Battersea Park was closed to the public for four days with a three-week disruption period and a decision has yet to be taken on a repeat race.

[6] He was the first of three new Swiss drivers (taking the total 4), with Alex Fontana[7] and Simona de Silvestro[8] replacing Vitantonio Liuzzi and Justin Wilson respectively.

Also making their first appearance was Sakon Yamamoto, who replaces António Félix da Costa as the Portuguese driver is driving for BMW in DTM,[9] and Oliver Turvey, who replaces Charles Pic, becoming the fourth different driver to drive the second car for NEXTEV Team China Racing.

[10] After winning the last race in Moscow, Nelson Piquet Jr. led the world championship by 17 points to fellow countryman, Lucas di Grassi.

After exceeding the track limits on multiple occasions in Moscow, Jarno Trulli was handed a five place grid penalty for failing to slow after cutting the chicane.