12/09/2008
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Pantano | Racing Engineering | 1:31.220 | 142.058 mph |
| 2 | di Grassi | Barwa Intl Campos Team | 1:31.239 | 0.019 |
| 3 | Buemi | Trust Team Arden | 1:31.330 | 0.110 |
| 4 | Filippi | Trust Team Arden | 1:31.440 | 0.220 |
| 5 | Petrov | Barwa Intl Campos Team | 1:31.527 | 0.307 |
| 6 | Maldonado | Piquet Sports | 1:31.546 | 0.326 |
| 7 | Zuber | Piquet Sports | 1:31.663 | 0.443 |
| 8 | Rodriguez | FMS Intl | 1:31.708 | 0.488 |
| 9 | Villa | Racing Engineering | 1:31.797 | 0.577 |
| 10 | Chandhok | iSport Intl | 1:31.810 | 0.590 |
| 11 | Grosjean | ART Grand Prix | 1:31.949 | 0.729 |
| 12 | Senna | iSport Intl | 1:31.964 | 0.744 |
| 13 | Valsecchi | Durango | 1:32.090 | 0.870 |
| 14 | Yamamoto | ART Grand Prix | 1:32.092 | 0.872 |
| 15 | Soucek | Super Nova Racing | 1:32.165 | 0.945 |
| 16 | Conway | Trident Racing | 1:32.229 | 1.009 |
| 17 | Nunes | DPR | 1:32.236 | 1.016 |
| 18 | Kobayashi | DAMS | 1:32.361 | 1.141 |
| 19 | D'Ambrosio | DAMS | 1:32.503 | 1.283 |
| 20 | Valerio | Durango | 1:32.550 | 1.330 |
| 21 | Parente | Super Nova Racing | 1:32.604 | 1.384 |
| 22 | Asmer | FMS Intl | 1:32.808 | 1.588 |
| 23 | Tung | Trident Racing | 1:32.817 | 1.597 |
| 24 | Herck | DPR | 1:33.021 | 1.801 |
| 25 | Iaconelli | BCN Competicion | 1:33.264 | 2.044 |