Gridpedia2023 Dutch Grand Prix
Max Verstappen won the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 27 Aug 2023 for Red Bull, from pole position; Fernando Alonso was second and Pierre Gasly third. Pole position: Max Verstappen.
Verstappen took the lead for good on lap 13 of 72, from Sergio Pérez; the lead changed hands 3 times in all. There were 2 safety-car periods (laps 16 to 22, laps 64 to 67). Verstappen stopped 6 times, on laps 2 and 11 and 49 and 61 and 63 and 64 (2 laps on soft, then 9 laps on intermediate, then 38 laps on soft, then 12 laps on soft, then 2 laps on intermediate, then 1 laps on wet, then 8 laps on intermediate); 17 of 17 finishers made 3 stops, and the median first stop was lap 2. The fastest lap was Fernando Alonso's, 1:13.837 on lap 56. 17 of 20 starters were classified; 3 retired or were not classified. After the race Max Verstappen led the championship with 339 points, 138 ahead of Sergio Pérez, with 9 rounds left.
- Date
- 27 Aug 2023
- Circuit
- Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
- Round
- 13 of 22
- Winner
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Tyre compounds
- C1 hard C2 medium C3 soft source
- Pole position
- Max Verstappen (1:10.567)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | VERMax Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 72 | 2:24:04.411 | 25 | |
| 2 | 14 | ALOFernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 5 | 72 | +3.744 | 1:13.837 | 19 |
| 3 | 10 | GASPierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | 72 | +7.058 | 15 | |
| 4 | 11 | PERSergio Pérez | Red Bull | 7 | 72 | +10.068 | 12 | |
| 5 | 55 | SAICarlos Sainz | Ferrari | 6 | 72 | +12.541 | 10 | |
| 6 | 44 | HAMLewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 13 | 72 | +13.209 | 8 | |
| 7 | 4 | NORLando Norris | McLaren | 2 | 72 | +13.232 | 6 | |
| 8 | 23 | ALBAlexander Albon | Williams | 4 | 72 | +15.155 | 4 | |
| 9 | 81 | PIAOscar Piastri | McLaren | 8 | 72 | +16.580 | 2 | |
| 10 | 31 | OCOEsteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 16q17 | 72 | +18.346 | 1 | |
| 11 | 18 | STRLance Stroll | Aston Martin | 11 | 72 | +20.087 | 0 | |
| 12 | 27 | HULNico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 14q15 | 72 | +20.840 | 0 | |
| 13 | 40 | LAWLiam Lawson | AlphaTauri | 19q20 | 72 | +26.147 | 0 | |
| 14 | 77 | BOTValtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 18q19 | 72 | +27.388 | 0 | |
| 15 | 22 | TSUYuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 17q14 | 72 | +29.893 | 0 | |
| 16 | 20 | MAGKevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | PLq18 | 72 | +31.410 | 0 | |
| 17 | 63 | RUSGeorge Russell | Mercedes | 3 | 72 | +55.754 | 0 | |
| R | 24 | ZHOGuanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 15q16 | 62 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | 16 | LECCharles Leclerc | Ferrari | 9 | 41 | Undertray | 0 | |
| R | 2 | SARLogan Sargeant | Williams | 10 | 14 | Accident | 0 |
Grid differs from qualifying for 7 drivers: Yuki Tsunoda qualified 14th, started 17th; Nico Hülkenberg qualified 15th, started 14th; Guanyu Zhou qualified 16th, started 15th; Esteban Ocon qualified 17th, started 16th; Kevin Magnussen qualified 18th, started from the pit lane; Valtteri Bottas qualified 19th, started 18th; Liam Lawson qualified 20th, started 19th. 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
Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Max Verstappen: 6 stops (laps 2, 11, 49, 61, 63, 64), stints of 2 soft, 9 intermediate, 38 soft, 12 soft, 2 intermediate, 1 wet, 8 intermediate laps
- 2nd
- Fernando Alonso: 5 stops (laps 2, 10, 48, 61, 64), stints of 2 soft, 8 intermediate, 38 soft, 13 soft, 3 intermediate, 8 intermediate laps
- 3rd
- Pierre Gasly: 5 stops (laps 1, 11, 46, 60, 64), stints of 1 soft, 10 intermediate, 35 soft, 14 soft, 4 intermediate, 8 intermediate laps
- Finishers
- 3 or more: 17
- First stops
- median lap 2 of 72
Pit stops
Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERMax Verstappen | 6 | 2 (20.4 s), 11 (19.3 s), 49 (18.7 s), 61 (19.4 s), 63 (20.4 s), 64 (2483.4 s) | 938128 |
| ALOFernando Alonso | 5 | 2 (20.6 s), 10 (20.1 s), 48 (25.1 s), 61 (20.7 s), 64 (2455.3 s) | 8381338 |
| GASPierre Gasly | 5 | 1 (28.5 s), 11 (19.5 s), 46 (25.4 s), 60 (20.4 s), 64 (2443.2 s) | 10351448 |
| PERSergio Pérez | 6 | 1 (22.7 s), 12 (19.5 s), 45 (18.8 s), 60 (27.6 s), 63 (2461.6 s), 64 (35.6 s) | 11331548 |
| SAICarlos Sainz | 5 | 2 (21.0 s), 10 (19.5 s), 41 (19.4 s), 60 (19.8 s), 64 (2443.1 s) | 8311948 |
