Austrian Grand Prix
2023 · Round 9 · Spielberg, Austria · Jun 30 - Jul 2, 2023Race summary
Victory went to Verstappen (from 1st on the grid), with a 5.155s margin. Pérez made the biggest gain, from 15th on the grid to 3rd (up 12 places). Sainz had a difficult race, dropping from 3rd to 6th. The safety car was deployed on laps 1-3. A virtual safety car (VSC) period was in effect on laps 14-16. Rain arrived mid-race. The winner made 4 pit stops: on lap 2 (medium → medium), on lap 24 (medium → hard), on lap 49 (hard → medium), on lap 69 (medium → soft). The fastest pit stop went to Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) on lap 2, with 16.2s pit lane time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Verstappen (1:07.012).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen 1:07.012 | Red Bull | 1 | 71 | 1:25:33.607 | 26 |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 2 | 71 | +5.155 | 18 |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 15 | 71 | +17.188 | 15 |
| 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 71 | +26.327 | 12 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 7 | 71 | +30.317 | 10 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 3 | 71 | +31.377 | 8 |
| 7 | George Russell | Mercedes | 11 | 71 | +48.403 | 6 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 5 | 71 | +49.196 | 4 |
| 9 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 6 | 71 | +59.043 | 2 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 9 | 71 | +1:07.667 | 1 |
| 11 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 10 | 71 | +1:19.767 | 0 |
| 12 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 70 | +24.633 | 0 |
| 13 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 18 | 70 | +31.384 | 0 |
| 14 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | 70 | +42.140 | 0 |
| 15 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 14 | 70 | +42.777 | 0 |
| 16 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 13 | 70 | +46.569 | 0 |
| 17 | Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 20 | 70 | +49.703 | 0 |
| 18 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 19 | 70 | +56.653 | 0 |
| 19 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 16 | 70 | +59.873 | 0 |
| – | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 8 | 12 | Retired | 0 |