Carlos Sainz Jr won the pole in the first race of the new season a top class World Series by Renault at Monza.
The Spaniard took the lead from the start of the session and added successively as head of protocol with time 1.33,235. Nearest rival Red Bull protégé proved Will Buller – British lost to Sainz 0.124 seconds.
19-year-old rookie Formula Renault 3.5 Luca Gotti showed a very strong third result, more than two-tenths of a second behind the leader. Closed the the top five, Will Stevens and driver of russian tem Zeta Corse Roberto Meri.
In the final seconds of qualifying, when many drivers were on a fast lap on the track the car Zoel Amberg is spun. As a result, 0.43 seconds before the end of the session the judges had decided to stop the race and not to resume.
| Pos | Driver | Nation | Team | Rookie | |
| 1 | #1 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Dams | |
| 2 | #8 | William Buller | GBR | Arden Motorsport | |
| 3 | #6 | Luca Ghiotto | ITA | International Draco Racing | R |
| 4 | #11 | Will Stevens | GBR | Strakka Racing | |
| 5 | #22 | Roberto Merhi | ESP | Zeta Corse | R |
| 6 | #15 | Marlon Stockinger | PHI | Lotus | |
| 7 | #27 | Nikolay Martsenko | RUS | Comtec Racing | |
| 8 | #7 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | Arden Motorsport | R |
| 9 | #17 | Jazeman Jaafar | MAS | ISR | |
| 10 | #16 | Matthieu Vaxivière | RA | Lotus | R |
| 11 | #21 | Roman Mavlanov | RUS | Zeta Corse | R |
| 12 | #9 | Marco Sorensen | DEN | Tech 1 Racing | |
| 13 | #12 | Matias Laine | FIN | Strakka Racing | |
| 14 | #20 | Zoel Amberg | SUI | AVF | |
| 15 | #5 | Pietro Fantin | BRA | International Draco Racing | |
| 16 | #4 | Oliver Rowland | GBR | Fortec Motorsports | R |
| 17 | #2 | Norman Nato | FRA | Dams | |
| 18 | #3 | Sergey Sirotkin | RUS | Fortec Motorsports | |
| 19 | #25 | Oliver Webb | GBR | Pons Racing | |
| 20 | #26 | Meindert Van Buuren | NED | Pons Racing | R |
| 21 | #19 | Beitske Visser | NED | AVF | R |