Lewis Hamilton, who might be punished for having used two sets of wet tyres in the morning session, finished first in second session.

This is a good result for the British pilot despite he has never been to Interlagos before; in addition, he left Spaniard Fernando Alonso and Finn Kimi Räikkönen behind, who finished second and third respectively.

Hamilton was 122 thousandths-of-a-second faster than defending champion Alonso, 345 thousandths-of-a-second faster than Räikkönen; Ferrari's second pilot Felipe Massa finished between them.

Time standings:

.1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 1:12.767
.2. Fernando Alonso (SPA) 1:12.869
.3. Felipe Massa (BRA) 1:13.075
.4. Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) 1:13.112
.5. Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) 1:13.549
.6. Robert Kubica (POL) 1:13.587
.7. Nico Rosberg (GER) 1:13.655
.8. Kazuki Nakajima (JPN) 1:13.664
.9. David Coulthard (GBR) 1:13.706
10. Nick Heidfeld (GER) 1:13.785
11. Ralf Schumacher (GER) 1:13.829
12. Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) 1:13.879
13. Rubens Barrichello (BRA) 1:13.892
14. Jenson Button (GBR) 1:14.095
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA) 1:14.152
16. Jarno Trulli (ITA) 1:14.179
17. Sebastian Vettel (GER) 1:14.409
18. Takuma Sato (JPN) 1:14.431
19. Anthony Davidson (GBR) 1:14.477
20. Mark Webber (AUS) 1:14.543
21. Adrian Sutil (GER) 1:15.095
22. Sakon Yamamoto (JPN) 1:15.715