2023 Austrian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix at Red Bull Ring on 2 Jul 2023 for Red Bull, from pole position; Charles Leclerc was second and Sergio Pérez third. Pole position: Max Verstappen.

Verstappen took the lead for good on lap 35 of 71, from Charles Leclerc; the lead changed hands 2 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 1 to 4). Verstappen stopped 4 times, on laps 2 and 24 and 49 and 69 (24 laps on medium, then 25 laps on hard, then 20 laps on medium, then 2 laps on soft); 19 of 19 finishers made 3 stops, and the median first stop was lap 2. The fastest lap was Max Verstappen's, 1:07.012 on lap 71. 19 of 20 starters were classified; 1 retired or were not classified. After the race Max Verstappen led the championship with 229 points, 81 ahead of Sergio Pérez, with 13 rounds left.

Date

2 Jul 2023

Circuit

Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria

Round

9 of 22

Winner

Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Tyre compounds

C3 hard C4 medium C5 soft source

Pole position

Max Verstappen (1:04.391)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 2 drivers: Kevin Magnussen qualified 19th, started from the pit lane; Nyck de Vries 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

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: 4 stops (laps 2, 24, 49, 69), stints of 24 medium, 25 hard, 20 medium, 2 soft laps

2nd

Charles Leclerc: 3 stops (laps 2, 15, 47), stints of 15 medium, 32 medium, 24 hard laps

3rd

Sergio Pérez: 3 stops (laps 2, 25, 50), stints of 25 medium, 25 medium, 21 hard laps

Finishers

3 or more: 19

First stops

median lap 2 of 71

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

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

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

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.

Full 2023 standings