Once again, Ferrari dominated the majority of the running during practice session two in Sepang. Despiet this, Lewis Hamilton put in some blistering laps at the end of the session to eventually grab the quickest time.
Ferrari looked set to grab another practice one-two, but on a cooling track, Hamilton who had been around a second off the Ferrari s all afternoon put in a storming lap to beat Massa s quickest time by 0.151 seconds. It appears that the Brit could have gone even faster, as his final lap saw him putting in even quicker sector times, however the decided against completing the super-quick lap, choosing to pit instead.
Honda pulled off the biggest surprise of the session with British driver Jenson Button managing the fourth quickest time.
In stark comparison to the first practice session, there was little in the way of drama the only spin of the session came courtesy of Fernando Alonso who spun at the final hairpin, but did no damage to his car and was able to continue with the session.
Two drivers failed to set a time during the session. The first was Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Bourdais who looked to have an engine failure on the first lap of his session. The second driver was David Coulthard whose RB4 remained in the pit garage as his team continued to make repairs on the car, and investigations still ongoing into what caused his dramatic crash.
Unofficial Times for Practice Session 2
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.055 32 2. Massa Ferrari 1:35.206 + 0.151 33 3. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:35.428 + 0.373 36 4. Button Honda 1:36.037 + 0.982 40 5. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:36.474 + 1.419 35 6. Trulli Toyota 1:36.493 + 1.438 38 7. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.512 + 1.457 30 8. Kubica BMW Sauber 1:36.671 + 1.616 33 9. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:36.756 + 1.701 37 10. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:36.838 + 1.783 34 11. Barrichello Honda 1:36.879 + 1.824 38 12. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:36.908 + 1.853 36 13. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:37.106 + 2.051 35 14. Alonso Renault 1:37.328 + 2.273 23 15. Piquet Renault 1:37.331 + 2.276 42 16. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:37.346 + 2.291 37 17. Glock Toyota 1:37.512 + 2.457 35 18. Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:37.614 + 2.559 35 19. Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:39.021 + 3.966 27 20. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:39.361 + 4.306 30 21. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari No time 1 22. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault No time
