Nico Rosberg put Mercedes top for a second time in Malaysia following Lewis Hamilton’s time topping lap in FP1.
The German’s lap, a 1:39.909, was just quicker than that of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel – the pair within a tenth of Rosberg.
Hamilton came in fourth ahead of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.
Lotus’s Romain Grosjean managed a time good enough for P17, whilst team-mate Pastor Maldonado was consigned to the garage due to ongoing issues.
Caterham meanwhile completed 31 laps with Marcus Ericsson, whilst Kamui Kobayashi, like Maldonado, failed to leave the pits for a single lap.
FP2 Full Times – 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix:
| # | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:39.909 | 30 | |
| 02 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:39.944 | 0.035 | 30 |
| 03 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:39.970 | 0.061 | 30 |
| 04 | L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:40.051 | 0.142 | 32 |
| 05 | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.103 | 0.194 | 29 |
| 06 | F. Massa | Williams | 1:40.112 | 0.203 | 34 |
| 07 | D. Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:40.276 | 0.367 | 29 |
| 08 | J. Button | McLaren | 1:40.628 | 0.719 | 28 |
| 09 | V. Bottas | Williams | 1:40.638 | 0.729 | 35 |
| 10 | N. Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:40.691 | 0.782 | 34 |
| 11 | J. Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:40.777 | 0.868 | 33 |
| 12 | K. Magnussen | McLaren | 1:41.014 | 1.105 | 20 |
| 13 | A. Sutil | Sauber | 1:41.257 | 1.348 | 28 |
| 14 | D. Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:41.325 | 1.416 | 32 |
| 15 | E. Gutierrez | Sauber | 1:41.407 | 1.498 | 34 |
| 16 | S. Perez | Force India | 1:41.671 | 1.762 | 25 |
| 17 | R. Grosjean | Lotus | 1:42.531 | 2.622 | 14 |
| 18 | M. Chilton | Marussia | 1:43.638 | 3.729 | 20 |
| 19 | J. Bianchi | Marussia | 1:43.752 | 3.843 | 29 |
| 20 | M. Ericsson | Caterham | 1:45.703 | 5.794 | 31 |
| 21 | K. Kobayashi | Caterham | No time | 0 | |
| 22 | P. Maldonado | Lotus | No time | 0 |
