| Bird kørte tidligt ud, mens banen var tør satte tiden, hvorefter det begundte at regne, hvilket effektivt forhindrede konkurrenterne i at køre en tid der kunne matche den Bird havde nået at sætte.
0,145 og 0,231 sekund bag Sam Bird kom de to Signature kørere Mika Maki og Jean-Karl Vernay.
På 4. pladsen kom Bird's teamkollega fra Mücke teamet, Marco Wittmann, han var 0,326 sekund fra den hurtigste tid.
Tiderne fra den fri træning:
 |
| Pl. |
Kører |
Team |
Tid |
Diff. |
 |
| 1 |
Sam Bird |
Mucke |
1:36,328 |
|
| 2 |
Mika Maki |
Signature |
1:36,473 |
+00,145 |
| 3 |
Jean-Karl Vernay |
Signature |
1:36,559 |
+00,231 |
 |
| 4 |
Marco Wittmann |
Mucke |
1:36,654 |
+00,326 |
| 5 |
Brendon Hartley |
Carlin |
1:36,837 |
+00,509 |
| 6 |
Atte Mustonen |
Motopark |
1:36,931 |
+00,603 |
 |
| 7 |
Roberto Merhi |
Manor |
1:37,045 |
+00,717 |
| 8 |
Christian Vietoris |
Mucke |
1:37,064 |
+00,736 |
| 9 |
Tiago Geronimi |
Signature |
1:37,198 |
+00,870 |
 |
| 10 |
Stefano Coletti |
Prema |
1:37,228 |
+00,900 |
| 11 |
Jules Bianchi |
ART |
1:37,230 |
+00,902 |
| 12 |
Christopher Zanella |
Motopark |
1:37,393 |
+01,065 |
 |
| 13 |
Basil Shaaban |
Prema |
1:37,508 |
+01,180 |
| 14 |
Kevin Mirocha |
HBR |
1:37,598 |
+01,270 |
| 15 |
Alexander Sims |
Mucke |
1:37,650 |
+01,322 |
 |
| 16 |
Valtteri Bottas |
ART |
1:37,683 |
+01,355 |
| 17 |
Esteban Gutierrez |
ART |
1:38,307 |
+01,979 |
| 18 |
Matteo Chinosi |
Prema |
1:38,657 |
+02,329 |
 |
| 19 |
Jake Rosenzweig |
Carlin |
1:38,885 |
+02,557 |
| 20 |
Johnny Cecotto Jr |
HBR |
1:39,068 |
+02,740 |
| 21 |
Cesar Ramos |
Manor |
1:39,856 |
+03,528 |
 |
| 22 |
Pedro Henrique |
Manor |
1:40,061 |
+03,733 |
| 23 |
Adrien Tambay |
ART |
1:40,551 |
+04,223 |
| 24 |
Carlo van Dam |
Kolles |
1:40,741 |
+04,413 |
 |
| 25 |
Henkie Waldschmidt |
SG |
1:42,939 |
+06,611 |
| 26 |
Andrea Caldarelli |
SG |
1:47,887 |
+11,559 |
| 27 |
Alexandre Marsoin |
SG |
1:48,219 |
+11,891 |
 |
Hr. Nielsen
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