The first couple of practice sessions remained dry in Sepang, giving the teams plenty of time to get their cars setup for the rest of the weekend, if of course it continues to remain dry – which it most likely won’t, just look at our Top 5 Malaysian Grands Prix.
The upside of this is that a wet race can often sort the men from the boys, give an average car a chance to move up the field, produce a odd or unusual grid for the start and produce a worthy race winner that may otherwise had struggled in the dry.
Anyway, that’s Sunday, today is Friday so it’s time to look at the form right now – here are the time sheets from practice 1 and practice 2.
Free Practice 1 – Hamilton back in P1
| POS | Driver | Team | Best | Diff | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren/Mercedes | 1,38.021 | 19 | |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull/Renault | 1,38.535 | 0.514 | 21 |
| 3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1,38.813 | 0.792 | 21 |
| 4 | M.Schumacher | Mercedes | 1,38.826 | 0.805 | 19 |
| 5 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Renault | 1,38.919 | 0.898 | 17 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull/Renault | 1,39.092 | 1.071 | 20 |
| 7 | Kimi Ru008aikku009anen | Lotus/Renault | 1,39.128 | 1.107 | 22 |
| 8 | Paul Di Resta | Force India/Mercedes | 1,39.298 | 1.277 | 23 |
| 9 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Mercedes | 1,39.323 | 1.302 | 15 |
| 10 | Nico Hu009flkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1,39.440 | 1.419 | 19 |
| 11 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Renault | 1,39.724 | 1.703 | 23 |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams/Renault | 1,39.783 | 1.762 | 23 |
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1,39.896 | 1.875 | 16 |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber/Ferrari | 1,39.910 | 1.889 | 21 |
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1,39.980 | 1.959 | 23 |
| 16 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1,40.099 | 2.078 | 23 |
| 17 | H.Kovalainen | Caterham/Renault | 1,40.247 | 2.226 | 19 |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1,40.469 | 2.448 | 23 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham/Renault | 1,40.857 | 2.836 | 25 |
| 20 | Sergio Pu008erez | Sauber/Ferrari | 1,41.085 | 3.064 | 23 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia/Cosworth | 1,43.170 | 5.149 | 18 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia/Cosworth | 1,44.580 | 6.559 | 14 |
| 23 | N.Karthikeyan | HRT/Cosworth | 1,45.360 | 7.339 | 8 |
| 24 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT/Cosworth | 1,45.528 | 7.507 | 18 |
Free Practice 2 – Hamilton on top again
| Pos | Driver | Team | Best | Diff | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren/Mercedes | 1'38.172 | 28 | |
| 2 | M.Schumacher | Mercedes | 1'38.533 | 0.361 | 34 |
| 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Mercedes | 1'38.535 | 0.363 | 30 |
| 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1'38.696 | 0.524 | 34 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1'38.853 | 0.681 | 33 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1'38.891 | 0.719 | 27 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull/Renault | 1'39.133 | 0.961 | 29 |
| 8 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1'39.297 | 1.125 | 33 |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Renault | 1'39.311 | 1.139 | 22 |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull/Renault | 1'39.402 | 1.23 | 25 |
| 11 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams/Renault | 1'39.444 | 1.272 | 35 |
| 12 | Nico Hu009flkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1'39.464 | 1.292 | 26 |
| 13 | Paul Di Resta | Force India/Mercedes | 1'39.625 | 1.453 | 20 |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber/Ferrari | 1'39.687 | 1.515 | 16 |
| 15 | Kimi Ru008aikku009anen | Lotus/Renault | 1'39.696 | 1.524 | 29 |
| 16 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1'40.271 | 2.099 | 28 |
| 17 | Bruno Senna | Williams/Renault | 1'40.678 | 2.506 | 34 |
| 18 | Sergio Pu008erez | Sauber/Ferrari | 1'40.947 | 2.775 | 33 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham/Renault | 1'41.464 | 3.292 | 25 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Marussia/Cosworth | 1'41.681 | 3.509 | 20 |
| 21 | H.Kovalainen | Caterham/Renault | 1'42.594 | 4.422 | 18 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia/Cosworth | 1'42.874 | 4.702 | 24 |
| 23 | N.Karthikeyan | HRT/Cosworth | 1'43.658 | 5.486 | 18 |
| 24 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT/Cosworth | 1'43.823 | 5.651 | 22 |
