This year the FIA are making public the weights of all cars ahead of the race start to help give an idea of relative fuel loads. The cars that made Q3 are weighed after qualifying, while the weights of the remaining cars must be declared by their teams shortly after the session.
Provisional grid for the German Grand Prix with each car's weight below. NB - Timo Glock has dropped from 19th to 20th after being penalised for blocking Fernando Alonso during qualifying.
NB - Sutils car was heaviest in Q3 - making his qualifying performance even more worthy. Also note Webber was same weight as Vettel - and the Brawns were running light..
1. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 661kg2. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 6473. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 6444. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 6615. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 654.56. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 664.07. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 678.58. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 673.59. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 67410. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 676
11. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 68112. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 668.213. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 683.614. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 683.715. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 689.616. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 673.517. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 674.518. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 662.519. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 689.520. Timo Glock, Toyota, 662.3
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