Kimi reigns in rain

by - 3/20/2013 10:01:00 p.m.

Kimi Raikkonen is showing his season opening victory in Australia is no fluke after posting the fastest time in the second practice at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Friday. 

The Finn was the surprise winner of the Australian Grand Prix last weekend and has won two of the last three races dating to last year. His Lotus was expected to be competitive with the betterfunded Red Bulls and Ferraris but not outpace them as he has done so far. 

The unflappable Raikkonen edged world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull by .019 seconds. Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso were third and fourth followed by Vettel’s teammate, Mark Webber, who was fastest in the first practice session.
 
It was another disappointing day for McLaren, which has struggled since revamping its race car in the offseason. Sergio Perez, who joined McLaren from Sauber, was 11th followed by 2009 champ Jenson Button in 12th. 

“On a dry track it feels better than it did in Melbourne, but even then its pace still isn’t there compared with that of the front-running cars,” Button said. “We’ve identified some further improvements that we can make before tomorrow, though, which is encouraging, and it’s been a good day in terms of learning.”

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