Hamilton sets quickest practice time in Malaysia

Lewis Hamilton recorded the fastest time in the second free practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix after Felipe Massa had dominated the majority of the first two sessions in Sepang.
Hamilton produced a fastest lap of one minute 35.055 seconds in his McLaren to edge out his Ferrari rival by just over a tenth of a second with Massa's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen 0.373sec back in third.
"I am pretty happy with that as the car showed consistent pace all through the session and also good overall speed," Hamilton said. "Unfortunately the morning session was not perfect for me as I had a slight problem on the car right at the end."
Raikkonen had set a time of 1min 36.045sec early in the session, which proved the benchmark for the 90-minute period until the Finn went over four tenths of a second quicker.

Jenson Button, of Honda, claimed fourth place late on, albeit nearly a second off the pace, while Vettel eventually took fifth. Jarno Trulli was sixth in his Toyota, Heikki Kovalainen seventh in the second McLaren while Robert Kubica compled the top eight in his BMW Sauber.

First Free Practice Sessions

1 Hamilton McLaren 1:35.055
2 Massa Ferrari 1:35.206
3 Raikkonen Ferrari 1:35.428
4 Button Honda 1:36.037
5 Vettel Toro Rosso 1:36.474
6 Trulli Toyota 1:36.493
7 Kovalainen McLaren 1:36.512
8 Kubica BMW Sauber 1:36.671
9 Fisichella Force India 1:36.756
10 Nakajima Williams 1:36.838
11 Barrichello Honda 1:36.879
12 Rosberg Williams 1:36.908
13 Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:37.106
14 Alonso Renault 1:37.328
15 Piquet Renault 1:37.331
16 Webber Red Bull 1:37.346
17 Glock Toyota 1:37.512
18 Sutil Force India 1:37.614
19 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:39.021
20 Davidson Super Aguri 1:39.361
21 Bourdais Toro Rosso

22 Coulthard Red Bull