Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Update - Hamilton is fastest at Sepang

In second free practice of the 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton of McLaren set the fastest time. After the first day of practice for the Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix, there is a chance of close fight between McLaren and Ferrari for the rest of the weekend.

Felipe Massa had dominated the first session and the Ferraris had once again held the upper hand for the majority of the second 90-minute practice period.

But Hamilton produced a lap of one minute 35.055 seconds, the fastest of the day, to edge out Massa by just over a tenth of a second with Kimi Raikkonen 0.373secs back in third, demonstrating the championship pacesetter will be a force to be reckoned with in Sepang.

Summary of the first day of practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix

McLaren
Lewis Hamilton, 1m 36.626s, P5/1m 35.055s, P1
Heikki Kovalainen, 1m 36.556s, P3/1m 36.512s, P7

Ferrari
Felipe Massa, 1m 35.392s, P1/1m 35.206s, P2
Kimi Raikkonen, 1m 36.459s, P2/1m 35.428s, P3

Honda
Jenson Button, 1m 37.282s, P9/1m 36.037s, P4
Rubens Barrichello, 1m 37.776s, P13/1m 36.879s, P11

Toro Rosso
Sebastian Vettel, 1m 38.219s, P15/1m 36.474s, P5
Sebastien Bourdais, 1m 38.798s, P18/No time

Toyota
Jarno Trulli, 1m 37.540s, P10/1m 36.493s, P6
Timo Glock, 1m 37.782s, P14/1m 37.512s, P17

BMW Sauber
Robert Kubica, 1m 37.218s, P8/1m 36.671s, P8
Nick Heidfeld, 1m 37.649s, P11/1m 37.106s, P13

Force India
Giancarlo Fisichella, 1m 39.046s, P19/1m 36.756s, P9
Adrian Sutil, 1m 41.269s, P22/1m 37.614s, P18

Williams
Kazuki Nakajima, 1m 37.649s, P12/1m 36.838s, P10
Nico Rosberg, 1m 36.578s, P4/1m 36.908s, P12

Renault
Fernando Alonso, 1m 37.022s, P6/1m 37.328s, P14
Nelson Piquet Jr, 1m 37.034s, P7/1m 37.331s, P15

Red Bull
Mark Webber, 1m 38.707s, P17/1m 37.346s, P16
David Coulthard, 1m 38.232s, P16/No time

Super Aguri
Takuma Sato, 1m 40.178s, P20/1m 39.021s, P19
Anthony Davidson, 1m 40.351s, P21/1m 39.361s, P20