Sebastian Vettel led team mate Mark Webber in a Red Bull one-two in second practice in Japan on Friday afternoon as several drivers, including Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen, ended the session in the gravel.
Vettel’s lap of 1m 33.852 was 0.168s quicker than Webber’s best time, with Mercedes Nico Rosberg clocking the third fastest time ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton who was only sixth behind Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.
Felipe Massa proved himself faster then Fernando Alonso once more stopping the clock at 1:34.698 which was good enough for eight place while Alonso was only tenth behind Jenson Button.
| Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
| 01. |  Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing | 1:33.852 | 35 |
| 02. |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing | 1:34.020 | 35 |
| 03. | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:34.114 | 36 |
| 04. |  Kimi Raikkonen |
Lotus F1 | 1:34.202 | 17 |
| 05. |  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus F1 | 1:34.411 | 30 |
| 06. |  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:34.442 | 36 |
| 07. | Daniel Ricciardo |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:34.473 | 30 |
| 08. |  Felipe Massa |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:34.698 | 35 |
| 09. | Jenson Button |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:34.912 | 34 |
| 10. |  Fernando Alonso |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:35.087 | 32 |
| 11. |  Esteban Gutiérrez |
Sauber F1 | 1:35.089 | 36 |
| 12. | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:35.109 | 34 |
| 13. | Nico Hulkenberg |
Sauber F1 | 1:35.182 | 34 |
| 14. | Paul di Resta |
Sahara Force India | 1:35.275 | 35 |
| 15. | Adrian Sutil |
Sahara Force India | 1:35.341 | 25 |
| 16. | Sergio Perez |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:35.709 | 8 |
| 17. | Valtteri Bottas |
Williams F1 | 1:36.136 | 41 |
| 18. |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams F1 | 1:36.722 | 6 |
| 19. | Charles Pic |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:37.630 | 31 |
| 20. |  Giedo van der Garde |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:37.905 | 36 |
| 21. | Max Chilton |
Marussia F1 | 1:38.121 | 33 |
| 22. | Jules Bianchi |
Marussia F1 | no time | 0 |
