2023 Belgian Grand Prix
- Date
- 30 Jul 2023
- Circuit
- Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
- Round
- 12 of 22
- Winner
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Tyre compounds
- C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft source
- Pole position
- Max Verstappen (1:46.168)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | VERMax Verstappen | Red Bull | 6q1 | 44 | 1:22:30.450 | 25 | |
| 2 | 11 | PERSergio Pérez | Red Bull | 2q3 | 44 | +22.305 | 18 | |
| 3 | 16 | LECCharles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1q2 | 44 | +32.259 | 15 | |
| 4 | 44 | HAMLewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 3q4 | 44 | +49.671 | 1:47.305 | 13 |
| 5 | 14 | ALOFernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 9 | 44 | +56.184 | 10 | |
| 6 | 63 | RUSGeorge Russell | Mercedes | 8 | 44 | +63.101 | 8 | |
| 7 | 4 | NORLando Norris | McLaren | 7 | 44 | +73.719 | 6 | |
| 8 | 31 | OCOEsteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 14q15 | 44 | +74.719 | 4 | |
| 9 | 18 | STRLance Stroll | Aston Martin | 10 | 44 | +79.340 | 2 | |
| 10 | 22 | TSUYuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 11 | 44 | +80.221 | 1 | |
| 11 | 10 | GASPierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | 44 | +83.084 | 0 | |
| 12 | 77 | BOTValtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 13q14 | 44 | +85.191 | 0 | |
| 13 | 24 | ZHOGuanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 44 | +95.441 | 0 | |
| 14 | 23 | ALBAlexander Albon | Williams | 15q16 | 44 | +96.184 | 0 | |
| 15 | 20 | MAGKevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 16q13 | 44 | +101.754 | 0 | |
| 16 | 3 | RICDaniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri | 19 | 44 | +103.071 | 0 | |
| 17 | 2 | SARLogan Sargeant | Williams | 18 | 44 | +104.476 | 0 | |
| 18 | 27 | HULNico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | PLq20 | 44 | +110.450 | 0 | |
| R | 55 | SAICarlos Sainz | Ferrari | 4q5 | 23 | Collision damage | 0 | |
| R | 81 | PIAOscar Piastri | McLaren | 5q6 | 0 | Collision damage | 0 |
Grid differs from qualifying for 11 drivers: Max Verstappen qualified 1st, started 6th; Charles Leclerc qualified 2nd, started 1st; Sergio Pérez qualified 3rd, started 2nd; Lewis Hamilton qualified 4th, started 3rd; Carlos Sainz qualified 5th, started 4th; Oscar Piastri qualified 6th, started 5th; Kevin Magnussen qualified 13th, started 16th; Valtteri Bottas qualified 14th, started 13th; Esteban Ocon qualified 15th, started 14th; Alexander Albon qualified 16th, started 15th; Nico Hülkenberg qualified 20th, started from the pit lane. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 14, 30), stints of 14 soft, 16 medium, 14 soft laps
- 2nd
- Sergio Pérez: 2 stops (laps 13, 29), stints of 13 soft, 16 medium, 15 soft laps
- 3rd
- Charles Leclerc: 2 stops (laps 13, 28), stints of 13 soft, 15 medium, 16 soft laps
- Finishers
- 1 stop: 3 · 2 stops: 12 · 3 or more: 3
- First stops
- median lap 10 of 44
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERMax Verstappen | 2 | 14 (22.9 s), 30 (23.0 s) | 141614 |
| PERSergio Pérez | 2 | 13 (23.7 s), 29 (22.7 s) | 131615 |
| LECCharles Leclerc | 2 | 13 (23.2 s), 28 (23.1 s) | 131516 |
| HAMLewis Hamilton | 3 | 12 (23.1 s), 27 (23.0 s), 42 (23.2 s) | 121515 |
| ALOFernando Alonso | 2 | 10 (23.1 s), 29 (23.8 s) | 101915 |
| RUSGeorge Russell | 1 | 22 (23.8 s) | 2222 |
| NORLando Norris | 2 | 5 (25.0 s), 17 (23.7 s) | 51227 |
| OCOEsteban Ocon | 2 | 6 (23.1 s), 25 (23.3 s) | 61919 |
| STRLance Stroll | 1 | 20 (25.4 s) | 2024 |
| TSUYuki Tsunoda | 2 | 9 (22.6 s), 24 (22.7 s) | 91520 |
| GASPierre Gasly | 1 | 23 (25.7 s) | 2321 |
| BOTValtteri Bottas | 2 | 6 (23.4 s), 24 (23.8 s) | 61820 |
| ZHOGuanyu Zhou | 2 | 7 (24.4 s), 25 (24.0 s) | 71819 |
| ALBAlexander Albon | 3 | 7 (25.0 s), 23 (23.6 s), 33 (23.5 s) | 7161011 |
| MAGKevin Magnussen | 2 | 5 (23.6 s), 25 (23.6 s) | 52019 |
| RICDaniel Ricciardo | 2 | 5 (22.8 s), 22 (23.3 s) | 51722 |
| SARLogan Sargeant | 3 | 8 (23.6 s), 24 (23.9 s), 34 (23.1 s) | 8161010 |
| HULNico Hülkenberg | 2 | 12 (24.6 s), 24 (25.2 s) | 121220 |
| SAICarlos Sainz | 1 | 7 (23.3 s) | 716 |
Bar colours are the tyre compound of each stint: hard medium soft intermediate wet not known (the records disagree). Compounds from Pirelli's post-race pit-stop graphic (press.pirelli.com).
