Minimum weight rears head and sees di Resta penalized.

"fifanatic" (f1fanatic) 06/29/2013 at 16:43 • Filed to: f1

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Force India's young, Scottish driver, Paul di Resta, was feeling quite at home this weekend in Silverstone after initially qualifying 5th for his home Grand Prix. Unfortunately, post quali weigh-in found the Brit's car to be .5KG below the minimum weight (642KG car + driver) and a full 2KG below after the requisite liter of fuel was removed for testing purposes.

In response, the stewards have disqualified di Resta's times and he will have to start from the back of the grid tomorrow; Force India, however, is unsure whether they will start di Resta from the back of the grid there or opt to make further improvements to the car and start from pit lane. Last year Vettel - with a little help from Mark Webber - turned a start from pit lane at Abu Dhabi into a third place finish behind Kimi and Fernando.