Davidson on top in practice 2 - Malaysia
Honda's Anthony Davidson knocked fellow test driver Alex Wurz off the top of the timesheets in Friday's second practice for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix
The Briton spun off early in the session but put in a blistering late lap to beat the Austrian, quickest in the first session for Williams, with a lap of 1:35.041 as the temperature rose at the Sepang circuit.
World champion Fernando Alonso, who won the Formula One season-opener in Bahrain last weekend, was quickest among the race drivers in 1:35.806 after 14 laps in the Renault.
He was closely followed by Ferrari's Felipe Massa.
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen was next fastest ahead of Alonso's teammate Giancarlo Fisichella with Ferrari's seven times champion Michael Schumacher and Honda's Jenson Button seventh and eighth respectively.
Juan Pablo Montoya, the quickest of the race drivers in the first session, was clearly in a hurry to get his season going after a fifth place finish in the season-opener last week.
Halfway through the hour, his McLaren stopped in the pitlane and the Colombian was so eager to get it to the garage he dragged it back himself.
He later spun off and was able to post only the 14th quickest time.
Many top drivers preferred to sit out most if not all of the first session to preserve their engines, which will be running for a second race on Sunday.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Davidson Honda (M) 1:35.041 14 2. Wurz Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:35.388 + 0.347 30 3. Alonso Renault (M) 1:35.806 + 0.765 14 4. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:35.924 + 0.883 22 5. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:36.132 + 1.091 15 6. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:36.182 + 1.141 14 7. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:36.617 + 1.576 17 8. Button Honda (M) 1:36.661 + 1.620 12 9. Villeneuve BMW-Sauber (M) 1:37.045 + 2.004 9 10. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:37.270 + 2.229 13 11. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:37.317 + 2.276 23 12. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) 1:37.418 + 2.377 7 13. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:37.457 + 2.416 28 14. Montoya McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:37.463 + 2.422 12 15. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:37.590 + 2.549 22 16. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:37.603 + 2.562 8 17. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:37.695 + 2.654 20 18. Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:37.831 + 2.790 23 19. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:37.926 + 2.885 21 20. Webber Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:38.081 + 3.040 5 21. Rosberg Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:38.205 + 3.164 6 22. Mondini MF1-Toyota (B) 1:38.256 + 3.215 20 23. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:38.644 + 3.603 10 24. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 1:38.918 + 3.877 20 25. Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:39.105 + 4.064 28 26. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:39.416 + 4.375 20 27. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:41.549 + 6.508 22 28. Ide Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:43.164 + 8.123 16 All timing unofficial
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