Singapore: Fuel adjusted qualifying times
The FIA now publishes the weights of each car after qualifying on Saturday. Those cars that make it through to the final qualifying session must use the fuel they qualified with while the rest of the field may refuel before the race.
Below is a graph showing the actual top ten qualifying times as well as those times adjusted for the weight of fuel each car is carrying. The graph assumes a standard lap time cost of 0.3 seconds per 10kg of fuel.
From these weights we can see that while nobody is really out of place when adjusted for fuel, Lewis Hamilton is quite a bit faster that his nearest rival Sebastian Vettel. Starting from pole with KERS power Hamilton has every chance of taking the win.
Rosberg’s best qualifying this season was done on merit as well and fuel adjusted he was faster than Vettel in front of him.
2009 Singapore Grand Prix Car Weights
Image: Williams