Andy Priaulx holte sich im japanischen Okayama die Pole Position für das BMW Team RBM – seine erste Pole seit Macau 2006. Sein Teamkollege Augusto Farfus steht neben ihm auf Platz zwei. Dritter wurde Chevrolet-Pilot Rob Huff.
Im ersten Teil des Qualifying über 20 Minuten fuhr Colin Turkington (BMW) noch die Bestzeit vor Priaulx und Farfus. Zunächst war Rob Huff noch Schnellster, gefolgt von Norbert Michelisz. Doch Turkington konterte und war in Q1 vorne.
| Qualifying1 FIA WTCC in Okayama (30.10.10) | |||||
| 1. | Colin TURKINGTON | GBR | BMW 320si | 1:37.264 | |
| 2. | Augusto FARFUS | BRA | BMW 320si | 1:37.455 | + 0.191 |
| 3. | Andy PRIAULX | GBR | BMW 320si | 1:37.623 | + 0.359 |
| 4. | Robert HUFF | GBR | Chevrolet Cruze | 1:37.690 | + 0.426 |
| 5. | Norbert MICHELISZ | HUN | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:37.707 | + 0.443 |
| 6. | Gabriele TARQUINI | ITA | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:37.725 | + 0.461 |
| 7. | Yvan MULLER | FRA | Chevrolet Cruze | 1:37.767 | + 0.503 |
| 8. | Franz ENGSTLER | GER | BMW 320si | 1:37.786 | + 0.522 |
| 9. | Alain MENU | SUI | Chevrolet Cruze | 1:37.805 | + 0.541 |
| 10. | Michael ROSSI | FRA | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:37.809 | + 0.545 |
| 11. | Tiago MONTEIRO | POR | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:37.904 | + 0.640 |
| 12. | Michel NYKJAER | DEN | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:37.904 | + 0.640 |
| 13. | Darryl O'YOUNG | HKG | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1:38.056 | + 0.792 |
| 14. | Robert DAHLGREN | SWE | Volvo C30 | 1:38.128 | + 0.864 |
| 15. | Kristian POULSEN | DEN | BMW 320si | 1:38.156 | + 0.892 |
| 16. | Fredy BARTH | SUI | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:38.171 | + 0.907 |
| 17. | Tom CORONEL | NED | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:38.190 | + 0.926 |
| 18. | Stefano D'ASTE | ITA | BMW 320si | 1:38.540 | + 1.276 |
| 19. | Sergio HERNANDEZ | ESP | BMW 320si | 1:38.728 | + 1.464 |
| 20. | Yukinori TANIGUCHI | JPN | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1:38.747 | + 1.483 |
| 21. | Andrei ROMANOV | RUS | BMW 320si | 1:39.098 | + 1.834 |
| 22. | Yoshihiro ITO | JPN | BMW 320si | 1:39.584 | + 2.320 |
| 23. | Nobuteru TANIGUCHI | JPN | BMW 320si | 1:39.891 | + 2.627 |
| 24. | Kevin CHEN | TPE | BMW 320si | 1:39.997 | + 2.733 |
| 25. | Henry HO | MAC | BMW 320si | 1:40.681 | + 3.417 |
| Qualifying 2 FIA WTCC in Okayama (30.10.10) | |||||
| 1. | Andy PRIAULX | GBR | BMW 320si | 1:36.972 | |
| 2. | Augusto FARFUS | BRA | BMW 320si | 1:37.408 | + 0.436 |
| 3. | Robert HUFF | GBR | Chevrolet Cruze | 1:37.441 | + 0.469 |
| 4. | Colin TURKINGTON | GBR | BMW 320si | 1:37.495 | + 0.523 |
| 5. | Norbert MICHELISZ | HUN | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:37.577 | + 0.605 |
| 6. | Gabriele TARQUINI | ITA | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:37.727 | + 0.755 |
| 7. | Alain MENU | SUI | Chevrolet Cruze | 1:37.844 | 0.872 |
| 8. | Yvan MULLER | FRA | Chevrolet Cruze | 1:37.913 | 0.941 |
| 9. | Michael ROSSI | FRA | SEAT Leon TDI | 1:38.387 | 1.415 |
| 10. | Franz ENGSTLER | GER | BMW 320si | 1:38.605 | 1.633 |
