22/08/2008
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Pantano | Racing Engineering | 1:45.640 | 115.196 mph |
| 2 | Maldonado | Piquet Sports | 1:45.711 | 0.071 |
| 3 | Petrov | Barwa Intl Campos Team | 1:45.802 | 0.162 |
| 4 | Grosjean | ART Grand Prix | 1:46.010 | 0.370 |
| 5 | Zuber | Piquet Sports | 1:46.090 | 0.450 |
| 6 | D'Ambrosio | DAMS | 1:46.254 | 0.614 |
| 7 | Buemi | Trust Team Arden | 1:46.372 | 0.732 |
| 8 | Senna | iSport Intl | 1:46.529 | 0.889 |
| 9 | Conway | Trident Racing | 1:46.592 | 0.952 |
| 10 | Filippi | Trust Team Arden | 1:46.603 | 0.963 |
| 11 | di Grassi | Barwa Intl Campos Team | 1:46.607 | 0.967 |
| 12 | Chandhok | iSport Intl | 1:46.657 | 1.017 |
| 13 | Parente | Super Nova Racing | 1:46.763 | 1.123 |
| 14 | Villa | Racing Engineering | 1:46.813 | 1.173 |
| 15 | Soucek | Super Nova Racing | 1:46.949 | 1.309 |
| 16 | Valles | BCN Competicion | 1:47.102 | 1.462 |
| 17 | Rodriguez | FMS Intl | 1:47.269 | 1.629 |
| 18 | Yamamoto | ART Grand Prix | 1:47.270 | 1.630 |
| 19 | Valsecchi | Durango | 1:47.374 | 1.734 |
| 20 | Nunes | DPR | 1:47.756 | 2.116 |
| 21 | Asmer | FMS Intl | 1:47.854 | 2.214 |
| 22 | Tung | Trident Racing | 1:48.030 | 2.390 |
| 23 | Valerio | Durango | 1:48.179 | 2.539 |
| 24 | Iaconelli | BCN Competicion | 1:48.249 | 2.609 |
| 25 | Kobayashi | DAMS | 1:48.469 | 2.829 |
| 26 | Herck | DPR | 1:48.620 | 2.980 |