Dutch Grand Prix

2023 · Round 13 · Zandvoort, Netherlands · Aug 25-27, 2023

Race summary

Verstappen won the race from 1st on the grid, 3.744s ahead of Alonso. Gasly was the standout mover, climbing from 12th to 3rd. Russell lost the most ground, from 3rd on the grid down to 17th (down 14 places). The safety car was deployed on laps 16-21 and on lap 66. A virtual safety car (VSC) period was in effect on lap 63. The race was stopped with a red flag on laps 64-65. The race started dry but rain fell as it progressed. The winner made 6 pit stops: on lap 2 (soft → intermediate), on lap 11 (intermediate → soft), on lap 49 (soft → soft), on lap 61 (soft → intermediate), on lap 63 (intermediate → wet), on lap 64 (wet → intermediate). The fastest pit stop went to Verstappen (Red Bull) on lap 49, with 18.7s pit lane time. Alonso set the fastest lap, in 1:13.837.

Replay

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	72	2:24:04.411	25
2	Fernando Alonso 1:13.837	Aston Martin	5	72	+3.744	19
3	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	12	72	+7.058	15
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	7	72	+10.068	12
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	6	72	+12.541	10
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	13	72	+13.209	8
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	2	72	+13.232	6
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	4	72	+15.155	4
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	8	72	+16.580	2
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	16	72	+18.346	1
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	11	72	+20.087	0
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	14	72	+20.840	0
13	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	19	72	+26.147	0
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	18	72	+27.388	0
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	17	72	+29.893	0
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	–	72	+31.410	0
17	George Russell	Mercedes	3	72	+55.754	0
–	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	15	62	Accident	0
–	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	9	41	Undertray	0
–	Logan Sargeant	Williams	10	14	Accident	0

Rows without a position (–) did not finish the race; the status column shows what happened.