[3] Free practice one took place in wet conditions, the fastest time was set by López with Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro second and third in their updated Honda Civic WTCCs.

James Thompson finished the session in fourteenth; it was announced after qualifying that he was withdrawing from the rest of the weekend on medical grounds due to a tooth abscess.

López led an all–Citroën top three in the second part of qualifying, a number of improvements in the final minutes of the session meant Muller, Loeb, Hugo Valente and Ma Qing Hua all secured places in Q3.

[8] The first start was aborted due to Muller, Valente, López and Ma lining up in the wrong grid slots and an extra formation lap took place.

The race started on the second attempt and López moved up past Valente and up the inside of Muller to take the lead into the first corner.

Defending from Loeb meant Monteiro was losing ground on both Coronel and Chilton who were themselves dropping away from race leader Michelisz.

By lap eight Loeb's defence from López allowed Monteiro to open up a gap and pursue Chilton for the final podium spot, further down the order Filippi took D'Aste for eleventh.