René Binder replaced Sergio Canamasas at Carlin GP2 team ahead of this round.

This would be the second team Binder has driven for this year after having substituted for Nobuharu Matsushita in Austria for ART Grand Prix.

Sergey Sirotkin secured his third pole position of the year, marginally beating Pierre Gasly by sixteen-thousandths of a second, with Raffaele Marciello achieving third.

^1 Antonio Giovinazzi was excluded from qualifying due to not complying with undertray requirements.

Sirotkin finished second after a storming drive from eighth and Arthur Pic achieved third .