Auto racing F1 Lewis Hamilton beat Felipe Massa to the fastest time in second practice at Sepang, with the McLaren driver leaping to the top of the timesheets in the final minutes after Ferrari had dominated the session.

Ferrari had looked set for a one-two until Hamilton's late lap, with the McLarens having been a second off their title rivals' pace for much of the afternoon.

But as the track temperature cooled, Hamilton produced a 1:35.055 lap to beat Massa by 0.151 seconds. He then set even faster sector times two laps later before choosing to pit rather than raise the bar further.

Having missed half the session after running out of fuel in the middle of the circuit this morning, Massa's F1 Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen set the early pace when afternoon practice commenced. The F1 world champion set a 1:36.045 lap on his first run, then improved to 1:35.627 when he tried the soft Bridgestones.

Massa gradually edged closer to Raikkonen's time, before moving ahead in the final 20 minutes.
Jenson Button vaulted to a surprise fourth place for Honda in the final seconds of the session, pushing Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel down to fifth. The young German had been amongst the front-runners all afternoon, having been as high as second position early on.