Di Resta on Pole at Lausitz

The McLaren Autosport Award winner blistered the opposition in the series' first visit to the track, taking pole by more than half a second.

The venue is a replacement for the cancelled Avignon round, which fell through because of local government politics.

Newly crowned champion Lewis Hamilton, free of having to worry about securing the title, still continued his front running pace and edged out Prema Power team's Franck Perera for second.

Di Resta's Manor Motorsport teammate Lucas di Grassi was fourth, keeping his hopes of snatching second in the championship from Adrian Sutil alive.

Sutil qualified fifth, ahead of Signature driver Guillaume Moreau.

Pos  Driver             Team                     Time              Laps
 1.  Paul di Resta      Manor Motorsport         1:33.496           18
 2.  Lewis Hamilton     ASM F3                   1:34.039 + 0.543   17
 3.  Franck Perera      Prema Powerteam          1:34.196 + 0.700   18
 4.  Lucas di Grassi    Manor Motorsport         1:34.498 + 1.002   16
 5.  Adrian Sutil       ASM F3                   1:34.499 + 1.003   17
 6.  Guillaume Moreau   Signature                1:34.619 + 1.123   18
 7.  Greg Franchi       Prema Powerteam          1:35.116 + 1.620   18
 8.  G. van der Garde   Team Rosberg             1:35.248 + 1.752   17
 9.  Kohei Hirate       Team Rosberg             1:35.293 + 1.797   17
10.  Fabio Carbone      Signature                1:35.315 + 1.819   17
11.  James Rossiter     Signature-Plus           1:35.362 + 1.866   17
12.  Loic Duval         Signature-Plus           1:35.370 + 1.874   17
13.  Alejandro Nunez    HBR Motorsport           1:35.753 + 2.257   17
14.  Marco Bonanomi     Prema Powerteam          1:35.847 + 2.351   18
15.  Sebastian Vettel   ASL Mucke Motorsport     1:35.862 + 2.366   16
16.  Esteban Guerrieri  Team Midland Euroseries  1:36.538 + 3.042   17
17.  Hannes Neuhauser   HBR Motorsport           1:36.828 + 3.332   15
18.  Thomas Holzer      AM-Holzer Rennsport      1:36.907 + 3.411   17
19.  Filip Salaquarda   Team I.S.R.              1:36.995 + 3.499   17
20.  Atila Abreu        ASL Mucke Motorsport     1:37.670 + 4.174   15
21.  Robert Austin      Team Midland Euroseries  1:37.854 + 4.358   17
22.  Paolo Montin                                1:39.239 + 5.743   15