| HAMLewis Hamilton | 5 | 3 (20.3 s), 9 (20.0 s), 45 (19.3 s), 60 (20.8 s), 64 (2431.1 s) | 36361548 |
| NORLando Norris | 6 | 3 (20.2 s), 10 (20.4 s), 42 (18.9 s), 60 (19.9 s), 63 (2443.2 s), 64 (44.3 s) | 37321848 |
| ALBAlexander Albon | 4 | 44 (19.7 s), 61 (21.3 s), 63 (2443.5 s), 64 (39.2 s) | 441738 |
| PIAOscar Piastri | 5 | 15 (19.0 s), 46 (19.1 s), 60 (22.4 s), 63 (2434.7 s), 64 (38.5 s) | 15311448 |
| OCOEsteban Ocon | 6 | 2 (22.5 s), 10 (19.8 s), 43 (19.0 s), 61 (22.1 s), 63 (2432.2 s), 64 (37.0 s) | 8331838 |
| STRLance Stroll | 7 | 4 (20.0 s), 9 (20.2 s), 16 (19.7 s), 34 (19.9 s), 60 (21.5 s), 63 (2410.7 s), 64 (33.6 s) | 457182648 |
| HULNico Hülkenberg | 5 | 16 (20.4 s), 48 (19.7 s), 60 (23.6 s), 63 (2410.7 s), 64 (32.9 s) | 16321248 |
| LAWLiam Lawson | 7 | 1 (42.6 s), 10 (30.8 s), 17 (19.6 s), 46 (19.2 s), 59 (19.3 s), 63 (2396.3 s), 64 (31.3 s) | 97291358 |
| BOTValtteri Bottas | 5 | 16 (20.2 s), 47 (20.2 s), 59 (19.7 s), 63 (2405.1 s), 64 (32.5 s) | 16311258 |
| TSUYuki Tsunoda | 5 | 1 (32.3 s), 10 (18.9 s), 60 (20.6 s), 63 (2414.9 s), 64 (34.9 s) | 95048 |
| MAGKevin Magnussen | 6 | 1 (31.3 s), 9 (20.1 s), 35 (20.5 s), 60 (23.6 s), 63 (2394.7 s), 64 (30.6 s) | 8262548 |
| RUSGeorge Russell | 7 | 4 (21.2 s), 10 (20.1 s), 16 (19.6 s), 60 (24.0 s), 63 (2446.3 s), 64 (39.8 s), 67 (22.4 s) | 46644435 |
| ZHOGuanyu Zhou | 4 | 1 (23.1 s), 10 (20.2 s), 37 (20.5 s), 60 (21.4 s) | 92723 |
| LECCharles Leclerc | 2 | 1 (32.7 s), 11 (27.2 s) | 1030 |
| SARLogan Sargeant | 0 | 14 |
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.
Qualifying
Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:20.965 | 1:18.856 | 1:10.567 | fastest Q3 |
| 2 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:21.276 | 1:19.769 | 1:11.104 | +0.537 Q3 |
| 3 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:21.345 | 1:19.620 | 1:11.294 | +0.727 Q3 |
| 4 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:20.939 | 1:19.399 | 1:11.419 | +0.852 Q3 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:21.840 | 1:19.429 | 1:11.506 | +0.939 Q3 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:21.321 | 1:19.929 | 1:11.754 | +1.187 Q3 |
| 7 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:21.972 | 1:19.856 | 1:11.880 | +1.313 Q3 |
| 8 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:21.231 | 1:19.392 | 1:11.938 | +1.371 Q3 |
| 9 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:22.019 | 1:19.600 | 1:12.665 | +2.098 Q3 |
| 10 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:22.036 | 1:20.067 | 1:16.748 | +6.181 Q3 |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:21.570 | 1:20.121 | +9.554 Q2 | |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:21.735 | 1:20.128 | +9.561 Q2 | |
| 13 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:21.919 | 1:20.151 | +9.584 Q2 | |
| 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:21.781 | 1:20.230 | +9.663 Q2 | |
| 15 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:21.891 | 1:20.250 | +9.683 Q2 | |
| 16 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:22.067 | +11.500 Q1 | ||
| 17 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:22.110 | +11.543 Q1 | ||
| 18 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:22.192 | +11.625 Q1 | ||
| 19 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:22.260 | +11.693 Q1 | ||
| 20 | Liam Lawson | AlphaTauri | 1:23.420 | +12.853 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
Explained: how points and the two championships work.
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 11 | 339 |
| 2 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 2 | 201 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 0 | 168 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 0 | 156 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 0 | 102 |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 0 | 99 |
| 7 | George Russell | Mercedes | 0 | 99 |
| 8 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 0 | 75 |
| 9 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 0 | 47 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 0 | 37 |
Constructors
| Pos | Constructor | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull | 13 | 540 |
| 2 | Mercedes | 0 | 255 |
| 3 | Aston Martin | 0 | 215 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 0 | 201 |
| 5 | McLaren | 0 | 111 |
| 6 | Alpine F1 Team | 0 | 73 |
| 7 | Williams | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Haas F1 Team | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Alfa Romeo | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | AlphaTauri | 0 | 3 |