The French driver grabbed the top spot in the final minute of the session, robbing Stefano Coletti of what would have been a surprise pole position for the Prema Powerteam driver.
The Monegasque driver did improve his time marginally, but it was not enough to make any impression on Bianchi's stunning lap.
Championship leader Nico Hulkenberg will start Saturday's race from third on the grid, and his hopes of wrapping up the title sooner rather than later were boosted by Edoardo Mortara struggling down in 19th position.
Behind Hulkenberg, Sam Bird's impressive recent form appears to have carried into this weekend, as the British driver lines up fourth for Manor Motorsport.
After starting the session well, British F3 front-runner Brendon Hartley was bumped down the order, but his final lap of the session was good enough to vault him back up to the fifth position he held at the halfway stage.
However, the Carlin driver was one of several to have his best lap taken away after the session, as a flurry of times were set at the end while there were yellow flags out after James Jakes spun off.
That meant that Hartley dropped to 11th, promoting Koudai Tsukakoshi to fifth. Christian Vietoris had a spin at the end of his first run, but he recovered to take sixth on the grid.
Mika Maki, Dani Clos and Jean Karl Vernay complete the top 10, while Renger van der Zande was another to lose out due to the yellow flags, and he was moved back to 14th place having originally qualified ninth.
Pos Driver Car Time 1. Jules Bianchi Dallara/Mercedes 1:31.328 2. Stefano Coletti Dallara/Mercedes 1:31.809 + 0.481 3. Nico Hülkenberg Dallara/Mercedes 1:31.915 + 0.587 4. Sam Bird Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.023 + 0.695 5. K.Tsukakoshi Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.068 + 0.740 6. C.Vietoris Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.107 + 0.779 7. Erik Janis Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.146 + 0.818 8. Mika Mäki Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.283 + 0.955 9. Daniel Clos Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.331 + 1.003 10. Jean-Karl Vernay Dallara/Volkswagen 1:32.365 + 1.037 11. Brendon Hartley Dallara/Volkswagen 1:32.370 + 1.042 12. Robert Wickens Dallara/Volkswagen 1:32.457 + 1.129 13. Jon Lancaster Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.653 + 1.325 14. R.van der Zande Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.764 + 1.436 15. Richard Philippe Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.792 + 1.464 16. Daniel Campos Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.807 + 1.479 17. Franck Mailleux Dallara/Volkswagen 1:32.814 + 1.486 18. H.Waldschmidt Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.830 + 1.502 19. Edoardo Mortara Dallara/Volkswagen 1:32.879 + 1.551 20. Jens Klingmann Dallara/Volkswagen 1:32.887 + 1.559 21. Yann Clairay Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.907 + 1.579 22. Kazuya Oshima Dallara/Mercedes 1:32.910 + 1.582 23. Cheng Cong Fu Dallara/Volkswagen 1:32.989 + 1.661 24. James Jakes Dallara/Mercedes 1:33.130 + 1.802 25. N.Panciatici Dallara/Volkswagen 1:33.209 + 1.881 26. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara/Mercedes 1:33.212 + 1.884 27. Basil Shaaban Dallara/Mercedes 1:33.506 + 2.178 28. S.Richelmi Dallara/Mercedes 1:34.919 + 3.591
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