[3] Coronel was fastest in the first free practice session on Saturday morning, ahead of Robert Huff and Muller.

A number of drivers were close to dropping out of qualifying in the first session with Huff and Norbert Michelisz getting through after late improvements.

Mehdi Bennani was tenth to secure pole position on the reversed grid for race two, he would then start alongside Liqui Moly Team Engstler's Charles Ng.

Yokohama Trophy points leader missed out on the reversed grid in eleventh ahead of his former teammate Tom Chilton in twelfth.

[9] Muller led away from pole, there was some light contact with Coronel at the first corner while Barth and Ng behind collided, putting both out of the race on the spot.

The rescue vehicle that was recovering the stricken BMW of Ng broke down and the marshals were required to remove the car manually.

Further back there was a close battle between Monteiro, Marc Basseng, Alex MacDowall and Mikhail Kozlovskiy.

[10] After the race, Oriola, Basseng and Karamyshev were issued with 30–second penalties when the three drivers were deemed to have made false starts.

With Oriola losing his eighth place, Stefano D'Aste was promoted into the final points paying position.

[11] Before the race, Ng was dropped to the back of the grid when Engstler Motorsport broke parc ferme regulations to repair his car.

On lap three, Tarquini and Coronel were disputing third place – the two made contact while they allowed Thompson to make it a three-way battle.