Qatar Grand Prix
2023 · Round 17 · Lusail, Qatar · Oct 6-8, 2023Race summary
Verstappen won the race from 1st on the grid, 4.833s ahead of Piastri. Zhou was the standout mover, climbing from 19th to 9th. Gasly lost the most ground, from 7th on the grid down to 12th (down 5 places). The safety car was deployed on laps 1-4. The winner made 3 pit stops: on lap 17 (medium → medium), on lap 34 (medium → hard), on lap 51 (hard → medium). The fastest pit stop went to Piastri (McLaren) on lap 43, with 27.4s pit lane time. Verstappen set the fastest lap, in 1:24.319.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen 1:24.319 | Red Bull | 1 | 57 | 1:27:39.168 | 26 |
| 2 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 6 | 57 | +4.833 | 18 |
| 3 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 10 | 57 | +5.969 | 15 |
| 4 | George Russell | Mercedes | 2 | 57 | +34.119 | 12 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 5 | 57 | +38.976 | 10 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 4 | 57 | +49.032 | 8 |
| 7 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 8 | 57 | +1:02.390 | 6 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 9 | 57 | +1:06.563 | 4 |
| 9 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 19 | 57 | +1:16.127 | 2 |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 20 | 57 | +1:20.181 | 1 |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 16 | 57 | +1:21.652 | 0 |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 7 | 57 | +1:22.300 | 0 |
| 13 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 13 | 57 | +1:31.014 | 0 |
| 14 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 18 | 56 | +1.246 | 0 |
| 15 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 11 | 56 | +8.958 | 0 |
| 16 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 14 | 56 | +15.085 | 0 |
| 17 | Liam Lawson | AlphaTauri | 17 | 56 | +27.108 | 0 |
| – | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 15 | 40 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 3 | 0 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 12 | 0 | Did not start | 0 |