Photo: Renault Sport/DPPI
Kevin Magnussen produced the perfect response to his exclusion from the race one win at Paul Ricard by claiming a convincing pole position in qualifying two.
The DAMS driver sat on top halfway through the session by four tenths of a second, and although he was dislodged twice from top spot during the second runs, he twice fought back to claim first.
He finished 0.309 seconds clear of fellow Dane Marco Sorensen. Nico Muller took third ahead of Antonio Felix da Costa, who inherited the race one win after Magnussen’s exclusion.
Nigel Melker claimed fifth ahead of Norman Nato and Stoffel Vandoorne, who sits 18 points behind Magnussen in the standings. William Buller – who was second to Magnussen after the first runs – was eighth with Arthur Pic and Marlon Stockinger completing the top ten.
Qualifying results
| Pos | ?Driver? | Team | Time? | Gap | Laps? |
| 1 | Kevin Magnussen | DAMS | 1:48.042 | 12 | |
| 2 | Marco Sorensen | Lotus | 1:48.351 | 0.309 | 12 |
| 3 | Nico Muller | International Draco Racing | 1:48.423 | 0.381 | 13 |
| 4 | Antonio Felix da Costa | Arden Caterham | 1:48.501 | 0.459 | 14 |
| 5 | Nigel Melker | Tech 1 Racing | 1:48.524 | 0.482 | 13 |
| 6 | Norman Nato | DAMS | 1:48.620 | 0.578 | 13 |
| 7 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Fortec Motorsports | 1:48.638 | 0.596 | 13 |
| 8 | William Buller | Zeta Corse | 1:48.767 | 0.725 | 11 |
| 9 | Arthur Pic | AV Formula | 1:48.834 | 0.792 | 11 |
| 10 | Marlon Stockinger | Lotus | 1:48.956 | 0.914 | 12 |
| 11 | Will Stevens | P1 by Strakka Racing | 1:48.968 | 0.926 | 13 |
| 12 | Mikhail Aleshin | Tech 1 Racing | 1:49.004 | 0.962 | 12 |
| 13 | Nikolay Martsenko | Pons Racing | 1:49.017 | 0.975 | 11 |
| 14 | Andre Negrao | International Draco Racing | 1:49.047 | 1.005 | 13 |
| 15 | Zoel Amberg | Pons Racing | 1:49.075 | 1.033 | 13 |
| 16 | Matias Laine | P1 by Strakka Racing | 1:49.112 | 1.070 | 13 |
| 17 | Lucas Foresti | SMP Racing by Comtec | 1:49.192 | 1.150 | 12 |
| 18 | Christopher Zanella | ISR | 1:49.269 | 1.227 | 12 |
| 19 | Jazeman Jaafar | Carlin | 1:49.299 | 1.257 | 12 |
| 20 | Pietro Fantin | Arden Caterham | 1:49.368 | 1.326 | 13 |
| 21 | Sergey Sirotkin | ISR | 1:49.411 | 1.369 | 13 |
| 22 | Daniil Move | SMP Racing by Comtec | 1:49.486 | 1.444 | 11 |
| 23 | Carlos Sainz | Zeta Corse | 1:49.505 | 1.463 | 13 |
| 24 | Carlos Huertas | Carlin | 1:49.547 | 1.505 | 13 |
| 25 | Oliver Webb | Fortec Motorsports | 1:49.823 | 1.781 | 13 |
| 26 | Yann Cunha | AV Formula | 1:50.147 | 2.105 | 12 |