Photo: Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Louis Deletraz once again showed commanding pace to top?the second Formula Renault 2.0 NEC qualifying of the weekend, giving himself pole position for the second race.
The Swiss racer’s best lap put him more than eight tenths clear of the rest of the field. In stark contrast, positions between second and tenth?were decided in an extremely close fight as the drivers all finished within the same two tenths.
Ukyo Sasahara once again secured a front row spot ahead of Callan O’Keeffe and Charlie Eastwood, both of them recovering from a less successful first qualifying where they only took 14th and 12th respectively.
Josef Kaufmann Racing duo Kevin Jorg and Dries Vanthoor qualified fifth and seventh, Fortec’s Force India junior Jehan Daruvala slotting in between them.
Valentin Hasse-Clot was eighth-fastest, while the top ten was rounded out by Formula Renault 1.6 NEC graduates Ferdinand Habsburg and Max Defourny.
Qualifying results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Louis Deletraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:48.110 | 6 | |
| 2 | Ukyo Sasahara | ART Junior Team | 1:48.934 | 0.824 | 7 |
| 3 | Callan O’Keeffe | Fortec Motorsports | 1:48.991 | 0.881 | 7 |
| 4 | Charlie Eastwood | Strakka Racing | 1:49.003 | 0.893 | 7 |
| 5 | Kevin Jorg | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:49.018 | 0.908 | 7 |
| 6 | Jehan Daruvala | Fortec Motorsports | 1:49.030 | 0.920 | 8 |
| 7 | Dries Vanthoor | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:49.035 | 0.925 | 8 |
| 8 | Valentin Hasse-Clot | Strakka Racing | 1:49.086 | 0.976 | 7 |
| 9 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Fortec Motorsports | 1:49.122 | 1.012 | 8 |
| 10 | Max Defourny | Strakka Racing | 1:49.139 | 1.029 | 8 |
| 11 | Alex Gill | Fortec Motorsports | 1:49.201 | 1.091 | 10 |
| 12 | Nikita Mazepin | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:49.249 | 1.139 | 8 |
| 13 | Luke Chudleigh | Fortec Motorsports | 1:49.268 | 1.158 | 7 |
| 14 | Dennis Olsen | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:49.301 | 1.191 | 8 |
| 15 | Lasse Sorensen | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:49.340 | 1.230 | 8 |
| 16 | Josef Zaruba | AVF | 1:49.387 | 1.277 | 8 |
| 17 | Robin Hansson | Fragus BR Motorsport | 1:49.427 | 1.317 | 8 |
| 18 | Zac Claman DeMelo | Fortec Motorsports | 1:49.427 | 1.317 | 8 |
| 19 | Ignazio D’Agosto | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:49.443 | 1.333 | 8 |
| 20 | Colin Noble | MGR Motorsport | 1:49.607 | 1.497 | 7 |
| 21 | Darius Oskoui | ART Junior Team | 1:49.677 | 1.567 | 7 |
| 22 | Henrique Chaves | AVF | 1:49.687 | 1.577 | 9 |
| 23 | Rahul Raj Mayer | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 1:49.961 | 1.851 | 9 |
| 24 | Oliver Soderstrom | Fragus BR Motorsport | 1:50.096 | 1.986 | 8 |
| 25 | Roy Geerts | AVF | 1:50.207 | 2.097 | 9 |
| 26 | Bartlomiej Mirecki | BM Racing | 1:50.294 | 2.184 | 9 |
| 27 | David Richert | Inter Europol Competition | 1:50.467 | 2.357 | 9 |
| 28 | Inigo Bikuna | AVF | 1:50.598 | 2.488 | 10 |
| 29 | Bronislav Formanek | AVF | 1:50.665 | 2.555 | 8 |
| 30 | Pontus Fredericsson | Prizma Motorsport | No Time |