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Red Bull with more fuel than Brawn

The FIA's revealing of car weights after qualifying at Silverstone shows that pole man Sebastian Vettel will be carrying more fuel into tomorrow's British Grand Prix that second-placed Rubens Barrichello, resulting in a later pit-stop during the race. Significantly, however, the German completed his pole lap with the same fuel load onboard and was still able to finish his day over three tenths of a second quicker than the Brazilian.

- Lightest car: Kazuki Nakajima / Williams - 5th - 656.5kg
- Heaviest car: Heikki Kovalainen / McLaren - 13th - 695.5kg


Post-qualifying car weights:


1 - Sebastian Vettel / Red Bull = 666.5kg
2 - Rubens Barrichello / Brawn = 657.5kg **
3 - Mark Webber / Red Bull = 659.5kg *
4 - Jarno Trulli / Toyota = 658.0kg *
5 - Kazuki Nakajima / Williams = 652.5kg *
6 - Jenson Button / Brawn = 657.5kg **
7 - Nico Rosberg / Williams = 661.5kg
8 - Timo Glock / Toyota = 660.0kg
9 - Kimi Räikkönen / Ferrari = 654.0kg *
10 - Fernando Alonso / Renault = 654.0kg *
11 - Felipe Massa / Ferrari = 675.0kg
12 - Robert Kubica / BMW = 689.5kg
13 - Heikki Kovalainen / McLaren = 695.5kg
14 - Nelson Piquet / Renault = 682.5kg
15 - Nick Heidfeld / BMW = 665.5kg *
16 - Giancarlo Fisichella / Force India = 668.0kg *
17 - Sébastien Bourdais / Toro Rosso = 687.5kg
18 - Adrian Sutil / Force India = 692.0kg
19 - Lewis Hamilton / McLaren = 666.0kg *
20 - Sébastien Buemi / Toro Rosso = 672.5kg *


* Lightest of the team's two cars (first to pit under normal circumstances)
** Carrying identical fuel load to team-mate 

Note: Race entrants are displayed in provisional grid order

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