| 13:50:19
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and live coverage of the second free practice session from Fuji Speedway. The 90-minute session begins shortly. |
| 13:52:45
| Lewis Hamilton set the morning pace for McLaren Mercedes with a best lap of 1:18.910s, 0.153s clear of Ferrari driver and title rival Felipe Massa. Heikki Kovalainen was third fastest ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. |
| 13:54:41
| Fernando Alonso was a solid fifth fastest in his Renault with team-mate Nelson Piquet three-tenths adrift in sixth position ahead of Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica, Sebastien Bourdais and Kazuki Nakajima. |
| 13:56:23
| Other notables include Adrian Sutil who was 11th best in the leading Force India while the two Japanese owned teams, Toyota and Honda, ended the morning 15th to 18th fastest. |
| 13:58:10
| Bridgestone has joined the FIA make cars greener campaign. The tyre with a white groove amongst the green is the soft tyre, without is the harder tyre. This morning at least, it was hard to see which tyres were which. |
| 14:00:10
| The second free practice session is underway. |
| 14:00:40
| Glock, Heidfeld, Trulli and Fisichella straight out. |
| 14:01:24
| Thers now heading out including Alonso, Vettel, Webber, Bourdais and Piquet. |
| 14:02:21
| Heidfeld battles with one of the Toyota drivers for a couple of turns and then backs off. |
| 14:03:18
| Raikkonen, Massa, Hamilton, Kovalainen and Barrichello remain in the pit. |
| 14:03:39
| Heidfeld sets the initial pace from Trulli, Fisichella and Vettel. |
| 14:04:39
| Alonso moves second fastest from Kubica and Sutil as they all get on with the first stint of the session. |
| 14:05:10
| All change as Bourdais moves fastest from Webber and Alonso. |
| 14:06:02
| Kovalainen and Hamilton head out for McLaren. |
| 14:06:56
| Alonso now fastest as the lap times continue to change. Alonso fastest from Bourdais, Vettel, Kubica and Sutil. |
| 14:08:21
| Webber moves fifth fastest in his Red Bull. Hamilton is on a fast lap. |
| 14:09:02
| Hamilton moves fastest on his first timed lap ahead of Alonso who has pitted. Vettel is third fastest from Bourdais, Kubica and Webber. |
| 14:09:18
| Kimi Raikkonen heads out. |
| 14:10:00
| Massa heads out in his Ferrari. |
| 14:11:13
| Kovalainen moves second fastest two-tenths off Hamilton. |
| 14:11:32
| Raikkonen and Massa on first timed laps. |
| 14:12:19
| A gain for Bourdais as he splits the McLaren duo with the second fastest time. |
| 14:12:54
| Massa's first lap moves him fifth fastest, half a second slower than Hamilton who has now pitted. |
| 14:13:41
| Now Raikkonen takes over the fifth position. Most have pitted after the first stint with just the Ferrari duo and Piquet now on track. |
| 14:14:41
| Raikkonen is certainly on the same tyres as this morning as the front left is pretty worn. Massa moves P4 ahead of Alonso who is back out and Raikkonen. |
| 14:15:31
| Massa is now fastest for Ferrari with a hot lap. |
| 14:16:17
| A gain for Piquet as e moves seventh fastest just behind Raikkonen. |
| 14:17:32
| Adrian Sutil is now fastest in his Force India Ferrari, just four-tenths off Hamilton's best time from this morning. |
| 14:18:52
| Sutil's best time is on the hard tyre, I think. It really is impossible to tell. |
| 14:19:16
| Now Trulli takes over at the top in his Toyota with the fastest lap of the day. |
| 14:20:05
| The times continue to fall as Nakajima is now sexond fastest from Sutil, Rosberg and Massa. |
| 14:20:55
| Vettel is now the fastest in his Toro Rosso. Some are trying the soft tyre. Rosberg for one is on the option rubber at the moment. |
| 14:22:07
| Vettel remains fastest as he pits. |
| 14:23:05
| Rosberg is now fourth in his Williams just ahead of team-mate Nakajima. |
| 14:24:27
| BMW Sauber are currently down the order with Kubica 15th and Heidfeld 18th. |
| 14:25:03
| Barrichello and Button are currently slowest for Honda. |
| 14:25:47
| Bourdais is now fourth fastest. Most of the front-runners have pitted. |
| 14:27:27
| Hamilton has dropped to tenth. He's now back out for a second stint and straight back to second overall. |
| 14:28:44
| Kovalainen moves fourth fastest. |
| 14:29:20
| A gain for Glock as well as he is now up to fifth in his Toyota. |
| 14:30:06
| Massa remains in the pits but Raikkonen is back out looking to move up from 15th. |
