Belgian Grand Prix
2023 · Round 12 · Spa, Belgium · Jul 28-30, 2023Race summary
Victory went to Verstappen (from 6th on the grid), with a 22.3s margin. Ocon made the biggest gain, from 14th on the grid to 8th (up 6 places). Leclerc had a difficult race, dropping from 1st to 3rd. Rain arrived mid-race. The winner made 2 pit stops: on lap 14 (soft → medium), on lap 30 (medium → soft). The fastest pit stop went to Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) on lap 9, with 22.6s pit lane time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Hamilton (1:47.305).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 6 | 44 | 1:22:30.450 | 25 |
| 2 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 2 | 44 | +22.305 | 18 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1 | 44 | +32.259 | 15 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton 1:47.305 | Mercedes | 3 | 44 | +49.671 | 13 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 9 | 44 | +56.184 | 10 |
| 6 | George Russell | Mercedes | 8 | 44 | +1:03.101 | 8 |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 7 | 44 | +1:13.719 | 6 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 14 | 44 | +1:14.719 | 4 |
| 9 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 10 | 44 | +1:19.340 | 2 |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 11 | 44 | +1:20.221 | 1 |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | 44 | +1:23.084 | 0 |
| 12 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 13 | 44 | +1:25.191 | 0 |
| 13 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 44 | +1:35.441 | 0 |
| 14 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 15 | 44 | +1:36.184 | 0 |
| 15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 16 | 44 | +1:41.754 | 0 |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri | 19 | 44 | +1:43.071 | 0 |
| 17 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 18 | 44 | +1:44.476 | 0 |
| 18 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 44 | +1:50.450 | 0 |
| – | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 4 | 23 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 5 | 0 | Retired | 0 |