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2008 Malaysian GP, 2nd Free Practice Session: Lewis Hamilton quickest 

On the 2nd free practice at Sepang’s Circuit, Lewis Hamilton was the fastest man on track with 1:35.055. The young Briton was followed by Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen, Jenson Button (4th), Sebastian Vettel (5th), Jarno Trulli (6th), Heikki Kovalainen (7th) and Robert Kubica (8th). Red Bull Racing, following David Coulthard’s crash in Practice 1 where his suspension collapsed while running on a kerb on turn 12, decided to keep the Scot in the pits for further investigations.

(Pos – Driver – Team – Lap Time – Laps)

1. Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes – 1:35.055 – 32
2. Massa – Ferrari – 1:35.206 – 33
3. Raikkonen – Ferrari – 1:35.428 – 36
4. Button – Honda – 1:36.037 – 40
5. Vettel – Toro Rosso-Ferrari – 1:36.474 – 35
6. Trulli – Toyota – 1:36.493 – 38
7. Kovalainen – McLaren-Mercedes – 1:36.512 – 30
8. Kubica – BMW Sauber – 1:36.671 – 33
9. Fisichella – Force India-Ferrari – 1:36.756 – 37
10. Nakajima – Williams-Toyota – 1:36.838 – 34
11. Barrichello – Honda – 1:36.879 – 38
12. Rosberg – Williams-Toyota – 1:36.908 – 36
13. Heidfeld – BMW Sauber – 1:37.106 – 35
14. Alonso – Renault – 1:37.328 – 23
15. Piquet – Renault – 1:37.331 – 42
16. Webber – Red Bull-Renault – 1:37.346 – 37
17. Glock – Toyota – 1:37.512 – 35
18. Sutil – Force India-Ferrari – 1:37.614 – 35
19. Sato – Super Aguri-Honda – 1:39.021 – 27
20. Davidson – Super Aguri-Honda – 1:39.361 – 30
21. Bourdais – Toro Rosso-Ferrari – No time – 1
22. Coulthard – Red Bull-Renault – No time