Lewis Hamilton put last weekend’s problems behind him by going quickest in both practice sessions for the Malaysian Grand Prix today as Red Bull’s reliability issues continued to haunt them.
Sebastian Vettel showed the pace that has taken his Red Bull to two poles in as many races by lapping just 0.266 seconds behind Hamilton after a subdued morning practice but his team mate Mark Webber’s session was cut short by an engine problem.
Ferrari opted to use both sessions to test out various tyre and fuel combinations and finished well off the pace but Mercedes enjoyed a solid showing with Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher matching the pace set by McLaren and Red Bull.
At the other end of the table, local boy Fairuz Fauzy in the Lotus T127 managed to cover 19 laps in Free Practice 1 and finished a respectable 22nd with a time of 1:40.721 which was faster than the 2 HRT’s of Bruno Senna and Karun Chandok
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