As winter testing begins in Jerez, the GP2 Paddock welcomes many new names and new faces. A total of ten newcomers entered today's entry list namely Christian Vietoris, Max Chilton, Alexander Rossi, Esteban Gutierrez, Jules Bianchi, Edoardo Piscopo, Francesco Castellacci, Philip Eng, Josef Kral and Victor Garcia. Barwa Addax Team, 2009 GP2 Series champions ART Grand Prix and Ocean Racing Technology worked with a line-up solely composed of newcomers.

On a dry track and under blue skies, Davide Valsecchi set the pace this morning on new tyres at the wheel of the Party Poker Racing.com Scuderia Coloni car, three-tenths faster than Roldan Rodriguez (Fat Burner Racing Engineering). Newcomer Jules Bianchi completed the top three with ART Grand Prix.

The session was briefly red flagged twice when newcomer, Max Chilton, ran off track in the final corner and broke his front wing early in the session. Then, rookie Oliver Turvey stopped on the track eight minutes before the chequered flag.

In the afternoon, as the temperatures rose, it was Frenchman Bianchi who posted the quickest lap time (1:26.919), two-hundredths ahead of Jerome d'Ambrosio at the wheel the iSport International car. Diego Nunes (Fat Burner Racing Engineering) completed the top three ahead of his teammate for the day Rodriguez who was already one of the fastest man on track this morning. The top ten was covered by just one second.

Once again, the session was Red flagged, first when Rodolfo Gonzalez (Telmex Arden) span at the chicane and then two more times, courtesy of Edoardo Piscopo with Trident Racing. With twenty minutes left on the clock, the Italian lost control of his machine in the last corner and ran into the tyre wall. The damage to the barrier prevented the session from restarting before the chequered flag.