Several drivers had provisionally signed up for their respective nations including John Martin,[9] Felipe Guimarães,[10] Zahir Ali,[11] Satrio Hermanto,[11] Fairuz Fauzy, Aaron Lim, Luis Díaz, Salvador Durán, Robert Doornbos[12] and Jeroen Bleekemolen.
[13] A one-day test for all teams was to have been held at Queensland Raceway on October 19, the week before the opening round at Surfers Paradise.
However, A1GP chairman Tony Teixeira said "I am confident this calendar, that may still include at least one more event, will achieve our criteria for the series".
It was announced on 17 October 2009 that the opening round at Surfers Paradise in Australia was cancelled, as the cars and other equipment for the A1GP teams had still not left London, and would not arrive in time for the event.
[6] On 5 November 2009, the Malaysian date at the Sepang International Circuit was postponed indefinitely,[26] and on the same day, the Chinese round was also confirmed as cancelled.