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28 January 2007
The morning session had been a story of Ferrari dominance as Kimi Raikkonen topped the timesheets followed by team-mate Felipe Massa, with the McLaren pair of Fernando Alonso and Hamilton over half a second off the pace.
But the rookie Brit responded in the afternoon session by setting fastest times in all three sectors around the 4.563 kilometre Fuji Speedway track as he clocked a time of one minute 18.734 seconds, nearly four tenths of a second faster than his Ferrari rival's morning mark.
Team-mate Alonso posted a time of 1min 18.948secs to end the 90-minute session two tenths of a second behind his championship rival, while Massa claimed third but was nearly three-quarters of a second off the pace.
Jarno Trulli gave the home fans something to cheer with a surprise fourth place in his Toyota, while Raikkonen found the going tougher as he finished fifth, nearly a second back.
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