article_snippet: Lewis Hamilton bounced back from a troubled first practice ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix to lead the way at the end of the day.
article_snippet: Lewis Hamilton was fastest in second practice ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix .
article_snippet: Lewis Hamilton won the first race of the season in Australia and is looking for back-to-back wins .
article_snippet: Lewis Hamilton   did not return to the circuit until 38 minutes into FP2, at the end of a red-flag session as rookie Roberto Merhi had beached Roberto Merhi Manor in the gravel.
article_snippet: Lewis Hamilton   returned to the circuit 38 minutes into the second practice session .
article_snippet: Fifty-two minutes later Lewis Hamilton   emerged Lewis Hamilton   to dip below one minute and 40 seconds for the lap, posting a time of 1:39.790secs.
article_snippet: As in FP1, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen emerged second quickest, with the Finn 0.373secs adrift of Lewis Hamilton  , with Nico Rosberg third quickest in Nico Rosberg Mercedes, 0.428secs off the pace of Nico Rosberg team-mate.
article_snippet: The 23-year-old Briton was 5.9secs behind Hamilton and 1.5secs up on Merhi, whose run into the gravel cost The 23-year-old Briton considerable track time.
highlights_snippet: Lewis Hamilton missed much of the day, but still went fastest in Sepang .
  
highlights_snippet: But Lewis Hamilton returned to finish almost a third of a second faster than Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen with Lewis Hamilton Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg third .
  