On the Thursday before qualifying, Formula Atlantic, the support category for the weekend, had the first practice session on the new track before the Formula One cars hit the circuit for pre-qualifying at 8 o'clock on Friday morning.
No xoves antes da cualificación, a Fórmula Atlántica, a categoría de apoio para o fin de semana, tivo a primeira sesión de práctica na nova pista antes de que chegasen os coches de Fórmula 1 ao circuíto para a pre-cualificación as 8 da mañá do venres.