The original top three after qualifying.

MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX

* Kovalainen and Hamilton penalised five grid places

Pos	Driver	Team	Time
1	Felipe Massa (Bra)	Ferrari	1min 35.748secs
2	Kimi Raikkonen (Fin)	Ferrari	1:36.230
3	Jarno Trulli (Ita)	Toyota	1:36.711
4	Robert Kubica (Pol)	BMW Sauber	1:36.727
5	Nick Heidfeld (Ger)	BMW Sauber	1:36.753
6	Mark Webber (Aus)	Red Bull	1:37.009
7	Fernando Alonso (Spa)	Renault	1:38.450
8	Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) *	McLaren	1:36.613
9	Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) *	McLaren	1:36.709
10	Timo Glock (Ger)	Toyota	1:39.656
11	Jenson Button (Gbr)	Honda	1:35.208
12	David Coulthard (Gbr)	Red Bull	1:35.408
13	Nelson Piquet (Bra)	Renault	1:35.562
14	Rubens Barrichello (Bra)	Honda	1:35.622
15	Sebastian Vettel (Ger)	Toro Rosso	1:35.648
16	Nico Rosberg (Ger)	Williams	1:35.670
17	Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita)	Force India	1:36.240
18	Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn)	Williams	1:36.388
19	Sebastien Bourdais (Fra)	Toro Rosso	1:36.677
20	Takuma Sato (Jpn)	Super Aguri	1:37.087
21	Adrian Sutil (Ger)	Force India	1:37.101
22	Anthony Davidson (Gbr)	Super Aguri	1:37.481