Stefano D'Aste returned to Wiechers-Sport having been forced to miss the Race of UK due to commitments in the GT4 European Cup.

[2] Muller would be driving under a two race three–place suspended grid penalty after a controversial pass on Huff at the previous round.

Aleksei Dudukalo ended his session on his first lap when the front splitter on his SUNRED León broke and he beached it in the gravel.

The session was stopped just over half way through when Fabio Fabiani spun and put his Proteam Racing BMW 320si into the tyre wall at the first corner.

Dahlgren was quickest in Q1, while Engstler set his best time late on to end up tenth and get through to the second session, also securing him the pole position for race two.

[6] Huff led a Chevrolet 1–2 in the wet warm–up session on Sunday morning, pole sitter Muller was second while Polestar Racing's Dahlgren was third.

Huff narrowly stayed ahead of Tarquini and began closing in on team–mate Muller but was unable to pass on the final lap.

Coronel and Michelisz clashed with the Zengő-Dension Team driver ending his race in the tyre wall at the first corner.