Citroën driver López was quickest in all three sectors on his lap in the Q3 shoot-out for the DHL-presented pole position to set a time of 1m46.109s, beating the benchmark set by Coronel by 0.609 seconds.
Chevrolet RML Cruze driver Coronel equalled his career-best qualifying result, the WTCC Trophy contender beating Honda drivers Rob Huff and Tiago Monteiro to a place on the front row. Polestar’s Thed Björk made Q3 and was a close fifth behind the two Hondas.
Hungarian hero Norbert Michelisz just missed out on a place in Q3 and will start the Main Race from sixth. Nicky Catsburg will share row four of the grid with Yvan Muller, with Fredrik Ekblom and Mehdi Bennani on row five.
Tom Chilton and Gabriele Tarquini missed out on the top 10 and will start both races from the sixth row of the grid.
In Q1, Muller only just avoided being eliminated, with Hugo Valente instead failing to make the top 12, together with John Filippi, Grégoire Demoustier, René Münnich and Ferenc Ficza.
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 time | Q2 time | Q3 time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Maria Lopez | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 1:46.261 | 1:46.399 | 1:46.109 |
| 2 | Tom Coronel | ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet | 1:46.929 | 1:46.457 | 1:46.718 |
| 3 | Rob Huff | Honda Racing Team JAS | Honda | 1:46.706 | 1:46.349 | 1:46.833 |
| 4 | Tiago Monteiro | Honda Racing Team JAS | Honda | 1:46.843 | 1:46.419 | 1:46.895 |
| 5 | Thed Bjork | Polestar Cyan | Volvo | 1:46.722 | 1:46.493 | 1:46.980 |
| — | ---------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | --------- | --------- |
| 6 | Norbert Michelisz | Honda Racing Team JAS | Honda | 1:46.920 | 1:46.597 | |
| 7 | Nicky Catsburg | LADA Sport | Lada | 1:46.859 | 1:46.725 | |
| 8 | Yvan Muller | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 1:47.358 | 1:46.824 | |
| 9 | Fredrik Ekblom | Polestar Cyan | Volvo | 1:46.993 | 1:46.831 | |
| 10 | Mehdi Bennani | Sebastien Loeb Racing | Citroen | 1:46.813 | 1:47.078 | |
| 11 | Tom Chilton | Sebastien Loeb Racing | Citroen | 1:47.247 | 1:47.159 | |
| 12 | Gabriele Tarquini | LADA Sport | Lada | 1:46.633 | 1:47.170 | |
| — | ---------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | --------- | --------- |
| 13 | Hugo Valente | LADA Sport | Lada | 1:47.484 | 2:05.022 | |
| 14 | John Filippi | Campos Racing | Chevrolet | 1:47.704 | ||
| 15 | Grégoire Demoustier | Sebastien Loeb Racing | Citroen | 1:47.751 | ||
| 16 | Rene Munnich | Munnich Motorsport | Chevrolet | 1:47.900 | ||
| 17 | Ferenc Ficza | Zengo | Honda | 1:48.707 |