Britanicul Lewis Hamilton a dominat primele sesiuni de antrenamente de la Sepang, inaintea Marelui Premiu din Malaysia (programat duminica). Cu timpul de 1 minut 38 secunde 172 miimi (realizat dupa-amiaza), Hamilton i-a depasit pe Michael Schumacher (Mercedes), pe Jenson Button, coechipierul sau de la McLaren, si pe Nico Rosberg, celalalt pilot de la Mercedes.
Saptamana trecuta, la Melbourne, Hamilton a realizat cel mai bun timp in calificari, dar a fost depasit - la start - de coechipierul sau Button, cel care a si castigat Grand Prix-ul din Australia.
Sepang, a doua sesiune de antrenamente:
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:38.172
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes-AMG) 1:38.533
Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:38.535
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes-AMG) 1:38.696
Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:38.853
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:38.891
Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) 1:39.133
Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:39.297
Romain Grosjean (Lotus-Renault) 1:39.311
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) 1:39.402
Pastor Maldonado (Williams-Renault) 1:39.444
Nico Hülkenberg (Force India-Mercedes) 1:39.464
Paul di Resta (Force India-Mercedes) 1:39.625
Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:39.687
Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus-Renault) 1:39.696
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:40.271
Bruno Senna (Williams-Renault) 1:40.678
Sergio Perez (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:40.947
Vitaly Petrov (Caterham-Renault) 1:41.464
Timo Glock (Marussia-Cosworth) 1:41.681
Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham-Renault) 1:42.594
Charles Pic (Marussia-Cosworth) 1:42.874
Narain Karthikeyan (HRT-Cosworth) 1:43.658
Pedro de la Rosa (HRT-Cosworth) 1:43.823 Bri