Formula One news

Sutil heavier than Ferrari but Button lightest car

As always, governing body the FIA revealed the weights of the 20 cars after qualifying on Saturday evening. The results make for interesting reading, as seventh-placed Adrian Sutil qualified quicker than the Ferrari cars despite carrying a greater amount of fuel and Rubens Barrichello did likewise with team-mate Jenson Button, who will have the lightest car at the start of the race. Red Bull pilots Sebastian Vettel and pole winner Mark Webber are carrying identical fuel loads.

- Lightest car: Jenson Button / Brawn - 3rd - 644.0kg
- Heaviest car: Nico Rosberg / Williams - 15th - 689.6kg


Post-qualifying car weights:


1 - Mark Webber / Red Bull = 661.0kg **
2 - Rubens Barrichello / Brawn = 647.0kg
3 - Jenson Button / Brawn = 644.0kg *
4 - Sebastian Vettel / Red Bull = 661.0kg **
5 - Lewis Hamilton / McLaren = 654.5kg *
6 - Heikki Kovalainen / McLaren = 664.0kg
7 - Adrian Sutil / Force India = 678.5kg
8 - Felipe Massa / Ferrari = 673.5kg *
9 - Kimi Räikkönen / Ferrari = 674.0kg
10 - Nelson Piquet / Renault = 676.0kg
11 - Nick Heidfeld / BMW = 681.0kg
12 - Fernando Alonso / Renault = 668.2kg *
13 - Kazuki Nakajima / Williams = 683.6kg *
14 - Jarno Trulli / Toyota = 683.7kg
15 - Nico Rosberg / Williams = 689.6kg
16 - Robert Kubica / BMW = 673.5kg *
17 - Sébastien Buemi / Toro Rosso = 674.5kg *
18 - Giancarlo Fisichella / Force India = 662.5kg *
19 - Sébastien Bourdais / Toro Rosso = 689.5kg
20 - Timo Glock / Toyota = 662.3kg *


* 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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