O japonês Kamui Kobayashi, da Dams, foi o mais rápido nos dois dias de testes coletivos em Shangai, na China. Assim como nos testes da série principal, o piloto do programa de desenvolvimento da Toyota, dominou , sendo mais de meio segundo mais rápido do quer o segundo melhor, o espanhol Roldan Rodriguez, da Piquet Sports.
Dois brasileiros participaram dos testes, Luiz Razia, confirmado para a próxima temporada na Arden e Diego Nunes, que testou pela Piquet Sports.
A Meritus, única equipe asiática da categoria, anunciou que o malaio Alex Yoong, ex-F-1 e A1GP, será o piloto da equipe no ano.
Tempos, 08 de outubro:
1 – Kamui Kobayashi – Dams – 1’45″963 – 34 laps
2 – Sakon Yamamoto – ART – 1’46″255 – 38
3 – Roldan Rodriguez – Piquet/GP – 1’46″491 – 35
4 – Jerome D’Ambrosio – Dams – 1’46″540 – 43
5 – Giedo Van der Garde – iSport – 1’46″599 – 35
6 – Andreas Zuber – FMSI – 1’46″721 – 46
7 – Davide Valsecchi – Durango – 1’46″785 – 33
8 – James Jakes – Super Nova – 1’47″083 – 36
9 – Vitaly Petrov – Campos – 1’47″090 – 34
10 – Mika Maki – Arden – 1’47″126 – 39
11 – Nelson Philippe – ART – 1’47″161 – 51
12 – Sergio Perez – Campos – 1’47″169 – 48
13 – Hamad Al Fardan – iSport – 1’47″187 – 42
14 – Michael Herck – DPR – 1’47″430 – 62
15 – Yuhi Sekiguchi – DPR – 1’47″591 – 35
16 – Alex Yoong – Meritus – 1’47″979 – 36
17 – Luca Filippi – BCN – 1’48″032 – 18
18 – Earl Bamber – Meritus – 1’48″065 – 18
19 – Javier Villa – Super Nova – 31 – 1’48″084
20 – Giacomo Ricci – Trident – 1’48″664 – 17
21 – Chris Van der Drift – Trident – 1’49″174 – 12
22 – Kevin Nai Chia Chen – FMSI – 1’51″518 – 40
Tempos, 09 de outubro:
1 – Kamui Kobayashi – Dams – 1’45″203 – 34
2 – Roldan Rodriguez – Piquet/GP – 1’45″814 – 45
3 – Sakon Yamamoto – ART – 1’46″071 – 42
4 – Davide Valsecchi – Durango – 1’46″081 – 32
5 – Jerome D’Ambrosio – Dams – 1’46″242 – 38
6 – Giedo Van der Garde – iSport – 1’46″373 – 39
7 – Javier Villa – Super Nova – 1’46″541 – 28
8 – Vitaly Petrov – Campos – 1’46″603 – 33
9 – Luiz Razia – Arden – 1’46″660 – 64
10 – Andreas Zuber – FMSI – 1’46″669 – 37
11 – Sergio Perez – Campos – 1’46″715 – 43
12 – Mika Maki – Arden – 1’46″725 – 50
13 – James Jakes – Super Nova – 1’46″851 – 34
14 – Hamad Al Fardan – iSport – 1’46″958 – 49
15 – Earl Bamber – Meritus – 1’47″031 – 30
16 – Diego Nunes – Piquet/GP – 1’47″111 – 56
17 – Luca Filippi – BCN – 1’47″131 – 14
18 – Nelson Philippe – ART – 1’47″202 – 22
19 – Michael Herck – DPR – 1’47″226 – 26
20 – Chris Van der Drift – Trident – 1’47″438 – 43
21 – Giacomo Ricci – Trident – 1’47″640 – 29
22 – Alex Yoong – Meritus – 1’47″718 – 48
23 – Ma Qinghua – DPR – 1’48″044 – 43
24 – Hiroki Yoshimoto – BCN – 1’48″858 – 17
25 – Kevin Nai Chia Chen – 1’50″637 – 15