Paul Meijer is back on pole. After seeing his string of eight consecutive poles broken at Misano, the Dutch driver and leader of the points standings, together with his teammate Jurriaan De Back, retook P1 in Qualifying ahead of Race 1 in a warm morning at Circuit Paul Ricard. The HWM Motorsport driver posted a time of 2.05.500, which left his most direct opponent, Pietro Delli Guanti 0s203 behind.
In his return to the series, the 2025 co-champion Ian Rodriguez (Ebimotors) was third-fastest, 0s532 behind, in the first Pro-Am car, and will share row 2 with Diego Stifner (BiRace Motorsport, +0s932).
In row three, will be Borja García (GT Corse, +1s023) and the other title bidder Lodovico Longoni (ZRS Motorsport, +1s265), while Leandro Martins (LMR Motorsport), ninth, was the fastest Am car.