McLaren's Lewis Hamilton produces the fastest time in the free practice
sessions for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang.

SHOWS: SEPANG, MALAYSIA (MARCH 21, 2008) (FOM) -
Lewis Hamilton squeezed in the fastest lap of the day in practice
for the Malaysian Grand Prix on Friday, while Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen
helped Ferrari put a turbulent week behind them. 
    Massa topped the morning timesheets with a quickest lap of 1:35.392
around the Sepang circuit, but McLaren's Hamilton denied the Brazilian a sweep
of the two sessions with a late 1:35.055 in the afternoon. 
    After suffering their worst start to a Formula One campaign since 1992
in Australia last week, when neither Massa nor Raikkonen reached the chequered
flag, the pressure was on the red cars to deliver convincing performances.

    Massa ended the second session 0.151 seconds behind Briton Hamilton,
the winner in Melbourne, with world champion Raikkonen third quickest and
0.373 seconds off the pace. 
    Jenson Button (Honda), Sebastien Vettel (Toro Rosso) and Jarno Trulli
(Toyota) delivered eye-catching performances in the afternoon by finishing
fourth, fifth and sixth quickest, while McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen was only
seventh. 
    Sebastien Bourdais of Toro Rosso missed out on the afternoon practice
session after a gearbox problem and David Coulthard sat missed out after an
accident in the first session left his Red Bull with substantial damage. 
    The Scotsman, who failed to finish in Australia after a collision with
Massa left his car badly damaged, bounced hard over a kerb and lost his front
wheels as he ploughed into a gravel trap. 

Times:

Second session:
 1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain)      McLaren              1:35.055
 2. Felipe Massa (Brazil)         Ferrari              1:35.206
 3. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)      Ferrari              1:35.428
 4. Jenson Button (Britain)       Honda                1:36.037
 5. Sebastian Vettel (Germany)    Toro Rosso           1:36.474
 6. Jarno Trulli (Italy)          Toyota               1:36.493
 7. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)   McLaren              1:36.512
 8. Robert Kubica (Poland)        BMW Sauber           1:36.671
 9. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)  Force India          1:36.756
10. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan)       Williams             1:36.838
11. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil)   Honda                1:36.879
12. Nico Rosberg (Germany)        Williams             1:36.908
13. Nick Heidfeld (Germany)       BMW Sauber           1:37.106
14. Fernando Alonso (Spain)       Renault              1:37.328
15. Nelson Piquet (Brazil)        Renault              1:37.331
16. Mark Webber (Australia)       RedBull              1:37.346
17. Timo Glock (Germany)          Toyota               1:37.512
18. Adrian Sutil (Germany)        Force India          1:37.614
19. Takuma Sato (Japan)           Super Aguri          1:39.021
20. Anthony Davidson (Britain)    Super Aguri          1:39.361
    Sebastien Bourdais (France)   Toro Rosso 
    David Coulthard (Britain)     RedBull

First session:
 1. Massa         1:35.392
 2. Raikkonen     1:36.459
 3. Kovalainen    1:36.556
 4. Rosberg       1:36.578
 5. Hamilton      1:36.626
 6. Alonso        1:37.022
 7. Piquet        1:37.034
 8. Kubica        1:37.218
 9. Button        1:37.282
10. Trulli        1:37.540
11. Heidfeld      1:37.649
12. Nakajima      1:37.649
13. Barrichello   1:37.776
14. Glock         1:37.782
15. Vettel        1:38.219
16. Coulthard     1:38.232
17. Webber        1:38.707
18. Bourdais      1:38.798
19. Fisichella    1:39.046
20. Sato          1:40.178
21. Davidson      1:40.351
22. Sutil         1:41.269