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Not just the roof rack. The whole car is probably close to the max allowed weight.
The container is seemingly at around 60%, so 600L. Gas is ~25% lighter than water, so we're looking at something like 450kg.
I don't know the model, but a lot of similar or even bigger cars max out at +500kg (per specification). Most cars have less allowance.
And this is just on the roof. Not counting the container, passengers and other stuff.
Truly a marvel of engineering.
Most cars are rated at a maximum of 100kg on the roof and that’s with a solidly secured load not a fluid slushing around. The roof itself shouldn’t cave in as it is designed to protect you during a rollover.