Ninja, the cars minimum weight, and the weight distribution has been fixed this season, so there are seriously limited benefits in moving any ballast.
Also, to be fair, my previous comment was about the fuel strategy, not the fuel numbers. I would have thought that the drivers would absolutely wanted to be involved in the discussions, as it dictates how they approach the race.
As has been stated numbers can be wrong, and simply saying that the cars should be filled up and allowed to go flat out I think is a little naive.
There could be any number of reasons for what we witnessed at the weekend, however, as I have already said, would Tue result have been better or worse with more fuel from the start? I am no engineer, but it strikes me that fourth was the best result possible, and the car proved slower relatively when the track dried (although not sure when the save fuel order came through) and with a slower car at the start, maybe he would not even have made fourth.