Sepang FP3: Hamilton fastest in the scorching heat

Lewis Hamilton ended day one of the free practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix top of the timing screens after playing second fiddle to his Mercedes teammate in the morning session, on a scorching hot day at Sepang.

Hamilton was the only driver to dip below the 95 seconds mark as he powered around the newly surfaced and tweaked track in a best time of 1:34.944 which was just shy of a quarter second up on next best Rosberg.

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Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang – Friday, Free Practice 2

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	TIME	GAP	LAPS
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	1:34.944		35
2	6	Nico Rosberg	MERCEDES	1:35.177	+0.233s	36
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	1:35.605	+0.661s	37
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	FERRARI	1:35.842	+0.898s	31
5	33	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER	1:36.037	+1.093s	29
6	11	Sergio Perez	FORCE INDIA MERCEDES	1:36.284	+1.340s	33
7	14	Fernando Alonso	MCLAREN HONDA	1:36.296	+1.352s	27
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER	1:36.337	+1.393s	30
9	27	Nico Hulkenberg	FORCE INDIA MERCEDES	1:36.390	+1.446s	37
10	22	Jenson Button	MCLAREN HONDA	1:36.715	+1.771s	22
11	55	Carlos Sainz	TORO ROSSO FERRARI	1:36.836	+1.892s	30
12	30	Jolyon Palmer	RENAULT	1:36.940	+1.996s	36
13	77	Valtteri Bottas	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:37.016	+2.072s	37
14	21	Esteban Gutierrez	HAAS FERRARI	1:37.048	+2.104s	28
15	19	Felipe Massa	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	1:37.110	+2.166s	19
16	26	Daniil Kvyat	TORO ROSSO FERRARI	1:37.297	+2.353s	29
17	9	Marcus Ericsson	SAUBER FERRARI	1:37.449	+2.505s	28
18	12	Felipe Nasr	SAUBER FERRARI	1:37.547	+2.603s	26
19	20	Kevin Magnussen	RENAULT	1:37.664	+2.720s	19
20	8	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI	1:37.789	+2.845s	25
21	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT MERCEDES	1:37.878	+2.934s	34
22	31	Esteban Ocon	MRT MERCEDES	1:37.990	+3.046s	36

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