Webber remains fastest in Practice 2

Mark Webber has topped both of Friday’s 90 minute practice sessions ahead of Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix.

Using Pirelli’s soft compound tyre, Webber set a best time of 1:36.88s in Practice 2, undercutting his Practice 1 time by 0.8s.

McLaren team-mates Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton were only marginally slower than their Red Bull rival in the afternoon, taking second and third fastest respectively.

Australian Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel was fourth, ahead of Michael Schumacher in fifth – with the two Germans separated by a full second.

A minor miracle occurred further down the field, with Narain Karthikeyan lapping within 107% of Webber in the HRT entry.

The Indian faired better than his team-mate Tonio Liuzzi, who lost valuable time when his car cut out after hitting a kerb.

Williams rookie Pastor Maldonado was also in the wars – crashing at pit entry before ending the session 11th fastest.

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See below for the Practice 2 result

1	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1m36.876s	0.005	24
2	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1m36.881s	0.134	30
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1m37.010s	0.214	23
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1m37.090s	1.212	30
5	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1m38.088s	1.213	26
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1m38.089s	1.689	31
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m38.565s	1.694	25
8	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1m38.570s	1.707	16
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m38.583s	1.970	27
10	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m38.846s	2.092	31
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1m38.968s	2.311	25
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1m39.187s	2.391	30
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1m39.267s	2.522	17
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1m39.398s	2.727	29
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1m39.603s	2.749	34
16	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1m39.625s	2.933	31
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1m39.809s	3.239	28
18	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m40.115s	3.990	31
19	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1m40.866s	5.014	24
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	1m41.890s	6.321	19
21	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1m43.197s	7.115	15
22	Tonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1m43.991s	8.010	14
23	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1m44.886s	0.005	4