LIVE: Malaysian Grand Prix - FP2

Follow live coverage of the second free practice session for the Malaysian Grand Prix with F1i's live commentary page.

Nico Rosberg set the pace in the opening session on Friday morning, beating team-mate Lewis Hamilton by half a second. Rosberg was on the soft tyre this morning while Hamilton's best lap came on mediums, with the Ferraris - third and fourth quickest - also on the softs but over a second slower.

Fernando Alonso impressed for McLaren with the fifth fastest time ahead of the two Red Bulls, although Daniel Ricciardo's quickest lap came on the hard compound, suggesting the true pace of the Red Bull has yet to be seen at Sepang.

While the Sepang International Circuit has been on the F1 calendar since 1999, this year represents a new slot and a new challenge for the teams and drivers. Traditionally at the start of the season, the 18-month gap since the last race in Malaysia has allowed the organisers to resurface the track and made modifications to a number of corners, with the second and final corners seeing the main change.

You can follow live coverage of the second 90-minute practice session with F1i's live commentary page, which will keep you up-to-date with times as well as the latest news from the paddock. You can also get involved by sending in your questions and comments to the F1i team.

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.