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ArraySepang day 2: Raikkonen flies

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen stormed the second day of testing at the Sepang circuit. He was almost a second quicker than Robert Kubica's pacesetter yesterday with a best lap of 1:35.268s.
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Alexander Wurz enjoyed another strong day of testing for Williams and was the Finn's closest rival with a time almost half a second slower. David Coutlhard showed signs of improvement for the Red Bull team by coming within a whisker of Wurz's time whilst Ralf Schumacher was a competitive fourth fastest for the Toyota team as the Cologne-based team also showed signs of progress.

Although Robert Kubica was not as competitive as on the first day where he went fastest, BMW-Sauber will be buoyed by his covering of two race distances and a total of 111 laps. He was fifth fastest just ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who took over testing duties from tester Pedro de la Rosa.

Takuma Sato was seventh fastest with a 1:36.306s as Super Aguri impressively continued to go faster than their engine-supplier team Honda, whose drivers Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button were eighth and tenth quickest respectively. Sato's team-mate Anthony Davidson drove for the first time since his back injury and ended up eleventh.

Honda and Super Aguri were able to run both drivers, despite the one-car testing rule, by both drivers sharing the one car. Renault's Heikki Kovalainen was a disappointing ninth fastest as he replaced test-driver Nelson Piquet Jnr, who suffered with mechanical problems yesterday.

There were no major incidents during the day except for Schumacher who brought the red flag out after his spin. Barrichello's Honda also suffered an engine blow-up half an hour into the session but it did not seem to effect the team's test too much.

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1       K. Räikkönen      Ferrari      Bridgestone      01:35.268      61
2     A. Wurz     Williams     Bridgestone     01:35.705     114
3     D. Coulthard     Red Bull     Bridgestone     01:35.712     87
4     R. Schumacher     Toyota     Bridgestone     01:35.751     81
5     R. Kubica     BMW     Bridgestone     01:35.887     111
6     L. Hamilton     McLaren     Bridgestone     01:36.115     69
7     T. Sato     Super Aguri     Bridgestone     01:36.306     63
8     R. Barrichello     Honda     Bridgestone     01:36.563     36
9     H. Kovalainen     Renault     Bridgestone     01:36.578     86
10     J. Button     Honda     Bridgestone     01:36.617     24
11     A. Davidson     Super Aguri     Bridgestone     01:37.876     39
12     S. Speed     Scuderia Toro Rosso     Bridgestone     01:37.910     36
13     V. Liuzzi     Scuderia Toro Rosso     Bridgestone     01:37.971     32

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