Round 12 of the season · 30 July 2023Official result

Belgian Grand Prix 2023

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Spa · Sprint weekend

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Relive the race

Lap – / 440:00:00

Events Race
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:02:42	2	Retirement Piastri
0:10:07	6	Pit stop Norris: Medium → Hard
0:12:01	7	Pit stop Ocon: Soft → Medium
0:17:36	10	Pit stop Tsunoda: Medium → Medium
0:19:26	11	Pit stop Alonso: Medium → Medium
0:23:05	13	Pit stop Hamilton: Soft → Medium
0:24:48	14	Pit stop Pérez: Soft → Medium
0:24:53	14	Pit stop Leclerc: Soft → Medium
0:26:42	15	Pit stop Verstappen: Soft → Medium
0:30:45	17	Verstappen overtakes Pérez – P1
0:33:15	18	Pit stop Norris: Hard → Soft
0:38:52	21	Pit stop Stroll: Medium → Soft
0:42:39	23	Pit stop Russell: Medium → Soft
0:44:57	24	Retirement Sainz
0:46:29	25	Pit stop Tsunoda: Medium → Soft
0:48:28	26	Pit stop Ocon: Medium → Soft
0:51:37	28	Pit stop Hamilton: Medium → Soft
0:53:25	29	Pit stop Leclerc: Medium → Soft
0:55:11	30	Pit stop Pérez: Medium → Soft
0:55:39	30	Pit stop Alonso: Medium → Soft
0:56:53	31	Pit stop Verstappen: Medium → Soft
1:19:42	43	Pit stop Hamilton: Soft → Medium
1:22:30		Chequered flag

Lap – / 110:00:00

Events Sprint
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:00:00		Start behind the Safety Car
0:02:35	2	Pit stop Verstappen: Wet → Intermediate
0:02:41	2	Pit stop Leclerc: Wet → Intermediate
0:02:43	2	Pit stop Norris: Wet → Intermediate
0:02:44	2	Pit stop Ocon: Wet → Intermediate
0:02:46	2	Pit stop Russell: Wet → Intermediate
0:06:11	3	Retirement Alonso
0:06:18	3	Safety Car
0:12:53	5	Safety Car coming in
0:13:22	6	Verstappen overtakes Piastri – P1
0:13:23	6	Penalty Sargeant: 5 s
0:19:26	9	Retirement Pérez
0:20:07	9	Penalty Hamilton: 5 s
0:24:58		Chequered flag

Data: OpenF1 (positions twice per second, movement in between calculated; telemetry of the selected car 4 times per second including revs; race control messages; safety car position approximated). Reconstruction from measured data, not a broadcast.

Schedule · UK time (BST)

✓Free Practice 1Live
Fri 28 Jul · 12:30
Local time 13:30
✓QualifyingLive
Fri 28 Jul · 16:00
Local time 17:00
✓Sprint QualifyingLive
Sat 29 Jul · 11:00
Local time 12:00
✓SprintLive
Sat 29 Jul · 16:05
Local time 17:05
✓RaceLive
Sun 30 Jul · 14:00
Local time 15:00

Other time zones

Session	US Eastern (ET)	US Pacific (PT)	Australia (Sydney)	India (IST)	Local time
Free Practice 1	7:30 am	4:30 am	21:30	17:00	13:30
Qualifying	11:00 am	8:00 am	Sat 01:00	20:30	17:00
Sprint Qualifying	6:00 am	3:00 am	20:00	15:30	12:00
Sprint	11:05 am	8:05 am	Sun 01:05	20:35	17:05
Race	9:00 am	6:00 am	23:00	18:30	15:00

Result

Race

Race result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	6	44	1:22:30.450	25
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	2	44	+22.305s	18
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1	44	+32.259s	15
4	Lewis HamiltonFastest lap	Mercedes	3	44	+49.671s	13
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	9	44	+56.184s	10
6	George Russell	Mercedes	8	44	+63.101s	8
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	7	44	+73.719s	6
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	14	44	+74.719s	4
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	10	44	+79.340s	2
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	11	44	+80.221s	1
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	12	44	+83.084s	0
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	13	44	+85.191s	0
13	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	17	44	+95.441s	0
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	15	44	+96.184s	0
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	16	44	+101.754s	0
16	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	19	44	+103.071s	0
17	Logan Sargeant	Williams	18	44	+104.476s	0
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	20	44	+110.450s	0
19	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	4	23	Retired	0
20	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	5	0	Retired	0

