As the cars completed their first flying laps Nathanaël Berthon was immediately on the pace with the 6th fastest time but with less than 10 minutes of the session completed there were signs of rain on the track. Fabio Leimer too was soon setting some fast laps and was immediately into 4th place. With 15 minutes of practice gone an accident to Serenelli saw the session stopped by the red flag and as the cars returned to the pits it began to rain heavily. Practice resumed with 5 minutes to go but with the track now damp no more quick times were set and at the end of the 30 minutes Leimer had set the 6th fastest time with a 1:24.342s and Berthon was 16th on a 1:24.974s.

It was raining hard at the start of the 30 minute afternoon qualifying session with the track temperature down to 18° and the air temperature was just 17°. As the session began all of the cars took to the track with wet tyres and all the drivers had to concentrate on setting a good time without taking too many risks.

Once again Leimer was showing his speed in the wet and on his first flying lap he set the second fastest lap in his Racing Engineering car. The lap times soon began to fall as the drivers got used to the conditions but with ten minutes gone the rain began to fall more heavily and the cars began to run at several seconds a lap slower and most of the cars returned to the pits.

Although several cars returned to the track with 10 minutes remaining the conditions hadn’t improved and no faster times were set. This left Leimer qualifying in an excellent 3rd with a time of 1:44.944s and Berthon less than a second slower in 16th spot with a lap of 1:45.917s.