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| 13:50:21
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and our live coverage of the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend. The second 90-minute practice session of the day begins shortly. |
| 13:52:34
| This morning we saw Felipe Massa top the timesheets with a best lap of 1:35.392s, a second clear of Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen who stopped on track with a mechanical problem. |
| 13:54:15
| Heikki Kovalainen was third fastest for McLaren Mercedes ahead of Nico Rosberg in the Williams, Lewis Hamilton and the Renault duo of Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet. |
| 13:56:11
| It was an eventful morning for Red Bull Renault with Mark Webber suffering an engine failure while David Coulthard ran wide and destroyed the front suspension on his RB4. Others in trouble included Adrian Sutil who had his Ferrari engine fail and Sebastian Vettel who had a brake failure on his STR2B. |
| 13:57:23
| It remains sunny, although the clouds are moving in, and very very hot. |
| 14:00:16
| Trulli lines up at the end of the pitlane in his Toyota. |
| 14:00:19
| The session is now underway. |
| 14:01:18
| A number of drivers heading straight out as there is talk of rain this afternoon and should it do so, it will be heavy. |
| 14:01:50
| Bourdais heads out of the pits and almost hits another car. |
| 14:02:15
| Now Bourdais is stopped on track with a problem. A poor day so far from the two Red Bull backed teams. |
| 14:02:54
| The Toro Rosso is being pushed off the circuit andf yes, it does seem we have another Ferrari engine failure. |
| 14:03:38
| Most of the drivers are now on their first timed laps. |
| 14:04:31
| Alonso sets the initial pace from Kubica as the first lap times come in. |
| 14:05:38
| Coulthard seems to be strapped into the spare Red Bull Renault. |
| 14:05:57
| Kubica is now fastest from Alonso, Heidfeld and Rosberg. |
| 14:06:33
| Webber has completed an out lap in the RB4 and pitted for checks. He has a new Renault V8 for this session following the failure this morning. |
| 14:06:53
| Raikkonen is out in the repaired Ferrari. |
| 14:07:08
| Kovalainen moves fastest in the McLaren. |
| 14:08:01
| Raikkonen missed much of the morning session, but is fast out of the box this afternoon. |
| 14:08:37
| He backs off in traffic and now starts another lap. |
| 14:08:54
| Hamilton has moved second fastest behind Kovalainen. |
| 14:10:35
| Raikkonen moves fastest by a large margin, about seven-tenths off Massa's morning best. |
| 14:10:57
| Nick Heidfeld takes a trip through the gravel, his second such excursion today. |
| 14:12:13
| Hamilton improves his time but remains second. |
| 14:13:21
| Raikkonen improves his own best time as Massa heads out. |
| 14:13:41
| An improvement from Piquet as he moves fourth fastest. |
| 14:15:09
| Red Bull has just announced that Coulthard is to sit out the session while they investigate his suspension failure from this morning. |
| 14:15:40
| Massa has joined Raikkonen at the top of the timesheets. |
| 14:17:39
| Piquet has now moved ahead of Kovalainen. |
| 14:18:19
| Alonso moves P4 in his Renault. |
| 14:20:43
| Sebastian Vettel moves fourth in his Toro Rosso ahead of the Renault duo. |
| 14:22:29
| Vettel is on another fast lap. Team-mate Bourdais is out of the session of course with an engine failure. |
| 14:23:32
| Alonso goes for a spin at the final turn as Vettel moves second fastest. |
| 14:23:50
| Raikkonen is back out for his second run of the session. |
| 14:24:58
| Raikkonen is pushing hard even on his out lap. |
| 14:25:17
| Timo Glock picks up the pace in his Toyota and is now tenth. |
| 14:26:50
| Raikkonen is three tenths off his own best on that lap. |
| 14:27:49
| Hamilton heads back out. McLaren yet to show their hand. |
| 14:28:33
| Trulli vaults up the order in his Toyota and is now fifth. |
| 14:29:21
| Kovalainen is on a better lap and should improve his own best. |
| 14:29:45
| Kovalainen moves fourth on the softer tyre. |
| 14:30:10
| Plenty of drivers on hot laps at the moment. |
| 14:30:42
| Hamilton was on a better lap but has backed off after running wide. |
| 14:31:24
| Now Hamilton locks his front right wheel into turn one and loses a little time. |
| 14:36:01
| Massa is on a good lap and has opted for a set of soft tyres. |
| 14:37:06
| Massa is on a good lap and has opted for a set of soft tyres. |
| 14:38:15
| Massa is on a good lap and has opted for a set of soft tyres. |
| 14:38:48
| Massa improves his time but remains third as Rosberg improves to sixth. |
| 14:41:53
