The Brazilian posted a 1:25.706 to edge Vettel, the 2011 World Champ, by a mere 0.088s.
It proved to be a good afternoon's running for Ferrari with Fernando Alonso taking third place ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who was quickest in FP1.
Mark Webber and Jenson Button completed the top six ahead of Adrian Sutil and Bruno Senna.
Report: The track temperature was sitting at 39'C as Practice Two got underway with the big names waiting in their garages for the backmarkers to clean up the dust. Jerome D'Ambrosio was the first to answer the call. He posted a 1:37.004 but within minutes was down in 11th place on the timesheets with Adrian Sutil and Sebastien Buemi leading the way.
It was all change as Sebastian Vettel came out and immediately hit the front with a 1:28.014. Michael Schumacher was the first spinner of the afternoon, losing control of his W02 at Turn 3. But it was worse for Pastor Maldonado who lost it through Turn 8 and 9. He went sidewards over the astroturf and finished up beached in the gravel.
Buemi overhauled button by 0.146s but his time at the top was short-lived as Lewis Hamilton, who has a three-place grid-slot for Sunday's race, went quickest with a 1:27.261. Bruno Senna joined the list of those testing the limits of the track. Vettel leapfrogged Hamilton by 0.126s with Mark Webber third ahead of Jenson Button, Felipe Massa, Vitaly Petrov and Fernando Alonso.
With drivers swapping to the softer rubber, Sergio Perez moved up to ninth, Massa to third before being dropped by Button, Alonso climbed to fifth and Massa moved up to second, 0.269s behind Vettel.
Session over for D'Ambrosio, who, with 40 minutes remaining, lost control of his Virgin racer, slid across the track and crashed heavily into the barriers. Significant damage to the rear right of the car and red flags. D'Ambrosio is okay.
The action resumed five minutes later with everyone but D'Ambrosio putting in the laps. Adrian Sutil improved to seventh place ahead of Senna, Paul di Resta and Buemi. Kamui Kobayashi was the latest to run off the track and bump over the grass. Alonso put in two fastest sectors to take second place, 0.422s behind Vettel. But while Alonso could not do it, Massa could, overhauling Vettel with a 1:25.706.
Schumacher and Sutil almost crashed into Vettel as the German exited the pits. This is something that will need to be looked into as this is not the first time this session that has almost happened.
Practice Two ended with Massa in the P1 slot ahead of Vettel and Alonso.
Times
1. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m25.706s 33 laps
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m25.794s + 0.088 34 laps
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m25.930s + 0.224 34 laps
4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m26.454s + 0.748 26 laps
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m26.500s + 0.794 30 laps
6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m26.714s + 1.008 28 laps
7. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m27.316s + 1.610 34 laps
8. Bruno Senna Renault 1m27.498s + 1.792 36 laps
9. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m27.853s + 2.147 35 laps
10. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.868s + 2.162 35 laps
11. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m27.890s + 2.184 37 laps
12. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m28.050s + 2.344 34 laps
13. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m28.289s + 2.583 36 laps
14. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m28.552s + 2.846 31 laps
15. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m28.691s + 2.985 29 laps
16. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m28.708s + 3.002 24 laps
17. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m29.332s + 3.626 39 laps
18. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m30.241s + 4.535 41 laps
19. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m31.098s + 5.392 38 laps
20. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m31.469s + 5.763 32 laps
21. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m31.804s + 6.098 28 laps
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m32.593s + 6.887 12 laps
23. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m32.768s + 7.062 33 laps
24. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m32.824s + 7.118 33 laps
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