The Red Bull driver was found just 150ml of fuel in his car after he parked midway through the second qualifying sector after running out of fuel in Q2 and failed to make Q3.
Under certain regulations, any car that stops on the track during qualifying must have enough fuel left for the mandatory one-liter minimum sample, plus an additional amount proportional to the amount of fuel that would have been used in returning to the pits.
The Australian was later beaten to the 14th position in qualifying. And according to his Infiniti Red Bull Racing team, the stoppage was caused by a refueling problem that led to three kilograms of fuel not being delivered to Webber's racing car.
"The fuel bowser has been immediately quarantined for further investigation," said Red Bull's team principal Christian Horner.
A similar problem forced Webber's teammate Sebastian Vettel to start the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from the back of the grid.
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