Jorg Muller of BMW Team Germany claimed the first pole position of the season.
　
Qualifying became the battle of the BMW men for top spot. Jorg Muller occupied provisional pole for the majority of the session before Andy Priaulx stole it on his last lap. Seconds later Augusto Farfus stormed to the top but his joy was to be short lived as Muller reclaimed pole in the dying seconds with a lap of 1:24.769. This demoted Farfus by just 0.055 seconds.

The BMW domination extended beyond the top three as Felix Porteiro secured fourth place on the last lap of his first WTCC qualifying session.