Les 28 concurrents des 6 Heures de Sao Paulo ont eu droit à 90 minutes d’essais lors de la première séance d’essais libres dont voici les chronos :
| Essais Libres 1 |
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| 1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Audi Sport) | Fässler-Tréluyer-Lotterer | 1.24.370 |
| 2 | Audi R18 ultra (Audi Sport) | Kristensen-Di Grassi-McNish | 1.24.838 |
| 3 | Toyota TS030 HYBRID (Toyota Racing) | Lapierre-Wurz | 1.25.055 |
| 4 | HPD ARX-03a (Strakka Racing) | Kane-Leventis-Watts | 1.25.588 |
| 5 | Lola-Toyota (Rebellion Racing) | Prost-Jani | 1.25.798 |
| 6 | HPD ARX-03a (JRM Racing) | Brabham-Chandhok-Dumbreck | 1.26.440 |
| 7 | Lola-Toyota (Rebellion Racing) | Primat-Belicchi- | 1.26.851 |
| 8 | HPD ARX-03b (Starworks Motorsport) | Potoliccchio-Dalziel-Sarrazin | 1.28.302 |
| 9 | Lola B12/80 (Lotus LMP2) | Liuzzi-Rossiter-Weeda | 1.28.951 |
| 10 | ORECA 03 (G-Drive by Signatech-Nissan) | Panciatici-Rusinov-Ragues | 1.29.034 |
| 11 | Morgan 2012 LMP2 (OAK Racing) | Pla-Nicolet-Lahaye | 1.29.100 |
| 12 | ORECA 03 (ADR-Delta) | Graves-Charouz-Martin | 1.29.162 |
| 13 | ORECA 03 (Pecom Racing) | Minassian-Perez Companc-Kaffer | 1.29.244 |
| 14 | ORECA 03 (Signatech-Nissan) | Mailleux-Tresson-Lombard | 1.29.468 |
| 15 | Morgan 2012 LMP2 (OAK Racing) | Baguette-Kraihamer-Brundle | 1.29.786 |
| 16 | Zytek Z11SN (Greaves Motorsport) | Zugel-Gonzalez-Julian | 1.30.520 |
| 17 | Lola B12/80 (Lotus LMP2) | Holzer-Schultis-Moro | 1.31.187 |
| 18 | Lola B12/80 (Gulf Racing Middle East) | Giroix-Ihara-Deletraz | 1.31.571 |
| 19 | Ferrari F458 Italia (AF Corse) | Bruni-Fisichella | 1.34.904 |
| 20 | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR (Felbermayr-Proton) | Lieb-Lietz | 1.35.210 |
| 21 | Aston Martin Vantage GTE (AMR) | Mücke/Turner | 1.35.409 |
| 22 | Ferrari F458 Italia (AF Corse) | Beretta/Bertolini | 1.35.480 |
| 23 | Ferrari F458 Italia (AF Corse-Waltrip) | Bernoldi-Longo-Negrao | 1.36.003 |
| 24 | Corvette C6.R (Larbre Compétition) | Canal-Bornhauser-Rees | 1.36.270 |
| 25 | Ferrari F458 Italia (Krohn Racing) | Krohn-Rugolo-Jönsson | 1.36.605 |
| 26 | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR (Felbermayr-Proton) | Ried-Ruberti-Roda | 1.36.906 |
| 27 | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR (JWA-Avila) | Camathias-Daniels-Palttala | 1.38.633 |
| 28 | Corvette C6.R (Larbre Compétition) | Belloc-Bourret-Gibon | 1.40.545 |