| BMW Sauber has yet to show much pace. Kubica and Heidfeld are 15th and 16th. |
| 14:42:55
| Things are pretty stagnant at the moment. Raikkonen remains fastest from Vettel and Massa. |
| 14:44:02
| Raikkonen is back out and still using the hard tyre. |
| 14:45:53
| Raikkonen is back out and still using the hard tyre. |
| 14:46:37
| Raikkonen is back out and still using the hard tyre. |
| 14:46:51
| Alonso seems to be carrying a gear selection problem on his Renault. He is on the soft tyre. |
| 14:47:28
| Alonso does not improve on that lap. |
| 14:48:10
| Massa runs wide through the final turn but still improves and moves second. |
| 14:50:18
| Vettel runs wide and just avoids the gravel trap. |
| 14:52:23
| Massa joins his team-mate in the pits. Vettel, Hamilton and Kovalainen remain on track on long stints. |
| 14:53:16
| Fisichella is currently 14th and back out on the softer tyre. |
| 14:54:09
| Hamilton moves second and splits the Ferrari duo on a soft tyre run. Fisichella did not improve. |
| 14:56:25
| Webber is on the soft option as he moves from 12th to 10th. A small advantage with the softer option, but not a lot in it. |
| 14:56:56
| Raikkonen is back out, team-mate Massa set to follow. |
| 14:58:10
| Barrichello is out in his Honda and looking to close the gap to team-mate Button. |
| 14:58:29
| Raikkonen starts another fast lap. Massa is now back out too. |
| 14:59:08
| Barrichello improves his time but remains P13. |
| 14:59:34
| Raikkonen improves by four tenths with another hot lap on the soft tyre. |
| 15:00:36
| Heidfeld and Kubica circulate together on track. |
| 15:01:33
| Massa improves and is second again, just a tenth shy of Raikkonen. |
| 15:02:33
| Heidfeld moves eighth in his F1.08. Alonso has been in the pits some time. It seemed he had a problem selecting a gear at one point on his last run. |
| 15:02:50
| Now Alonso does head out. He is currently 13th. |
| 15:03:59
| Fisichella runs wide but his suspension stays intact on the Force India. He ran wide at the same place as Coulthard this morning. |
| 15:04:26
| Only Sato, Davidson and Kovalainen in the pit at the moment. |
| 15:05:49
| Massa is on a fast lap. |
| 15:06:01
| Raikkonen pits his Ferrari. |
| 15:06:37
| Massa improves his time and is now just a fraction slower than his team-mate. |
| 15:07:13
| Hamilton improves by a small margin and remains third. |
| 15:08:37
| Vettel, fourth, is in the pits having a new front wing put on his Toro Rosso. |
| 15:09:12
| Nakajima vaults up the order and is now sixth fastest just ahead of Rosberg. |
| 15:10:00
| Massa moves to the top of the timesheerts on a 1:34.4 |
| 15:12:27
| Less than 20 minutes remain and so far it is all too easy for Ferrari. The McLaren duo are in the pits and almost a second off the ultimate pace. Massa is on another fast lap. |
| 15:13:13
| Massa improves by a good margin to extend the gap to Raikkonen to four tenths and 1.2 seconds to Hamilton. |
| 15:14:17
| Most are now using just the soft tyre including Trulli who is now fifth. Sutil runs wide in the Force India. |
| 15:14:58
| It has clouded over but no sign of any rain as yet. It is expected at some point this afternoon. |
| 15:19:33
| Kovalainen is seventh at the moment in the second McLaren. He is back ot for another stint as Webber runs wide. |
| 15:20:12
| Kovalainen picks up two positions and is now fifth. |
| 15:20:59
| Ten minutes remain as Hamilton heads out. |
| 15:23:33
| Hamilton is now on a flying lap. |
| 15:24:18
| Hamilton is on a new set of soft tyres and a light fuel load. |
| 15:24:59
| Hamilton moves fastest so now we get a better picture of things. McLaren have been working just on race pace until now. |
| 15:26:00
| Hamilton is pushing on his next lap too. He lost a little time in the final turn on his last hot lap so may pick up some time there. |
| 15:26:55
| Nope, he loses time in the final turn again and is three tenths slower on that lap. Most of the front runners are out. |
| 15:27:41
| Massa hits traffic and backs off. |
| 15:28:25
| All but Alonso on track for the final minutes. |
| 15:29:29
| Massa is pushing hard but Hamilton is also on anther hot lap. |
| 15:29:48
| Hamilton pits the McLaren. He may have improved on that lap. |
| 15:30:17
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 15:30:41
| Button moves fourth in his Honda on a simulated qualifying run. |
| 15:31:26
| Kovalainen does not improve and remains in sixth. |
| 15:31:48
| Trulli does improve and demotes Kovalainen one position. |
| 15:32:27
| So we have Hamilton fastest from Massa, Raikkonen, Button, Vettel, Trulli, Kovalainen, Kubica, Fisichella and Nakajima. |
| 15:32:37
| The rain did hold off. |