Sprint

Sprint result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	11	24:58.433	8
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	2	11	+6.677s	7
3	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	6	11	+10.733s	6
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	3	11	+12.648s	5
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	11	+15.016s	4
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	5	11	+16.052s	3
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7	11	+16.757s	2
8	George Russell	Mercedes	10	11	+16.822s	1
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	9	11	+22.410s	0
10	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	11	11	+22.806s	0
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	14	11	+25.007s	0
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	12	11	+26.303s	0
13	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	17	11	+27.006s	0
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	18	11	+32.986s	0
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	19	11	+36.342s	0
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	13	11	+37.571s	0
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	20	11	+37.827s	0
18	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	16	11	+39.267s	0
19	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	8	8	Retired: Collision damage	0
20	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	15	2	Retired: Accident	0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Eliminated in
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:58.515	1:52.784	1:46.168
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:58.300	1:52.017	1:46.988
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:58.899	1:52.353	1:47.045
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:58.563	1:52.345	1:47.087
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:58.688	1:51.711	1:47.152
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:58.872	1:51.534	1:47.365
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:59.981	1:52.252	1:47.669
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:59.035	1:52.605	1:47.805
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:58.834	1:52.751	1:47.843
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:59.663	1:52.193	1:48.841
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:59.044	1:53.148	–	Q2
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:59.511	1:53.671	–	Q2
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	2:00.020	1:54.160	–	Q2
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:59.484	1:54.694	–	Q2
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:59.634	1:56.372	–	Q2
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	2:00.314	–	–	Q1
17	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	2:00.832	–	–	Q1
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2:01.535	–	–	Q1
19	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	2:02.159	–	–	Q1
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	2:03.166	–	–	Q1

Sprint Qualifying

Sprint Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Eliminated in
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:58.135	1:55.200	1:49.056
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	2:00.056	1:56.392	1:49.067
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:59.414	1:56.557	1:49.081
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:59.575	1:56.265	1:49.251
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	2:00.436	1:56.828	1:49.389
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	2:00.032	1:56.137	1:49.700
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:58.939	1:55.823	1:49.900
8	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:59.362	1:55.878	1:49.961
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:59.884	1:57.051	1:50.494
10	George Russell	Mercedes	2:00.475	1:57.393	1:55.742
11	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	2:00.177	1:57.687	–	SQ2
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:59.198	–	–	SQ2
13	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2:00.031	–	–	SQ2
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	2:00.460	–	–	SQ2
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:59.038	–	–	SQ2
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	2:00.568	–	–	SQ1
17	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	2:00.951	–	–	SQ1
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	2:01.079	–	–	SQ1
19	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	2:01.430	–	–	SQ1
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	–	–	–	SQ1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	2:03.207		9
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	2:03.792	+0.585s	4
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	2:04.484	+1.277s	4
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2:08.148	+4.941s	8
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	2:08.240	+5.033s	5
6	Alexander Albon	Williams	2:08.394	+5.187s	5
7	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	2:09.067	+5.860s	8
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	2:09.229	+6.022s	7
9	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	2:09.319	+6.112s	7
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	2:10.042	+6.835s	8
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	2:10.283	+7.076s	4
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2:10.299	+7.092s	7
13	George Russell	Mercedes	2:10.475	+7.268s	7
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	2:12.085	+8.878s	9
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	2:14.002	+10.795s	8
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams			4
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin			5
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine			2
19	Esteban Ocon	Alpine			2
20	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing			2

