Cika wannan jumla:
Gasar Malaysian Grand Prix, babbar gasar gida ta Lotus Racing, yanayin ya samar da manyan masu rauni da yawa a farkon lokacin zaman, kamar yadda direbobin McLaren da Ferrari suka zabi su kasance a cikin garejensu yayin da sauran filin suka kafa banki, kafin ruwan sama ya zo. A lokacin da suka shiga hanyar, ruwan sama ya fara, kuma ya zama ba zai yiwu a kammala zagaye mai kyau ba don shiga Q2. Kovalainen ya kafa kyakkyawan lokaci a Q1, kuma ya sami damar doke Trulli zuwa Q2 kuma ya fi Glock cancanta a Q2, wanda shi ma ya shiga. Kovalainen ya kasance na 15, amma ya sha wahala daga matsalar hydraulic yayin tseren. Ya janye a cikin pits, kuma 9 laps daga baya ya bar pits. Ya wuce iyaka, amma ba a tsare shi ba. Trulli kuma ya sha wahala daga matsalolin hydraulic amma ya gama a 17th, 5 laps baya.