Following the farcical Beijing round the previous season, the second Chinese event was moved to Zhuhai International Circuit near Hong Kong.
Two pre-season tests were held at Silverstone Circuit on 28–29 August 2007 and 18–19 September 2007.
Due to Zandvoort's noise restrictions, regular and rookie practice sessions were not held on Friday at the Dutch round.
All teams used same A1 Grand Prix car including Zytek-powered, Cooper Avon-shod and Lola A1GP chassis.
No new teams entered the championships, whilst both Greece and Singapore did not return having failed to complete their debut seasons.