V prvom voľnom tréningu na VC Európy v španielskom meste Valencia bol najrýchlejší Brazílčan Rubens Barrichello, čo potvrdzuje návrat Brawnu na popredné priečky. "Nováčik" Luca Badoer skončil posledný so stratou vyše 3 sekúnd.
Výsledky 1. tréningu:
| 1 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:42,460 | - | 19 | |
| 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:42,636 | + 0,176 | 16 | |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:42,654 | + 0,194 | 18 | |
| 4 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:43,074 | + 0,614 | 19 | |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:43,088 | + 0,628 | 17 | |
| 6 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:43,209 | + 0,749 | 13 | |
| 7 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:43,225 | + 0,765 | 25 | |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:43,243 | + 0,783 | 19 | |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:43,345 | + 0,885 | 18 | |
| 10 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:43,384 | + 0,924 | 23 | |
| 11 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:43,389 | + 0,929 | 30 | |
| 12 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:43,419 | + 0,959 | 20 | |
| 13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:43,637 | + 1,177 | 30 | |
| 14 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:43,746 | + 1,286 | 22 | |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:44,040 | + 1,580 | 23 | |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:44,126 | + 1,666 | 17 | |
| 17 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:44,356 | + 1,896 | 23 | |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:44,638 | + 2,178 | 26 | |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:44,732 | + 2,272 | 28 | |
| 20 | Luca Badoer | Ferrari | 1:45,840 | + 3,380 | 25 |
