By Phil Huff
March 21 2008
Friday Practice at the Malaysian Grand Prix is over, with the usual suspects taking the top few places on the timesheets. However, in fourth is none other than Honda Racing F1's own Jenson Button, less than a second off the fastest time from Lewis Hamilton. Rubens Barrichello ended the session in 12th place. Here's the complete combined times from both sessions...
| Pos | Driver | Team | Engine | Car | Best Lap | Gap | |
| 1 | Hamilton | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4/23 | 1:35.055 | ||
| 2 | Massa | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2008 | 1:35.206 | 0.151 | |
| 3 | Raikkonen | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2008 | 1:35.428 | 0.373 | |
| 4 | Button | Honda | Honda | RA108 | 1:36.037 | 0.982 | |
| 5 | Vettel | Toro Rosso | Ferrari | STR2B | 1:36.474 | 1.419 | |
| 6 | Trulli | Toyota | Toyota | TF108 | 1:36.493 | 1.438 | |
| 7 | Kovalainen | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4/23 | 1:36.512 | 1.457 | |
| 8 | Rosberg | Williams | Toyota | FW30 | 1:36.578 | 1.523 | |
| 9 | Kubica | BMW Sauber | BMW | F1.08 | 1:36.671 | 1.626 | |
| 10 | Fisichella | Force India | Ferrari | VJM01 | 1:36.756 | 1.701 | |
| 11 | Nakajima | Williams | Toyota | FW30 | 1:36.838 | 1.783 | |
| 12 | Barrichello | Honda | Honda | RA108 | 1:36.879 | 1.824 | |
| 13 | Alonso | Renault | Renault | R28 | 1:37.022 | 1.967 | |
| 14 | Piquet | Renault | Renault | R28 | 1:37.034 | 1.979 | |
| 15 | Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | BMW | F1.08 | 1:37.106 | 2.051 | |
| 16 | Webber | Red Bull | Renault | RB4 | 1:37.346 | 2.291 | |
| 17 | Glock | Toyota | Toyota | TF108 | 1:37.512 | 2.457 | |
| 18 | Sutil | Force India | Ferrari | VJM01 | 1:37.614 | 2.559 | |
| 19 | Coulthard | Red Bull | Renault | RB4 | 1:38.232 | 3.177 | |
| 20 | Bourdais | Toro Rosso | Ferrari | STR2B | 1:38.798 | 3.743 | |
| 21 | Sato | Super Aguri | Honda | SA08A | 1:39.021 | 3.966 | |
| 22 | Davidson | Super Aguri | Honda | SA08A | 1:39.361 | 4.306 |
