Coming into the round, Robert Huff was leading the drivers' championship 36 points clear of Chevrolet teammate Muller.

[2] DeTeam KK Motorsport driver Marchy Lee missed the Hungarian round pending a new sponsorship arrangement.

The Volvo C30 of Robert Dahlgren was fourth quickest ahead of local driver Norbert Michelisz in the BMW 320 TC.

The only notable problem during the session was when Urs Sonderegger spun his Wiechers-Sport BMW at the final corner and brought out the yellow flags before continuing.

[5] Chevrolet topped the final practice session, this time with Muller edging out the Polestar Racing Volvo of Dahlgren.

In the second session, Menu set his best time early on and Muller moved up to second in the final moments to lock out the front row for Chevrolet.

Monteiro was the highest placed SEAT driver in seventh while Poulsen, Tarquini and Bennani rounded out the top ten.

Tarquini recovered from his ninth place grid spot to run third at the end of the first lap having briefly battled for second with Michelisz.

Barth finished eighth and took the first points for the SUNRED turbo engine and Coronel had retired in the later stages of the race due to high water temperature.