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Sprint results
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | VERMax Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 11 | 24:58.433 | 8 |
| 2 | 81 | PIAOscar Piastri | McLaren | 2 | 11 | +6.677 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 | GASPierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 6 | 11 | +10.733 | 6 |
| 4 | 55 | SAICarlos Sainz | Ferrari | 3 | 11 | +12.648 | 5 |
| 5 | 16 | LECCharles Leclerc | Ferrari | 4 | 11 | +15.016 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | NORLando Norris | McLaren | 5 | 11 | +16.052 | 3 |
| 7 | 44 | HAMLewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 7 | 11 | +16.757 | 2 |
| 8 | 63 | RUSGeorge Russell | Mercedes | 10 | 11 | +16.822 | 1 |
| 9 | 31 | OCOEsteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 9 | 11 | +22.410 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | RICDaniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri | 11 | 11 | +22.806 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | STRLance Stroll | Aston Martin | 14 | 11 | +25.007 | 0 |
| 12 | 23 | ALBAlexander Albon | Williams | 12 | 11 | +26.303 | 0 |
| 13 | 77 | BOTValtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 11 | +27.006 | 0 |
| 14 | 20 | MAGKevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 18 | 11 | +32.986 | 0 |
| 15 | 24 | ZHOGuanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 19 | 11 | +36.342 | 0 |
| 16 | 2 | SARLogan Sargeant | Williams | 13 | 11 | +37.571 | 0 |
| 17 | 27 | HULNico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 11 | +37.827 | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | TSUYuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 16 | 11 | +39.267 | 0 |
| R | 11 | PERSergio Pérez | Red Bull | 8 | 8 | Collision damage | 0 |
| R | 14 | ALOFernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 15 | 2 | Accident | 0 |
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:58.515 | 1:52.784 | 1:46.168 | fastest Q3 |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:58.300 | 1:52.017 | 1:46.988 | +0.820 Q3 |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:58.899 | 1:52.353 | 1:47.045 | +0.877 Q3 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:58.563 | 1:52.345 | 1:47.087 | +0.919 Q3 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:58.688 | 1:51.711 | 1:47.152 | +0.984 Q3 |
| 6 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:58.872 | 1:51.534 | 1:47.365 | +1.197 Q3 |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:59.981 | 1:52.252 | 1:47.669 | +1.501 Q3 |
| 8 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:59.035 | 1:52.605 | 1:47.805 | +1.637 Q3 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:58.834 | 1:52.751 | 1:47.843 | +1.675 Q3 |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:59.663 | 1:52.193 | 1:48.841 | +2.673 Q3 |
| 11 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:59.044 | 1:53.148 | +6.980 Q2 | |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:59.511 | 1:53.671 | +7.503 Q2 | |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 2:00.020 | 1:54.160 | +7.992 Q2 | |
| 14 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:59.484 | 1:54.694 | +8.526 Q2 | |
| 15 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:59.634 | 1:56.372 | +10.204 Q2 | |
| 16 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 2:00.314 | +14.146 Q1 | ||
| 17 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 2:00.832 | +14.664 Q1 | ||
| 18 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 2:01.535 | +15.367 Q1 | ||
| 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri | 2:02.159 | +15.991 Q1 | ||
| 20 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 2:03.166 | +16.998 Q1 |
Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 10 | 314 |
| 2 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 2 | 189 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 0 | 149 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 0 | 148 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 0 | 99 |
| 6 | George Russell | Mercedes | 0 | 99 |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 0 | 92 |
| 8 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 0 | 69 |
| 9 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 0 | 47 |
| 10 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 0 | 35 |
Constructors
| Pos | Constructor | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull | 12 | 503 |
| 2 | Mercedes | 0 | 247 |
| 3 | Aston Martin | 0 | 196 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 0 | 191 |
| 5 | McLaren | 0 | 103 |
| 6 | Alpine F1 Team | 0 | 57 |
| 7 | Williams | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Haas F1 Team | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Alfa Romeo | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | AlphaTauri | 0 | 3 |