on his final timed lap, albuquerue qualified the no. 5 mustang sampling cadillac in third place. patricio o'ward took fourth in the no. 38 performance tech racing oreca to become the field's highest-placed lmp2 car. early pace setter vautier in spirit's no. 90 car was fifth, and robin frijns' no. 78 jackie chan entry sixth. an electrical fault left nasr seventh. braun's no. 54 core car, bomarito's no. 55 mazda ninth, and cameron's no. 6 penske were eighth to tenth. lapierre set no lap time after he locked his brakes on his first timed lap and drove into the tyre barriers at the west horseshoe. he damaged the no. 22 extreme speed car's front-left suspension. extreme speed's no. 2 vehicle did not take part due to a precautionary engine switch. mazda's no. 77 car was absent because of a pre-qualifying data irregularity.