| 14:31:10
| Hamilton seems to be on a new set of the harder tyre. |
| 14:31:26
| Timo Glock moves fastest in his TF108. |
| 14:32:13
| Trulli is also on the move as he sets the fourth best time. Massa heads back out. |
| 14:32:43
| Glock is on the softer option tyre. |
| 14:33:21
| Raikkonen is now fifth and on a hot lap. |
| 14:34:44
| Raikkonen, on a nee set of tyres, does not improve next time around while Massa makes a small gain but is just P10 at the moment. |
| 14:36:43
| Kubica picks up time and moves fifth in the BMW Sauber. |
| 14:37:34
| Raikkonen and Massa remain on track. Kubica is on the soft tyre at the moment. |
| 14:38:36
| A number of drivers now out trying the softer option tyre. Glock remains fastest from Vettel, Hamilton and Trulli. |
| 14:41:48
| The tyres have lost their edge at the moment as there are no gains. |
| 14:43:09
| Many of the front-runners have pitted. Trulli and Raikkonen remain on track. |
| 14:44:23
| Massa remains ninth fastest in the second Ferrari. |
| 14:48:13
| Alonso, 15th, is back out in his Renault. |
| 14:48:50
| He seems to have a new set of the harder tyre. Massa takes a quick stop and heads back out. |
| 14:49:26
| Glock and Hamilton are back out as well. The former remains fastest on a 1:18.4. |
| 14:49:38
| Hamilton has now taken a set of soft tyres. |
| 14:52:22
| Hamilton finds three-tenths and moves second fastest. Team-mate Kovalainen does not improve and is seventh fastest at the moment. |
| 14:54:35
| The Ferrari duo of Raikkonen and Massa are sixth and ninth at the moment and both in the pits. |
| 14:56:05
| Bourdais cuts the chicane and continues. |
| 14:57:55
| Raikkonen is back out and is on a fast lap. |
| 14:59:09
| Raikkonen does improve and is now up to third fastest as team-mate Massa heads out on the soft tyre. |
| 15:00:25
| Thirty minutes remain in this session and Glock remains fastest from Hamilton and Raikkonen. Massa is ninth. |
| 15:01:47
| Massa vaults third fastest, two-tenths off Glock's best at the moment. |
| 15:04:11
| Piquet and Alonso are down in 14th and 15th at the moment. They are however both back on track. |
| 15:04:43
| Talking of Piquet, he runs off track on some very worn tyres. |
| 15:08:20
| Coulthard, 13th, runs a little wide and continues. |
| 15:08:53
| Red Bull have 7-Eleven branding on the rear wing this weekend. |
| 15:09:52
| Glock and Hamilton have both pitted. Massa and Raikkonen remain in track. |
| 15:10:55
| Glock's rear tyres have really worn, perhaps because of the long straight which means lower than normal levels of downforce. |
| 15:11:49
| Fisichella, 18th, runs off track and rejoins. |
| 15:13:05
| Massa is on a set of worn soft tyre and is on a fast lap at the moment. |
| 15:14:01
| Massa pits before completing the lap. |
| 15:15:13
| Massa drives straight through the pit, makes a practice start and is back out. |
| 15:17:29
| Thirteen minutes remain and Glock is still fastest from Hamilton. Massa has pitted again and is third fastest. |
| 15:19:05
| Hamilton is currently lapping some 1.2s off the fastest time at the moment. Perhaps we will see some take some fuel out and go for a time in the final minutes... |
| 15:19:45
| Just a second covers the top 14 at the moment. |
| 15:20:17
| Honda remain at the bottom of the timesheets with Button and Barrichello at the moment. |
| 15:21:23
| Kovalainen makes a small gain and picks up one position. |
| 15:22:02
| Piquet moves into the top ten in his Renault. |
| 15:22:22
| A big gain for Alonso as he vaults second fastest. |
| 15:22:58
| The times are now coming as Webber moves fifth in his Red Bull. |
| 15:23:54
| Heidfeld is now down in 17th in the second BMW Sauber. |
| 15:24:47
| Five minutes remain. |
| 15:25:54
| Massa was on a fast lap but lost time behind Bourdais. |
| 15:27:10
| Glock heads out with three minutes remaining. |
| 15:27:53
| Heidfeld, Webber and Vettel are in the pits. The rest are on track. |
| 15:28:09
| Raikkonen is on a fast lap. |
| 15:28:45
| Barrichello moves 15th in his Honda. |
| 15:29:26
| Raikkonen picks up one position and is now fifth. |
| 15:30:04
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 15:31:07
| No one really on fast laops it seems, so Glock is the fastest man on Friday with a best time of 1:18.4. |
| 15:31:48
| Glock is fastest from Alonso, Hamilton, Massa, Raikkonen, Webber, Nakajima, Vettel, Kovalainen and Trulli. |
