Malaysia GP: Practice 2 Results – Hamilton
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| Lewis Hamilton |
Lewis Hamilton snatched the fastest time of the Friday afternoon session in Kuala Lumpur, with a lap that was two-tenths faster than the best time that Ferrari's Felipe Massa could manage. The Brazilian was two-tenths faster than Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari.
Jenson Button was fourth quickest in his Honda and Sebastian Vettel was a sensational 5th in his lowly Toro Rosso.
Sixth quickest was Jarno Trulli's Toyota, followed by Heikki Kovalainen in the second McLaren, Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber, Giancarlo Fisichella's Force India and Kazuki Nakajima's Williams.
| POS | DRIVER | COUNTRY | TEAM | TIME |
| 1. | Lewis Hamilton | Britain | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.055 |
| 2. | Felipe Massa | Brazil | Ferrari | 1:35.206 |
| 3. | Kimi Raikkonen | Finland | Ferrari | 1:35.428 |
| 4. | Jenson Button | Britain | Honda | 1:36.037 |
| 5. | Sebastian Vettel | Germany | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:36.474 |
| 6. | Jarno Trulli | Italy | Toyota | 1:36.493 |
| 7. | Heikki Kovalainen | Finland | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.512 |
| 8. | Robert Kubica | Poland | BMW Sauber | 1:36.671 |
| 9. | Giancarlo Fisichella | Italy | Force India-Ferrari | 1:36.756 |
| 10. | Kazuki Nakajima | Japan | Williams-Toyota | 1:36.838 |
| 11. | Rubens Barrichello | Brazil | Honda | 1:36.879 |
| 12. | Nico Rosberg | Germany | Williams-Toyota | 1:36.908 |
| 13. | Nick Heidfeld | Germany | BMW Sauber | 1:37.106 |
| 14. | Fernando Alonso | Spain | Renault | 1:37.328 |
| 15. | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Renault | 1:37.331 |
| 16. | Mark Webber | Australia | Red Bull-Renault | 1:37.346 |
| 17. | Timo Glock | Germany | Toyota | 1:37.512 |
| 18. | Adrian Sutil | Germany | Force India-Ferrari | 1:37.614 |
| 19. | Takuma Sato | Japan | Super Aguri-Honda | 1:39.021 |
| 20. | Anthony Davidson | Super | Super Aguri-Honda | 1:39.361 |
| 21. | Sebastien Bourdais | France | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | No Time |
| 22. | David Coulthard | Britain | Red Bull-Renault | No Time |