Massa again on top in practice 2 - Malaysia

The Renaults were Massa's nearest rivals on this occasion. Late fast laps from Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen brought the champion team from the midfield to second and third, with Fisichella 0.130 seconds slower than Massa.

Kimi Raikkonen was fourth again, just under 0.4 seconds from his teammate.

The McLarens were only ninth and 12th this time, with Lewis Hamilton 0.2 seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso. They had set the initial pace, as Hamilton usurped initial pace-setter Jarno Trulli after seven minutes.

Hamilton's 1:37.323 was beaten almost immediately by his teammate Alonso, who lapped three tenths faster.

Alonso also became the second front-runner to be fined for pitlane speeding today - receiving a 600 Euro punishment after being caught at 63km/h in the pits.

Five minutes later, BMW's Robert Kubica moved ahead with a 1:36.717 lap, while the Ferraris initially kept a low profile, with Raikkonen only fourth quickest and Massa back in seventh.

But as the session neared its halfway point, the Ferraris returned to the track and took charge of the timesheets, with Raikkonen lapping in 1:36.669 before Massa produced his 1:35.780 a few moments later.

Williams showed promising speed again, with Nico Rosberg and Alex Wurz fifth and sixth fastest. Rosberg had shaken his fist at Raikkonen in the middle of the session after feeling he had been baulked by the Ferrari.

The session was interrupted after an hour and a quarter when Christijan Albers' Spyker suffered a dramatic right-rear tyre blow-out under braking for Turn 1.

The Dutchman brought the car back under control and pulled off after Turn 2, but six minutes were lost to a red flag while the resultant debris was cleared.

Other drivers in trouble included Mark Webber, who stopped on track at Turn 9 immediately after the session was restarted, and Vitantonio Liuzzi, who took a trip through the gravel at Turn 8.

Pos  Driver        Team                    Time              Laps
 1.  Massa         Ferrari            (B)  1:35.780           34
 2.  Fisichella    Renault            (B)  1:35.910 + 0.130   36
 3.  Kovalainen    Renault            (B)  1:36.106 + 0.326   37
 4.  Raikkonen     Ferrari            (B)  1:36.160 + 0.380   33
 5.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:36.523 + 0.743   31
 6.  Wurz          Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:36.621 + 0.841   21
 7.  Kubica        BMW Sauber         (B)  1:36.717 + 0.937   18
 8.  R.Schumacher  Toyota             (B)  1:36.760 + 0.980   28
 9.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:36.797 + 1.017   30
10.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber         (B)  1:36.862 + 1.082   25
11.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:36.906 + 1.126   18
12.  Alonso        McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:37.041 + 1.261   26
13.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:37.203 + 1.423   25
14.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:37.282 + 1.502   30
15.  Button        Honda              (B)  1:37.578 + 1.798   29
16.  Trulli        Toyota             (B)  1:37.712 + 1.932   34
17.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:37.855 + 2.075   26
18.  Davidson      Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:38.334 + 2.554   27
19.  Sutil         Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:38.419 + 2.639   28
20.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:38.650 + 2.870   20
21.  Barrichello   Honda              (B)  1:38.713 + 2.933   20
22.  Albers        Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:39.807 + 4.027   23

All timing unofficial