Race 16 - Pre-race weights & provisional grid

For the 2009 season, 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.

Below is the provisional grid for the Brazilian Grand Prix with each car's weight. Note - Force India’s Vitantonio Liuzzi is to get a new gearbox and will hence drop from his original P15 to P20.

1. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 650.5kg
2. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 656
3. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 656.5
4. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 658.5
5. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 651.5
6. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 659
7. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 657
8. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 656
9. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 664
10. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 652
11. Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota, 671.6
12. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 671.5
13. Romain Grosjean, Renault, 677.2
14. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 672
15. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 683.5
16. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 656.5
17. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 661
18. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 650.5
19. Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari, 683.5
20. Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India, 680

Source: The Official Formula 1 Website