From the 2009 season, the FIA is making public the weights of the cars, with their fuel load included, following Saturday's qualifying session.

Below is the weight of each car following qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, sorted by qualifying position.

Pos  Driver                             Weight (kg) 1.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault       658.5 2.  Trulli       Toyota                 655.5 3.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes       656.0 4.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes   650.0 5.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes         660.5 6.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber             660.0 7.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes         658.5 8.  Raikkonen    Ferrari                661.0 9.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes       675.010.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari     665.4*11.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota        684.5*12.  Alonso       Renault                689.5*13.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber             686.0*14.  Glock        Toyota                 -15.  Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari     682.5*16.  Fisichella   Ferrari                661.5*17.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota        695.7*18.  Grosjean     Renault                691.8*19.  Liuzzi       Force India-Mercedes   682.5*20.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault       -* declared weight