Well qualifying is done for the Malaysian Grand Prix and after exciting third session Ferrari driver Felipe Massa takes pole. Alonso held provisional pole until late in the third session when Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen snatched it from the reigning world champion. Alonso was second to cross the line taking back provisional pole by 0.169 seconds. Hamilton crossed third but could not improve from P3. Felipe Massa was last across the line and managed to snatch pole away from Fernando by 0.267 seconds which would put Hamilton back into 4th and on the second row with Raikkonen.

Renault looked out of form; Sepang being a race the reigning constructors champions won the past two years in a row, neither renault made it to the third session. Coulthard in the second Red Bull Racing-Renault car qualified 13th whereas his teammate Mark Webber qualified 10th.

Super Aguri Honda out qualified the factory Hondas yet again, Takuma Sato taking 14th over Honda's Jenson Button who took 15th. Super Aguri's Anthony Davidson qualified 18th with Honda's Rubens Barrichello taking 19th.

The American, Scott Speed, qualified 17th with his teammate for the Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari qualifying 16th. After a gearbox failure in which he could not shift the car into any gear, Alexander Wurz will start 20th while his Williams-Toyota teammate Nico Rosberg starts in 6th, splitting the BMW-Saubers who qualified 5th and 7th.

Toyota had a decent run this time around, with Ralf Schumacher taking 9th and Jarno Trulli taking 8th. Last but not least the Spyker-Ferraris of Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil round out the grid taking 21st and 22nd respectively.

Forcast for the grand prix shows a high chance of rain, roughly a 60% chance due to the fact that it has rained around 3:30pm everyday for the past week at the Sepang International Circuit. Race time is 3pm (3am EST) local instead of the usual 2pm (2am EST) start.