KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Ferrari's Felipe Massa led the times in Friday morning's opening practice session at the Sepang of Malaysia for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.

    The 25-year-old Brazilian clocked the best time of one minute and 34.972 seconds to finish two-tenths of a second ahead of defending champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso in a McLaren.

    Formula One rookie Lewis Hamilton of Britain was third in the second McLaren and Finn Kimi Raikkonen was fourth in the second Ferrari on a hot day at the Sepang circuit.

    There were few major incidents in the session and only a sparse crowd braved the torrid conditions to turn out for the action.