By Emma Aitken
March 21 2008

Just when Ferrari thought they had it in the bag, Lewis came out at the end of the second practise session of Malaysia and showed them they certainly hadn't. Kovalainen could only manage eighth though. He came out while the track was busy and it held him up slightly.

True to form, Lewis Hamilton came out on soft Bridgestone tires as free practise ended and knocked Massa off his top spot on the time sheets. Up until that point Ferrari looked set to complete the practise session with a dominant one-two result. Raikkonen had held the fastest lap for an hour before Massa came in with a 1m35.206.

But Hamilton came out and ruined the party with a 1m35.055. Jenson Button’s last ditch attempt to put in a good time proved extremely successful as he charged up the timings to finish in fourth. Proving once again what a great young driver he is, Sebastian Vettel finished the day fifth fastest. Jarno Trulli made an improvement on his earlier performance by completing his session in sixth. Kovalainen, in the other McLaren got caught up in the end of session traffic and came in just behind Trulli’s Toyota.

Kubica, in eighth managed to be the best performer out of the Williams/BMW wrangle. A name you would be surprised to find up in that mix would be Fisichella’s. He positively threw his Force India car round Sepang to take an impressive ninth spot. Alonso had problems with a broken second gear and could only manage 14^th.

As in the previous session, Piquet; his rookie team mate, finished just behind him. Bourdais’ Toro Rosso gave up the ghost on his out lap and so failed to put in a time. Following on from his earlier crash, David Coulthard went nowhere as the Red Bull Racing Team got to work preparing the damage. 

1	Hamilton		McLaren		1m35.055
2	Massa		Ferrari		1m35.206
3	Raikkonen		Ferrari		1m35.428
4	Button		Honda		1m36.037
5	Vettel		Toro Rosso		1m36.474
6	Trulli		Toyota		1m36.493
7	Kovalainen		McLaren		1m36.512
8	Kubica		BMW		1m36.671
9	Fisichella		Force India		1m36.756
10	Nakajima		Williams		1m36.838
11	Barrichello		Honda		1m36.879
12	Rosberg		Williams		1m36.908
13	Heidfeld		BMW		1m37.106
14	Alonso		Renault		1m37.328
15	Piquet		Renault		1m37.331
16	Webber		Red Bull Racing		1m37.346
17	Glock		Toyota		1m37.512
18	Sutil		Force India		1m37.614
19	Sato		Super Aguri		1m39.021
20	Davidson		Super Aguri		1m39.361
21	Bourdais		Toro Rosso		No Time
22	Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		No Time