The second Friday practice in Malaysia would see AT&T Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima finish ahead of his more experienced team-mate Nico Rosberg. But both drivers had dropped down the times with Kazuki tenth and Nico in twelfth.

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