V 1. tréningu na VC Bahrajnu boli najrýchlejšie monoposty tímov McLaren a Mercedes. Najrýchlejšie kolo prešiel Jenson Button, Schumacher skončil štvrtý, Kubica šiesty, Alonso mal problémy s motorom.
Výsledky 1. tréningu na VC Číny 2010:
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.677 | - | 15 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:36.748 | 0.071 | 17 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.775 | 0.098 | 19 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:37.509 | 0.832 | 14 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:37.601 | 0.924 | 20 |
| 6 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:37.716 | 1.039 | 17 |
| 7 | Vitalij Petrov | Renault | 1:37.745 | 1.068 | 25 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:37.980 | 1.303 | 17 |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38.008 | 1.331 | 13 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.098 | 1.421 | 19 |
| 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:38.161 | 1.484 | 19 |
| 12 | Kamuj Kobajaši | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.375 | 1.698 | 21 |
| 13 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.421 | 1.744 | 19 |
| 14 | Nico Hülkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:38.569 | 1.892 | 20 |
| 15 | Paul Di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38.618 | 1.941 | 26 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:38.678 | 2.001 | 17 |
| 17 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:39.939 | 3.262 | 5 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:41.531 | 4.854 | 22 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:41.779 | 5.102 | 23 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:41.830 | 5.153 | 19 |
| 21 | Lucas Di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:42.181 | 5.504 | 27 |
| 22 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:43.875 | 7.198 | 23 |
| 23 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 1:43.949 | 7.272 | 20 |
| 24 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 6 |
