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Car weights: Hamilton lighter than RBR as Renault fuel up

Lewis Hamilton will be carrying less fuel into the start of Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix than the Red Bull pairing of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber behind him. Seventh-placed Robert Kubica is the lightest car on the grid - and will therefore pit first - as Renault, following their poor qualifying session, fuels Alonso and Grosjean up for one-stop strategies.

- Lightest car: Robert Kubica / BMW - 7th - 654.5kg
- Heaviest car: Romain Grosjean / Renault - 19th - 710.8kg


Post-qualifying car weights:


1 - Lewis Hamilton / McLaren = 658.5kg *
2 - Sebastian Vettel / Red Bull = 663.0kg
3 - Mark Webber / Red Bull = 660.0kg *
4 - Rubens Barrichello / Brawn = 655.0kg *
5 - Jenson Button / Brawn = 657.0kg
6 - Jarno Trulli / Toyota = 661.0kg *
7 - Robert Kubica / BMW = 654.5kg *
8 - Nick Heidfeld / BMW = 664.0kg
9 - Nico Rosberg / Williams = 665.0kg *
10 - Sébastien Buemi / Toro Rosso = 661.5kg *
11 - Kimi Räikkönen / Ferrari = 692.0kg *
12 - Kamui Kobayashi / Toyota = 694.3kg
13 - Kazuki Nakajima / Williams = 704.0kg
14 - Jaime Alguersuari / Toro Rosso = 696.5kg
15 - Fernando Alonso / Renault = 708.3kg *
16 - Vitantonio Liuzzi / Force India = 695.0kg *
17 - Adrian Sutil / Force India = 696.0kg
18 - Heikki Kovalainen / McLaren = 697.0kg
19 - Romain Grosjean / Renault = 710.8kg
20 - Giancarlo Fisichella / Ferrari = 692.5kg


* Lightest of the team's two cars (first to pit under normal circumstances)

Note: Race entrants are listed in provisional grid order

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