Spaniards Diego Ruiloba and Ángel Luis Vela, driving another Citroën C3 Rally2 unit, concluded the qualifying session in second place. Just a tenth separated them from the leaders. A team vying for the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) title, composed of the Hungarians Miklós Csomós and Attila Nagy, piloted their Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo to the third place.

Mathieu Franceschi and Andy Malfoy, aboard a Skoda Fabia RS Rally2, finished fourth, just ahead of the defending champions of the Spanish Rally Super-Championship (S-CER), José Antonio Suárez and Alberto Iglesias. Also with another Skoda Fabia RS Rally2, the Asturian duo completed the top five, a position that the Italians Andrea Mabellini and Virginia Lenzi couldn't reach, finishing sixth with their Skoda Fabia RS Rally2.

Erik Cais and Igor Bacigál placed their Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 in seventh place, while  the Poles Miko Marczyk and Szymon Gospodarczyk, using a similar mount, secured an eighth place. se hicieron con el octavo puesto. Iván Ares and Javier Martínez placed their Hyundai i20 N Rally2 in ninth place, closely followed by the Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 of the Austrians Simon Wagner and Gerald Winter in tenth place.

Alejandro Cachón and Borja Rozada, on the debut weekend of the Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 on the Canary roads, finished eleventh. Alexey Lukyanuk and Yury Kulikov, with the i20 N Rally2 from Hyundai Canarias Motorsport, were the fastest among the participants also scoring for the Canary Islands Rally Championship on Asphalt (CCRA), a competition for which this 48th Rally Islas Canarias has the highest coefficient.

The action will resume this evening at 08:35 p.m. with the super special stage of ‘Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’ which will be taking place around the venue of the event, located at the Gran Canaria Stadium. Over 8000 spectators will witness this stage that made such a good impression last year. Before the start of this stage, there will be a press conference at 07:00 p.m., followed by a driver parade starting at 07:45 p.m.