Joylon Palmer has been the fastest of the practice session of GP2 Series in the Sochi Autodrom. The Briton of Dams showed a good feeling to this new circuit, Vandoorne as well.
Results:
| Pos. | Car | Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Gap | |
| 1 | 7 | Joylon Palmer | GBR | Dams | 18 | 1:46,083 | |
| 2 | 26 | Arhur Pic (R) | FRA | Campos Racing | 18 | 1:46,618 | + 0,535 |
| 3 | 17 | André Negrao (R) | BRA | Arden International | 20 | 1:46,623 | + 0,540 |
| 4 | 10 | Stoffel Vandoorne (R) | BEL | ART Grand Prix | 19 | 1:46,740 | + 0,657 |
| 5 | 1 | Mitch Evans | NZ | RT Russian Time | 19 | 1:46,763 | + 0,680 |
| 6 | 27 | Kimiya Sato (R) | JAP | Campos Racing | 18 | 1:46,781 | + 0,698 |
| 7 | 23 | Johnny Cecotto | VEN | Trident | 19 | 1:46,889 | + 0,806 |
| 8 | 24 | Nathanaël Berthon | FRA | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 19 | 1:47,027 | + 0,944 |
| 9 | 3 | Felipe Nasr | BRA | Carlin | 19 | 1:47,123 | + 1,040 |
| 10 | 14 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | GBR | Rapax | 20 | 1:47,359 | + 1,276 |
| 11 | 12 | Jon Lancaster | GBR | Hilmer Motorsport | 17 | 1:47,394 | + 1,311 |
| 12 | 18 | Rio Haryanto | IND | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 18 | 1:47,452 | + 1,369 |
| 13 | 9 | Takuya Izawa (R) | JAP | ART Grand Prix | 20 | 1:47,474 | + 1,391 |
| 14 | 5 | Raffaele Marciello (R) | ITA | Racing Engineering | 17 | 1:47,589 | + 1,506 |
| 15 | 6 | Stefano Coletti | MON | Racing Engineering | 17 | 1:47,667 | + 1,584 |
| 16 | 21 | Marco Sørensen (R) | DAN | MP Motorsport | 17 | 1:47,672 | + 1,589 |
| 17 | 19 | Pierre Gasly (R) | FRA | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 17 | 1:47,702 | + 1,619 |
| 18 | 22 | Sergio Canamasas | ESP | Trident | 19 | 1:47,857 | + 1,774 |
| 19 | 11 | Daniel Abt | GER | Hilmer Motorsport | 18 | 1:47,862 | + 1,779 |
| 20 | 8 | Stéphane Richelmi | MON | Dams | 18 | 1:47,882 | + 1,799 |
| 21 | 15 | Simon Trummer | CHE | Rapax | 19 | 1:47,903 | + 1,820 |
| 22 | 16 | Rene Binder | AUT | Arden International | 17 | 1:47,965 | + 1,882 |
| 23 | 20 | Daniël de Jong | NED | MP Motorsport | 17 | 1:48,276 | + 2,193 |
| 24 | 4 | Julián Leal | COL | Carlin | 11 | 1:48,508 | + 2,425 |
| 25 | 25 | Sergio Campana | ITA | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 18 | 1:48,623 | + 2,540 |
| 26 | 2 | Artem Markelov (R) | RUS | RT Russian Time | 17 | 1:48,707 | + 2,624 |