The second Friday practice would see over half the field come straight out and start to set early times. Alonso would be fastest from Heidfeld and Kazuki Nakajima. But it would be Nico Rosberg who would set the early pace with a 1m:46.931. Kovalainen would move into second with a 1m:46.995. Alonso was now third followed by Kazuki, 1m:47.937. Massa was now out on the track. Fifth was Vettel followed by Heidfeld, Piquet, Kubica, and Button. Several drivers had run wide at various corners, one being Nico who had taken to the escape road at the same corner that Webber had crashed in the earlier session. Kazuki would copy his team-mate in spinning in the corner that takes the drivers under the grandstand.

Kubica was now third, 1m:47.740, while Massa was up to fourth, 1m:47.792. Nico was on a quick lap going fastest in the first two sectors. Hamilton was out on the track. Nico would improve with a 1m:46.835. Kazuki had pitted. Kovalainen and Kubica had also come in. Six drivers had yet to leave the pit lane. Nico would pit with just over fifteen minutes of the session run. Kazuki was back out as Hamilton was able to move ahead of Nico at the top of the times with a 1m:46.113. Massa was able to make a small gain moving up to third, 1m:46.915. Nico had returned to the track as Hamilton lowered his time with a 1m:46.080. Kazuki would again run wide taking to the escape road, this time as a result of a brake lockup. Hamilton and Massa had pitted. Nico was fastest in the second sector. His lap was another improvement with a 1m:46.164. This would see him just 0.084 behind Hamilton.

The circuit was now very busy with Hamilton still fastest from Nico, Massa, Kovalainen, Kubica, Alonso, Kazuki, Vettel, Piquet, and in tenth Heidfeld. Despite taking to the escape road Kazuki was able to set his seventh fastest time, 1m:47.937. Only Webber had yet to come out as the Red Bull team worked to fix his car. Raikkonen was out on the track with an hour remaining. Nico had returned to his pit. Hamilton had returned to the track. Raikkonen was down in sixteenth, 1m:49.371. The times were certainly slower than those of the earlier session. Nico's mechanics were working on his car while Hamilton improved with a 1m:45.805 to now be 0.359 ahead of the Williams driver. Webber had still yet to come out. Raikkonen was able to improve his pace moving into sixth, 1m:47.354. Kubica was now third, 1m:46.384. Massa was fourth followed by Kovalainen.

Massa would join those taking to the escape roads when he failed to take a corner. he would spin turn his car and continue back out onto the track. Nico was back out on the circuit with just over forty eight minutes remaining. Nico was out on the softer tyre as Kubica and Massa pitted. The drivers were starting to attack the kerbs as they tried to take that extra time of their laps. Nico was still second but Kazuki had dropped to now be tenth. Hamilton was still fastest from Nico, Kubica, Raikkonen, Massa, Alonso, Kovalainen, Glock, Heidfeld, and in tenth Kazuki. Fisichella had moved into eleventh with a 1m:47.965. Both Nico and Kazuki were now out on the track with forty minutes remaining. Hamilton had pitted as Nico would run wide at the final Turn most likely as a result of a slowing Fisichella who was on his way to his pit.

Button was now ninth followed by Heidfeld. Kazuki had dropped the order to now be in twelfth. Kovalainen was now fourth, 1m:46.549. Massa was on a quicker lap moving into second with a 1m:46.094. Massa was on the harder tyre while team-mate Raikkonen was on the softer option. Nico was putting in a longer run and would pit with twenty eight minutes left. Kazuki was out on the circuit looking to improve from his twelfth place. Despite most of the field being out on the track there was not a lot happening in terms of changes in position. Webber would finally leave the pits in his repaired car. Nico would return to the track as Massa commenced a quick lap being fastest in the first sector. But he would run wide at one corner ending his lap by returning to his pit if only briefly. He would rive down the pit lane and do a practice start at the exit and come back out again. Nico was on the harder tyre.

Kubica would come back out on the softer tyre. At the front it would be Massa who was now fastest with a 1m:45.793. Massa would pit while Kazuki had dropped to thirteenth as a result of Bourdais moving into twelfth, 1m:47.841. After a few more laps Nico would again pit. Hamilton was back out as team-mate Kovalainen moved into second with a 1m:45.797. Hamilton was now third and Nico fourth. Kovalainen's time was set on the harder tyre while Hamilton was out on the softer tyre. He would quickly return to the top of the times with a quick lap of 1m:45.572. He was now 0.041 ahead of Massa, with the Ferrari driver back out on the track. The top six were all now on the circuit, including Nico. Kazuki was also out on the track with six minutes left. Only two drivers were now in the pits, one being Fisichella who had finished his session with a gearbox problem.

Nico was on the softer tyre for his final few laps. Hamilton would pit as Webber improved to be ninth, 1m:47.137. Raikkonen would also come in for a brief stop. Running on the softer tyre Alonso was now fastest with a 1m:45.654 as the session came to an end. A number of drivers were still on their final laps but Alonso would remain fastest from Hamilton, Massa, Kovalainen, Nico, Kubica, Raikkonen, Button. Kazuki was able to improve his position several places moving up to ninth, 1m:47.013. Glock would finish the session minus his front wing. Glock was in tenth. He had spun and hit the barriers. For the Williams team the session would see both drivers in the top ten which again is an encouraging start to the weekend.

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time     Laps
 1.  Alonso        Renault              (B)  1:45.654  30
 2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:45.752  28
 3.  Massa         Ferrari              (B)  1:45.793  31
 4.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:45.797  31
 5.  Rosberg       AT&T Williams-Toyota (B)  1:46.164  34
 6.  Kubica        BMW Sauber           (B)  1:46.384  36
 7.  Raikkonen     Ferrari              (B)  1:46.580  25
 8.  Button        Honda                (B)  1:46.901  32
 9.  Nakajima      AT&T Williams-Toyota (B)  1:47.013  32
10.  Glock         Toyota               (B)  1:47.046  22
11.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:47.137  15
12.  Piquet        Renault              (B)  1:47.145  35
13.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:47.300  33
14.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:47.487  24
15.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:47.640  31
16.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           (B)  1:47.760  36
17.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari  (B)  1:47.965  12
18.  Barrichello   Honda                (B)  1:48.009  25
19.  Trulli        Toyota               (B)  1:48.059  28
20.  Sutil         Force India-Ferrari  (B)  1:48.311  36