | Graf/Davis/Formato | 3:43.498 |
| 17 | 21 | Team Ascari | Pompidou/Maxwell/Zwart | 3:43.663 |
| 18 | 38 | ROC Auto | Gene/Fabre/Deletraz | 3:44.198 |
| 19 | 16 | Team Playstation | Beretta/Wendlinger/Lamy | 3:44.755 |
| 20 | 36 | Dick Barbour Racing | De Radigues/Maassen/Matsuda | 3:46.008 |
| 21 | 14 | Viper Team ORECA | Ara/Amorim/Kondo | 3:48.022 |
| 22 | 30 | Welter Gerard | Terada/De Fournoux/Daoudi | 3:50.006 |
| 23 | 60 | Saleen/Allen Speedlab | Konrad/Gavin/Borcheller | 3:52.849 |
| 24 | 19 | SMG | Gache/Beltoise/Policand | 3:54.156 |
| 25 | 33 | MG Sport & Racing | McGarrity/Blundell/Bailey | 3:56.274 |
| 26 | 58 | Larbre Competition | Bouchut/Belloc/Monteiro | 3:56.838 |
| 27 | 64 | Corvette Racing/Gary Pratt | Pilgrim/Freon/Collins | 3:57.052 |
| 28 | 32 | Roock Knighthawk Racing | Hurtgen/Gleason/Fairbanks | 3:57.099 |
| 29 | 37 | Dick Barbour Racing | Graham/Duno/Murry | 3:57.257 |
| 30 | 62 | RML | Lambert/McKellar/Mowlem | 3:58.626 |
| 31 | 61 | Konrad Motorsport | Brun/Seiler/Slater | 3:58.868 |
| 32 | 35 | S+R Rowan Racing | Carway/O'Connell/Migault | 3:59.302 |
| 33 | 63 | Corvette Racing/Gary Pratt | Fellows/Pruett/O'Connell | 3:59.399 |
| 34 | 57 | Equipe de France FFSA | Terrien/Cochet/Dayrault | 4:02.181 |
| 35 | 56 | Paul Belmondo Racing | Kumpen/De Galzain/Lagniez | 4:02.183 |
| 36 | 55 | Paul Belmondo Racing | Vosse/Ickx/Rosenblad | 4:02.971 |
| 37 | 70 | Aspen Knolls | Wagner/Mazzuocola/Rice | 4:10.168 |
| 38 | 80 | Larbre Competition | Goueslard/Chereau/Dumez | 4:11.738 |
| 39 | 83 | Seikel Motorsport | Rosa/Babini/Drudi | 4:11.787 |
| 40 | 72 | Team Taisan Advan | Fukuyama/Yogo/Nishizawa | 4:13.158 |
| 41 | 77 | Freisinger Motorsport | Jeannette/Dumas/Haezebrouck | 4:13.816 |
| 42 | 82 | Seikel Motorsport | Burgess/Cohen-Olivar/Bagnall | 4:19.445 |
| 43 | 76 | PK Sport Ltd | Youles/Day/Warnock | 4:23.422 |
| 44 | 79 | Noel Del Bello | Noel/Forgeois/Maury-Laribiere | 4:24.058 |
| 45 | 74 | Luc Alphand Adventures | Alphand/Ligonnet/Marques | 4:24.814 |
| 46 | 71 | Racing Engineering | Donovan/MacAllister/Lingner | 4:24.840 |
| 47 | 75 | Perspective Racing | Perrier/Neugarten/Smith | 4:38.786 |
| 48 | 20 | Team Ascari | Lupberger/Collins/Toivonen | 11:18.421 |
