Οι Bernhard/Hartley/Webber ήταν εκείνοι που κατάφεραν να σημειώσουν τον ταχύτερο χρόνο στις κατατακτήριες δοκιμές του 6ωρου αγώνα αντοχής στη Σανγκάη. Οι οδηγοί της Porsche έκαναν 1.44.462, αφήνοντας στην δεύτερη θέση τους Buemi/Davidson/Nakajima με Toyota (1.44.522) και στην τρίτη τους Di Grassi/Duval/Jarvis με Audi (1.44.610).
Ακολούθησε το δεύτερο πλήρωμα της Toyota με τους Conway/Kobayashi/Sarrazin να σημειώνουν 1.44.810, το δεύτερο Audi των Fässler/Lotterer/Tréluyer με 1.44.868 και η δεύτερη Porsche των Dumas/Jani/Lieb με 1.45.051.
| Θέση | Κατηγορία | Οδηγοί | Αυτοκίνητο | Οδηγός 1 | Οδηγός 2 | Μ.Ο | Διαφορά |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP1 | Timo BERNHARD, Mark WEBBER, Brendon HARTLEY | Porsche 919 Hybrid | 1:44.618 | 1:44.307 | 1’44.462 | |
| 2 | LMP1 | Anthony DAVIDSON, Sébastien BUEMI, Kazuki NAKAJIMA | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | 1:44.368 | 1:44.677 | 1’44.522 | +0.060 |
| 3 | LMP1 | Lucas DI GRASSI, Loïc DUVAL, Oliver JARVIS | Audi R18 | 1:44.420 | 1:44.800 | 1’44.610 | +0.148 |
| 4 | LMP1 | Stéphane SARRAZIN, Mike CONWAY, Kamui KOBAYASHI | Toyota TS050 – Hybrid | 1:44.983 | 1:44.638 | 1’44.810 | +0.348 |
| 5 | LMP1 | Marcel FÄSSLER, André LOTTERER, Benoît TRÉLUYER | Audi R18 | 1:45.209 | 1:44.528 | 1’44.868 | +0.406 |
| 6 | LMP1 | Romain DUMAS, Neel JANI, Marc LIEB | Porsche 919 Hybrid | 1:44.596 | 1:45.507 | 1’45.051 | +0.589 |
| 7 | LMP1 | Mathéo TUSCHER, Dominik KRAIHAMER, Alexandre IMPERATORI | Rebellion R-One – AER | 1:50.115 | 1:49.542 | 1’49.828 | +5.366 |
| 8 | LMP1 | Simon TRUMMER, Oliver WEBB, Pierre KAFFER | CLM P1/01 – AER | 1:51.335 | 1:51.235 | 1’51.285 | +6.823 |
| 9 | LMP2 | Matthew RAO, Richard BRADLEY, Alex LYNN | Oreca 05 – Nissan | 1:54.676 | 1:53.775 | 1’54.225 | +9.763 |
| 10 | LMP2 | Gustavo MENEZES, Nicolas LAPIERRE, Stéphane RICHELMI | Alpine A460 – Nissan | 1:53.880 | 1:54.884 | 1’54.382 | +9.920 |
| 11 | LMP2 | Antonio GIOVINAZZI, Tom BLOMQVIST, Sean GELAEL | LIGIER JS P2 – Nissan | 1:55.010 | 1:53.786 | 1’54.398 | +9.936 |
| 12 | LMP2 | Roman RUSINOV, Will STEVENS, Alex BRUNDLE | Oreca 05 – Nissan | 1:54.174 | 1:55.345 | 1’54.759 | +10.297 |
| 13 | LMP2 | Ricardo GONZALEZ, Filipe ALBUQUERQUE, Bruno SENNA | LIGIER JS P2 – Nissan | 1:56.059 | 1:53.632 | 1’54.845 | +10.383 |
| 14 | LMP2 | Tor GRAVES, Roberto GONZALEZ, Mathias BECHE | Oreca 05 – Nissan | 1:54.001 | 1:55.797 | 1’54.899 | +10.437 |
| 15 | LMP2 | Nicolas MINASSIAN, Maurizio MEDIANI, Mikhail ALESHIN | BR01 – Nissan | 1:56.314 | 1:55.194 | 1’55.754 | +11.292 |
| 16 | LMP2 | Vitaly PETROV, Kirill LADYGIN, Victor SHAITAR | BR01 – Nissan | 1:57.026 | 1:55.832 | 1’56.429 | +11.967 |
| 17 | LMP2 | Ryan DALZIEL, Luis Felipe DERANI, Christopher CUMMING | LIGIER JS P2 – Nissan | 1:54.773 | 1:58.105 | 1’56.439 | +11.977 |
| 18 | LMP2 | David CHENG, Ho-Pin TUNG, Paul Loup CHATIN | Alpine A460 – Nissan | 1:58.800 | 1:55.422 | 1’57.111 | +12.649 |