Ronda 2 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2004-03-21
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) firmó la pole del Malaysian Grand Prix de 2004 con un crono de 1:33.074.
Mark Webber (Jaguar) completó la primera fila a 0.641s de la pole, con Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Cristiano da Matta (Toyota) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Felipe Massa (Sauber) se quedó fuera por 0.122s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.843s — de la pole a P10 — con Cristiano da Matta (Toyota) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:33.074 | — | — | 1:33.074 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Jaguar | 1:33.715 | — | — | +0.641 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:33.756 | — | — | +0.682 |
| 4 |
| Williams |
| 1:34.054 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.980 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:34.164 | — | — | +1.090 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:34.221 | — | — | +1.147 |
| 7 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:34.235 | — | — | +1.161 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | Renault | 1:34.413 | — | — | +1.339 |
| 9 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:34.602 | — | — | +1.528 |
| 10 | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota | 1:34.917 | — | — | +1.843 |
| 11 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:35.039 | — | — | +1.965 |
| 12 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Sauber | 1:35.061 | — | — | +1.987 |
| 13 | Christian Klien | Jaguar | 1:35.158 | — | — | +2.084 |
| 14 | Olivier Panis | Toyota | 1:35.617 | — | — | +2.543 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Jordan | 1:36.569 | — | — | +3.495 |
| 16 | Gianmaria Bruni | Minardi | 1:38.577 | — | — | +5.503 |
| 17 | Zsolt Baumgartner | Minardi | 1:39.272 | — | — | +6.198 |
| 18 | Giorgio Pantano | Jordan | 1:39.902 | — | — | +6.828 |
| 19 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Takuma Sato | BAR | — | — | — | — |