Prost tops Friday Beijing test
With a lap time of 1:37.291 Nicolas Prost posted the fast time in Friday's test session in Beijing. His Renault e.dams teammate Sebastien Buemi was second six tenths behind the Frenchman. Virgin's Jean-Eric Vergne was third, a rather eye-opening two seconds behind Prost.
Full results below…
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Nicolas Prost | e.dams | 1m37.291s | – | 14 |
| 2 | Sebastien Buemi | e.dams | 1m37.912s | 0.621s | 14 |
| 3 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Virgin | 1m39.405s | 2.114s | 12 |
| 4 | Bruno Senna | Mahindra | 1m39.670s | 2.379s | 12 |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld | Mahindra | 1m39.909s | 2.618s | 13 |
| 6 | Oliver Turvey | China | 1m40.148s | 2.857s | 11 |
| 7 | Jerome D'Ambrosio | Dragon | 1m40.410s | 3.119s | 13 |
| 8 | Lucas di Grassi | Abt | 1m40.531s | 3.240s | 11 |
| 9 | Daniel Abt | Abt | 1m40.852s | 3.561s | 12 |
| 10 | Sam Bird | Virgin | 1m41.146s | 3.855s | 12 |
| 11 | Stephane Sarrazin | Venturi | 1m41.387s | 4.096s | 11 |
| 12 | Antonio Felix da Costa | Aguri | 1m41.556s | 4.265s | 9 |
| 13 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | China | 1m41.938s | 4.647s | 9 |
| 14 | Loic Duval | Dragon | 1m42.016s | 4.725s | 7 |
| 15 | Robin Frijns | Andretti | 1m42.635s | 5.344s | 12 |
| 16 | Simona de Silvestro | Andretti | 1m43.657s | 6.366s | 12 |
| 17 | Nathanael Berthon | Aguri | 1m45.561s | 8.270s | 7 |
| 18 | Jacques Villeneuve | Venturi | 1m46.425s | 9.134s | 9 |
| 19 | Salvador Duran | Trulli | – | – | 0 |
| 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Trulli | – | – | 0 |