With the start of the second practice session at the Fuji circuit there was a rush of drivers taking to the track with most drivers staying out to set an early time. Fisichella set the first time with a 1m:24.053 but several other drivers would go faster with Heidfeld fastest from Alonso, Kubica, Nico, Sutil, Trulli, Glock, and Button. But with the rush of drivers setting times it would be Bourdais that would go fastest, 1m:20.308, with a 1m:20.389, followed by Sutil and Webber. Alonso was now fourth followed by Vettel and Piquet. Nico was now eighth, 1m:21.081, followed by Kazuki, 1m:21.113.

The times would improve with Alonso now fastest with a 1m:19.951. With other drivers improving Nico and Kazuki would drop to thirteenth and fourteenth. Vettel was now in third but would improve to be second behind Alonso with a 1m:20.219. Only the two Ferrari's had yet to come out. Bourdais, 1m:20.308, was fourth followed by Kubica, Webber, Sutil, and Button in eighth. But Hamilton would move to the top of the times with a 1m:19.949. Kazuki had returned to the pits as Raikkonen took to the track. Kovalainen was now second with a 1m:19.867. Nico had also pitted. Massa was now also out on the track as Hamilton pitted. Nico and Kazuki were down in sixteenth and seventeenth.

Bourdais would improve with a 1m:19.842 to move into an excellent second. After the rush early on in the session the track now only had a handful of drivers out on it, with fifteen minutes of the session run. Raikkonen and Massa were in fifth and sixth respectively. On his next lap Massa was up to fourth with a 1m:19.874. Alonso was back out on the circuit. Massa was on a quick lap and would finish with a 1m:19.535 to move ahead of Hamilton. Vettel was also out on the circuit as Piquet improved to now be seventh, 1m:20.158. But in somewhat of a surprise Sutil would go fastest with a 1m:19.344. Piquet was now fourth with a lap of 1m:19.788.Both Nico and Kazuki had returned to the track.

Now it was Trulli's turn to move to the top of the times with a 1m:18.863. Both Nico and Kazuki were on quick laps but so weer several other drivers. Kazuki was now second with a 1m:19.244. Nico was down in fifth, 1m:19.354, while it would be Vettel who was now fastest with a 1m:18.761. The times continued to fall as Trulli and Glock would both move ahead of Kazuki. Trulli was second, 1m:18.863, and Glock third, 1m:18.989. Coulthard would put in a quick lap moving up to fifth with a 1m:19.327. Nico was one of the drivers who was using the softer tyre in this session. It would help him move up to fourth with a 1m:19.184. Vettel pitted along with Nico and Kazuki shortly after. Kazuki was on the harder tyre.

Hamilton was down in ninth just behind eighth placed Massa. With an hour and four minutes remaining the order was Vettel from Trulli, Glock, Nico, Kazuki, Coulthard, Sutil, and Massa. But Bourdais would also show some pace moving into fourth with a 1m:19.081. Slowest were the Honda's of Barrichello and Button. Hamilton was able to improve moving into second with a 1m:18.763. Vettel was back out as Kovalainen moved into fourth with a 1m:18.914. Glock was fifth, 1m:18.989. Nico had returned to the track with just over an hour remaining. Kazuki was also back out as Glock went fastest, 1m:18.383, to push Vettel into second. Hamilton was now third followed by Trulli, and now Raikkonen in fifth. Kovalainen was now sixth. Kazuki was able to improve to be in seventh, 1m:18.930, while Nico was ninth with a 1m:19.139.

Glock's time was set on the softer option tyre. Massa was down in tenth with a best time of 1m:19.205. Kubica was able to find some extra pace and would move into fifth with a time of 1m:18.865. Kazuki had pitted. Kubica was also on the softer tyre. Several other drivers were trying the softer tyre, including Vettel. Glock was still fastest from Vettel, Hamilton, Trulli, Kubica, Raikkonen, Kovalainen, Kazuki, Massa, and in tenth Bourdais, Nico was now eleventh. Both Vettel and Hamilton would pit. Kazuki ands Nico would return to the track with Kazuki currently in eighth and Nico eleventh. Most of the top ten were back in their pits with the exception of fifth placed Kubica and eighth placed Kazuki.

But Hamilton would return this time using the softer option tyre. With just under forty minutes left in the session most of the field had returned with the exception of the two Ferrari's. Hamilton would improve to now be in second with a 1m:18.463. Kazuki was still in eighth and Nico eleventh. Both drivers would pit. There was not a lot happening in terms of changes in position but sixth placed Raikkonen was on a quick lap and would move into third with a 1m:18.752. Both Kazuki and Nico were back out with just over thirty minutes remaining. Massa was back out this time on the softer tyre. Massa would improve to be in third with a 1m:18.617. Kazuki had dropped to ninth as a result of Massa's time.

Kazuki was on the softer tyre for this run. Both McLaren's were back in the pits. Two teams down the order were Renault and Red Bull. Glock would pit after a very long time out on the track. Raikkonen would also pit while Massa was on a quick lap being fastest in sector one. But he would abort the lap returning to his pit instead of setting a time. Both Nico and Kazuki had also pitted without any improvement in third positions. But Massa would not stop simply travelling along the pit lane to stop and practice a start prior to returning to the track. Hamilton was also back out on the softer tyre. Glock would also return to the track after a short stop.

Ten minutes left and Glock was still fastest from Hamilton, Massa, Raikkonen, Vettel, Trulli, Kubica, Kovalainen, Kazuki, and Bourdais in tenth. Again Glock would pit while Alonso was able to improve moving into second, 1m:18.426. Piquet was also able to improve moving up to be in tenth, 1m:18.888. Webber was also faster with a 1m:18.734 which saw him in fifth. Both Ferrari's were back out along with Nico as the final six minutes counted down. Kazuki and Nico were currently in twelfth and fourteenth. The final five minutes and most of the field were back out, including Kazuki. Glock remained in the pits while Webber also came in. With three minutes left Glock was back out as Raikkonen was on a quick lap. Kazuki had improved to now be in seventh, 1m:18.734. Nico was down in thirteenth. Raikkonen's lap would not see him improve remaining in fifth, 1m:18.725.

With the end of the session Glock would remain fastest from Alonso, Hamilton, Massa, Raikkonen, Webber, Kazuki, Vettel, Kovalainen, and in tenth Trulli. Nico was still thirteenth. Again Kazuki was able to get the better of team-mate Nico but this time there was a large gap between the pair. But the grid was certainly competitive with just 0.9 separating first from seventeenth.

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time     Laps
 1.  Glock         Toyota               (B)  1:18.383  44
 2.  Alonso        Renault              (B)  1:18.426  41
 3.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:18.463  40
 4.  Massa         Ferrari              (B)  1:18.491  40
 5.  Raikkonen     Ferrari              (B)  1:18.725  39
 6.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:18.734  39
 7.  Nakajima      AT&T Williams-Toyota (B)  1:18.734  36
 8.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:18.761  23
 9.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:18.803  32
10.  Trulli        Toyota               (B)  1:18.863  45
11.  Kubica        BMW Sauber           (B)  1:18.865  39
12.  Piquet        Renault              (B)  1:18.888  43
13.  Rosberg       AT&T Williams-Toyota (B)  1:18.981  41
14.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:19.040  41
15.  Barrichello   Honda                (B)  1:19.258  42
16.  Sutil         Force India-Ferrari  (B)  1:19.287  41
17.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:19.327  36
18.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari  (B)  1:19.482  44
19.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           (B)  1:19.894  37
20.  Button        Honda                (B)  1:19.999  42