[1] Campos Racing expanded to two cars with Hugo Valente returning to the championship to drive alongside Fernando Monje.

[2] Gabriele Tarquini was the quickest driver in the first free practice session on Saturday morning with Tiago Monteiro in second making it a Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team 1–2.

[3] Chevrolets filled the top three positions at the end of the free practice two with Muller leading teammate Tom Chilton and bamboo-engineering's James Nash.

Nash was the quickest independent driver in seventh while his teammate Alex MacDowall in tenth would take the pole position when the grid was reversed for race two.

[5] Tom Boardman had all his times removed when his car failed the ride height check after Q1, he would start at the back of the grid for both races.

A number of other drivers were also delayed by the incident including Monteiro who suffered a puncture on the pit straight at the start of lap two and collided with the tyre wall on the outside of the first corner when he was unable to stop.

The battle between Huff and Coronel had allowed Tarquini to break away into a safe third place and Bennani finished fifth to take the independents' victory.

MacDowall was on pole position for the standing start but he was passed straight away by Bennani who took the lead while Huff put himself up into second place.

Huff won the race with Bennani close behind while the Bamboo cars of MacDowall and Nash finished third and fourth ahead of Muller.