| 09:53:44
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and our live coverage of the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend. Today we have two 90 minute practice sessions, the first of which gets underway shortly. |
| 09:54:04
| With the exception of Spyker Ferrari, the teams all tested at this circuit last week and while several people topped the timesheets over the four day test, it was Melbourne winner Kimi Raikkonen who set the overall pace. |
| 09:56:02
| As per 2007 rules, this is effectively a free test day for the teams who are able to change engines following the two sessions. For Raikkonen, he will have to wait until after practice tomorrow for his team to look at the Ferrari V8 engine raced in Australia to determine if the overheating issue at the last race was serious or not. |
| 09:58:35
| Most teams will run their regular race drivers today although BMW Sauber has again opted to give Sebastian Vettel some seat time at the expense of Nick Heidfeld on this occasion. Nakajima is also in action for Williams in place of Wurz. |
| 10:00:36
| The first practice session is now underway. Most will complete an installation lap and then return to the pits for checks. |
| 10:01:15
| Albers is the first man on track in his Spyker. Trulli, Vettel and others also head out. |
| 10:01:54
| It's a hot and sunny morning in Malaysia. |
| 10:02:44
| The early runners are all returning to the pits now. |
| 10:04:43
| In testing last week, Raikkonen set a best time of 1:35.268s. |
| 10:06:18
| There's no one on track at the moment. |
| 10:08:15
| Jenson Button heads out in his Honda. The team don't really expect much from this weekend with the troublesome RA107. |
| 10:09:07
| Speed heads out in his Toro Rosso followed by the second Honda of Barrichello. |
| 10:11:16
| With so much testing at the circuit last week, there's not no rush to get on track... The circuit is empty once again. |
| 10:11:51
| Sebastian Vettel is on track in his BMW Sauber. |
| 10:14:24
| The BMW Sauber tester starts his first timed lap as Heikki Kovalainen heads out in his Renault. |
| 10:15:30
| Vettel's first lap is a 1:42, so way to go yet in terms of pace. |
| 10:17:04
| Giancarlo Fisichella is on track in the second Renault. Vettel shaves a second off his own best time. Nico Rosberg joins the action in his Williams. |
| 10:17:46
| Kovalainen is immediately faster than Vettel by a second. |
| 10:18:17
| Albers, Sutil and Trulli on track. |
| 10:19:51
| Vettel and Kovalainen trade fastest times as Hamilton and Barrichello head back out for McLaren and Honda respectively. |
| 10:20:33
| Rosberg moves fastest in his Williams Toyota |
| 10:21:17
| Alonso and Ralf Schumacher head out. |
| 10:21:52
| Hamilton is on his first hot lap of the day |
| 10:22:26
| Hamilton duly moves fastest for now over a second faster than Trulli and Rosberg. |
| 10:23:55
| Alonso, who did not test ahead of this race weekend, moves second in his McLaren Mercedes. No sign yet of either Raikkonen or Massa. |
| 10:25:05
| Ralf Schumacher moves third fastest in his Toyota just ahead of team-mate Trulli |
| 10:26:08
| Hamilton improves his own best by a fraction and is now a tenth faster than Alonso. |
| 10:26:22
| Raikkonen heads out in his Ferrari. |
| 10:28:28
| Trulli gains one position and then pits the Toyota. Alonso has also pitted. |
| 10:29:06
| Raikkonen is on his first timed lap. Team-mate Massa has just left the pits. |
| 10:29:30
| Sure enough, Raikkonen's first lap moves him P1 in the Ferrari. |
| 10:30:19
| Hamilton put two wheels on the grass as he went back to the pits. Massa is on his first timed lap. |
| 10:31:06
| Raikkonen takes half a second off his own best lap time. |
| 10:31:29
| It's not enough as Massa is half a second faster in his F2007 and moves fastest. |
| 10:34:27
| The Ferrari duo remain on track. Alonso heads back out but must be disappointed to see the early pace of his rivals. |
| 10:35:12
| Fisichella is in the Renault pits - his brakes on the R27 are smoking. |
| 10:36:32
| Massa imprroves his own best time and is now eight-tenths up on Raikkonen. |
| 10:37:31
| Progress for Alonso as he moves second fastest splitting Massa and Raikkonen. |
| 10:41:52
| Mark Webber moves sixth fastest in his Red Bull Renault. |
| 10:42:18
| Alonso runs wide but continues in his McLaren. |
| 10:44:37
| Robert Kubica is on his first timed lap of the session. Super Aguri racers Sato and davidson have yet to set a time - the same for Speed and Coulthard. |
| 10:45:01
| Fisichella has not been seen on track since pitting with smoking brakes. |
| 10:46:02
| Now Fisichella does head back out in his Renault. He and Kovalainen are some three seconds off the pace at the moment. |
| 10:46:58
| Christijan Albers is slowest by some margin as he heads back out in the Spyker Ferrari. |
| 10:47:42
| Nakajima goes for a spin in his Williams Toyota. |
| 10:50:50
| As Nakajima has the yellow flag out at the end of the lap, Hamilton conmtinues to lap in the McLaren |
| 10:51:31
| Now Hamilton pits leaving Ralf Schumacher, Kiubica, Vettel and Fisichella on track. |
| 10:54:26
| Nakajima has climbled out of the Williams. End of the session for him. Massa heads back out in the Ferrari. |
| 10:56:02
| Still no sign of Davidson, Sato and Coulthard... |
| 10:57:30
| Raikkonen, third fastest, is back out in his Ferrari. |
| 11:00:40
| No changes at the sharp end as Davidson and Coulthard finally head out. |
| 11:01:51
| Alonso, second, goes off track in his McLaren Mercedes. He regains the circuit and continues. |
| 11:03:57
| Coulthard pitted his RB3 without setting a lap time. Takuma Sato is on track in his Super Aguri Honda. |
| 11:07:06
| The fastest four are all on track but not lapping particularly fast at the moment. Sato makes progress and moves 15th. |
| 11:11:43
| After some setup changes, Albers is back out in his Spyker looking to close the gap on team-mate Adrian Sutil. |
| 11:16:13
| There really is little going on... Ralf Schumacher and team-mate Trulli are on track. Fisichella is back out in his Renault as is Button in the Honda. |
| 11:21:54
| Ralf Schumacher remains on track in the Toyota but is still over two seconds a lap off the ultimate pace. Really, Ferrari have such a performance gap, it makes the rest look pretty awful... |
| 11:22:25
| Raikkonen is back out and will be looking to close the gap to Felipe Massa. |
| 11:23:35
| Lewis Hamilton is back out in his McLaren |
| 11:24:47
| All of the front-runners are on track except Massa. |
| 11:25:47
| Webber improves to fourth in his Red Bull. Team-mate Coulthard must have problems as he has effectively sat out this session. |
| 11:27:36
| Hamilton improves and is now second fastest but not for long as Alonso also improves and regains the position... |
| 11:28:32
| Unseen by me, Nakajima has got back going and is firmly into the top ten in his Williams. |
| 11:29:07
| Nico Roisberg moves fifth in his Williams. |
| 11:30:18
| Coulthard puts in a late lap to move 11th in his RB3. |
| 11:30:28
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 11:31:45
| Felipe Massa is fastest for Ferrari ahead of Alonso, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Rosberg and Webber. |