All 2023 results →

Watch the pole lap

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Throttle

Brake

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Corner data for the lap
Corner	Max Verstappen (1:46.168)	Charles Leclerc (1:46.988)
The first corner: slow right-hander	braking from 270 · 70 km/h · gear 2	braking from 280 · 70 km/h · gear 2
The second corner: slight left kink	305 km/h · gear 8	305 km/h · gear 8
The third corner: fast right-hander	300 km/h · gear 8	300 km/h · gear 8
The fourth corner: slight left kink	300 km/h · gear 8	300 km/h · gear 8
The fifth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 315 · 145 km/h · gear 4	braking from 325 · 140 km/h · gear 4
The sixth corner: medium-speed right-hander	185 km/h · gear 4	braking from 325 · 170 km/h · gear 4
The seventh corner: right-left chicane	braking from 265 · 115 km/h · gear 3	braking from 255 · 120 km/h · gear 3
The eighth corner: fast left-hander	braking from 300 · 275 km/h · gear 7	braking from 300 · 280 km/h · gear 7
The ninth corner: fast left-hander	braking from 300 · 285 km/h · gear 7	braking from 300 · 280 km/h · gear 7
The tenth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 285 · 170 km/h · gear 5	braking from 305 · 175 km/h · gear 5
The eleventh corner: medium-speed right-hander	braking from 245 · 175 km/h · gear 4	braking from 225 · 165 km/h · gear 5
The twelfth corner: slight right kink	265 km/h · gear 7	260 km/h · gear 7
The thirteenth corner: slight left kink	310 km/h · gear 8	310 km/h · gear 8
The fourteenth corner: slight left kink	310 km/h · gear 8	315 km/h · gear 8
The fifteenth corner: fast left-hander	310 km/h · gear 8	315 km/h · gear 8
The sixteenth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 290 · 70 km/h · gear 2	braking from 80 · 65 km/h · gear 2

Data: OpenF1 (telemetry, approx. 4 data points per second, movement in between calculated).

Starting grid

Starting grid
Grid position	Driver	Penalty
1	Charles Leclerc
2	Sergio Pérez
3	Lewis Hamilton
4	Carlos Sainz
5	Oscar Piastri
6	Max Verstappen
7	Lando Norris
8	George Russell
9	Fernando Alonso
10	Lance Stroll
11	Yuki Tsunoda
12	Pierre Gasly
13	Valtteri Bottas
14	Esteban Ocon
15	Alexander Albon
16	Kevin Magnussen
17	Guanyu Zhou
18	Logan Sargeant
19	Daniel Ricciardo
20	Nico Hülkenberg

Penalties

Penalties
Lap	Driver	Type	Reason
6	Logan Sargeant	Time penalty 5 s	SPEEDING IN THE PIT LANE
9	Lewis Hamilton	Time penalty 5 s	CAUSING A COLLISION

The race in numbers

Pole position

1:46.168

Max Verstappen

Fastest lap

1:47.305

Lewis Hamilton

pit stops

across the whole field

Weather at the start

18 °C

Air · track 28 °C

Tyres

Hard · Medium · Soft

compounds used

Standings after this race

1
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
314 points
Leader
2
Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing
189 points
−125
3
Fernando AlonsoAston Martin
149 points
−165
4
Lewis HamiltonMercedes
148 points
−166
5
Charles LeclercFerrari
99 points
−215 ▲2
6
George RussellMercedes
99 points
−215 ▼1
7
Carlos SainzFerrari
92 points
−222 ▼1
8
Lando NorrisMcLaren
69 points
−245
9
Lance StrollAston Martin
47 points
−267
10
Esteban OconAlpine
35 points
−279

1
Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
503 points
Leader
2
MercedesKonstrukteure
247 points
−256
3
Aston MartinKonstrukteure
196 points
−307
4
FerrariKonstrukteure
191 points
−312
5
McLarenKonstrukteure
103 points
−400

Full standings →

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Length

approx. 6.95 km

Lap record

1:47.305

Safety car rate

25 %

Win from pole

41 %

Full throttle

77.7 %

Top speed

335 km/h

A lap of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps →Go to circuit page →

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Belgian Grand Prix 2023?

Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) won the Belgian Grand Prix 2023.

Who was on pole position?

Max Verstappen started from pole position.