After coming off a huge success in the previous race in Australia a week ago, Kimi Raikkonen continued his good fortune by setting the fastest time of the day during second practice Friday for the Grand Prix of Malaysia at the Sepang International circuit.

The Finn recorded a 1:36:589 in a session that was temporarily delayed by a brief rain shower that made some drivers switch to intermediates before the skies cleared up and dried the track enough to go back to slicks.

The Lotus driver was excellent in both sessions, just missing the best time in the opening session early that morning to Mark Webber, who accomplished a 1:36:935 to just edge the Finn. Raikkonen himself had to endure a rough sixty opening minutes in the first session due to a KERS problem that involved his battery malfunctioning, which had to be replaced. Raikkonen came back out and set a 1:37:003 fast lap to prove that he had not lost any of his spark.

Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso were also in the hunt, finishing third and fourth, respectively.

The second session had much more action than the first, mainly because of the rain that took place midway through that period.

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