Med finske Valtteri Bottas på 1. pladsen var norden sikret et godt resultat fra starten af, hvorimod svenske Felix Rosenqvist var placeret i den modsatte ende af feltet, på 29. pladsen ud af de 30 startende kørere.

Tiderne fra 1. fri træning:

Pl.	Kører	Team	Tid	Omg.
1	Valtteri Bottas	Prema	2:14,578	8
2	Edoardo Mortara	Signature	2:14,588	11
3	Laurens Vanthoor	Signature	2:15,345	10
4	Roberto Merhi	Prema	2:15,383	10
5	Carlos Huertas	Hitech	2:15,775	11
6	Renger van der Zande	Motopark	2:16,153	8
7	Daniel Abt	Signature	2:16,243	11
8	Yuji Kunimoto	TOM's	2:16,332	12
9	Marco Wittmann	Signature	2:16,636	11
10	Daniel Juncadella	Prema	2:16,661	11
11	James Calado	Carlin	2:16,907	11
12	Felipe Nasr	Raikkonen	2:17,208	12
13	Alexandre Imperatori	Toda	2:17,396	11
14	Jean-Eric Vergne	Carlin	2:18,295	11
15	Will Buller	Fortec	2:18,423	8
16	Jazeman Jaafar	Carlin	2:18,456	11
17	Rio Haryanto	Raikkonen	2:18,918	10
18	Antonio da Costa	Carlin	2:19,082	10
19	Oliver Webb	Fortec	2:19,885	11
20	Rafael Suzuki	TOM's	2:21,363	11
21	Hideki Yamauchi	Hanashima	2:21,833	7
22	Michael Ho	Raikkonen	2:22,057	7
23	Alexander Sims	Raikkonen	2:22,460	5
24	Kimiya Sato	Motopark	2:22,473	4
25	Lucas Foresti	Fortec	2:22,572	11
26	Hywel Lloyd	CR/Manor	2:22,878	10
27	Adderly Fong Sino	Vision	2:22,919	10
28	Yuhi Sekiguchi	Three Bond	no time	6
29	Felix Rosenqvist	Performance	no time	2
30	Carlos Munoz	Hitech	no time	1

Hr. Nielsen