Overview
- The session was stopped with 6:25 remaining after Morris Schuring suffered a left-rear puncture and crashed at the final corner.
- On a drying track designated as wet, teams ran slicks and struggled to bring Pirelli tyres up to temperature after the interruption.
- Thierry Vermeulen set a 1:28.301 to beat Ricardo Feller to pole, with Jack Aitken third and earning a qualifying point to narrow his deficit to Rene Rast.
- Lucas Auer qualified fourth ahead of Thomas Preining, Fabio Scherer took sixth, Rast starts seventh, and Jules Gounon secured eighth following overnight repairs.
- Marco Wittmann fell to 18th as BMWs carried an extra 15 kg since Saturday, and the race is scheduled for 13:30 with rain possible.