Round 17 of the season · 8 October 2023Official result

Qatar Grand Prix 2023

Lusail International Circuit · Lusail · Night race · Sprint weekend

Relive the race

Lap – / 570:00:00

Events Race
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:01:09	1	Safety Car
0:01:18	1	Retirement Hamilton
0:02:52	2	Pit stop Russell: Medium → Medium
0:07:19	4	Pit stop Bottas: Soft → Medium
0:09:13	4	Safety Car coming in
0:11:32	6	Penalty Hülkenberg: 10 s
0:18:48	11	Pit stop Ocon: Medium → Medium
0:20:14	12	Pit stop Alonso: Medium → Medium
0:21:40	13	Pit stop Piastri: Medium → Medium
0:21:44	13	Pit stop Leclerc: Medium → Medium
0:23:16	14	Pit stop Norris: Medium → Medium
0:24:52	15	Pit stop Russell: Medium → Medium
0:29:00	18	Pit stop Verstappen: Medium → Medium
0:29:26	18	Pit stop Pérez: Hard → Medium
0:31:02	19	Pit stop Zhou: Medium → Hard
0:35:38	22	Pit stop Bottas: Medium → Hard
0:41:21	26	Pit stop Piastri: Medium → Medium
0:41:35	26	Pit stop Leclerc: Medium → Hard
0:41:38	26	Pit stop Ocon: Medium → Hard
0:42:56	27	Penalty Pérez: 5 s
0:42:56	27	Pit stop Alonso: Medium → Hard
0:44:24	28	Pit stop Norris: Medium → Medium
0:50:34	32	Pit stop Pérez: Medium → Medium
0:51:47	33	Pit stop Russell: Medium → Hard
0:54:18	35	Pit stop Verstappen: Medium → Hard
0:56:37	36	Pit stop Zhou: Hard → Hard
0:59:53	38	Penalty Pérez: 5 s
1:02:38	40	Pit stop Bottas: Hard → Hard
1:04:43	42	Retirement Sargeant
1:06:51	43	Penalty Stroll: 5 s
1:07:36	44	Penalty Gasly: 5 s
1:07:50	44	Pit stop Piastri: Medium → Hard
1:08:11	44	Pit stop Leclerc: Hard → Medium
1:08:23	44	Pit stop Ocon: Hard → Medium
1:08:34	44	Pit stop Pérez: Medium → Medium
1:09:18	45	Pit stop Norris: Medium → Hard
1:09:45	45	Pit stop Alonso: Hard → Medium
1:10:51	46	Penalty Gasly: 5 s
1:12:21	47	Penalty Albon: 5 s
1:15:15	49	Penalty Albon: 5 s
1:18:06	51	Pit stop Russell: Hard → Soft
1:19:09	52	Pit stop Verstappen: Hard → Medium
1:21:44	53	Pit stop Zhou: Hard → Soft
1:22:57	54	Penalty Stroll: 5 s
1:26:54	57	Penalty Gasly: 5 s
1:27:39		Chequered flag

Lap – / 190:00:00

Events Sprint
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:01:12	1	Safety Car
0:01:58	2	Retirement Lawson
0:04:11	2	Safety Car coming in
0:04:51	3	Russell overtakes Piastri – P1
0:05:27	3	Retirement Sargeant
0:05:31	3	Safety Car
0:12:52	6	Safety Car coming in
0:18:52	11	Piastri overtakes Russell – P1
0:19:13	11	Retirement Pérez
0:19:14	11	Retirement Ocon
0:19:56	11	Safety Car
0:21:44	12	Retirement Hülkenberg
0:27:50	14	Safety Car coming in
0:35:01		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 6 Oct · 14:30
Local time 16:30
✓QualifyingLive
Fri 6 Oct · 18:00
Local time 20:00
✓Sprint QualifyingLive
Sat 7 Oct · 14:00
Local time 16:00
✓SprintLive
Sat 7 Oct · 18:30
Local time 20:30
✓RaceLive
Sun 8 Oct · 18:00
Local time 20:00

Other time zones

Session	US Eastern (ET)	US Pacific (PT)	Australia (Sydney)	India (IST)	Local time
Free Practice 1	9:30 am	6:30 am	Sat 00:30	19:00	16:30
Qualifying	1:00 pm	10:00 am	Sat 04:00	22:30	20:00
Sprint Qualifying	9:00 am	6:00 am	Sun 00:00	18:30	16:00
Sprint	1:30 pm	10:30 am	Sun 04:30	23:00	20:30
Race	1:00 pm	10:00 am	Mon 04:00	22:30	20:00

Result

Race

Race result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Max VerstappenFastest lap	Red Bull Racing	1	57	1:27:39.168	26
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	6	57	+4.833s	18
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	10	57	+5.969s	15
4	George Russell	Mercedes	2	57	+34.119s	12
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	5	57	+38.976s	10
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	4	57	+49.032s	8
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	8	57	+62.390s	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	9	57	+66.563s	4
9	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	19	57	+76.127s	2
10	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	20	57	+80.181s	1
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	16	57	+81.652s	0
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	7	57	+82.300s	0
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	13	57	+91.014s	0
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	18	56	+1.246s	0
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	11	56	+8.958s	0
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	14	56	+15.085s	0
17	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	17	56	+27.108s	0
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	15	40	Retired	0
19	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	0	Retired	0
20	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	12	0	Withdrawn	0

Sprint

Sprint result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1	19	35:01.297	8
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3	19	+1.871s	7
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	2	19	+8.497s	6
4	George Russell	Mercedes	4	19	+11.036s	5
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	12	19	+17.314s	4
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	5	19	+18.806s	3
7	Alexander Albon	Williams	17	19	+19.864s	2
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	9	19	+21.180s	1
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	11	19	+21.742s	0
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	13	19	+22.208s	0
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	18	19	+22.863s	0
12	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	6	19	+24.860s	0
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	16	19	+24.523s	0
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	19	19	+24.970s	0
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	15	19	+26.868s	0
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	7	11	Retired	0
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	10	10	Retired	0
18	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	8	10	Retired	0
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams	20	2	Retired	0
20	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	14	0	Retired	0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Eliminated in
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:25.007	1:24.483	1:23.778
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:25.334	1:24.827	1:24.219
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:26.076	1:24.381	1:24.305
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:25.223	1:25.241	1:24.369
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:25.452	1:25.079	1:24.424
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:25.266	1:24.724	1:24.540
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:25.566	1:24.918	1:24.553
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:25.711	1:24.928	1:24.763
9	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:26.038	1:25.297	1:25.058
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:25.131	1:24.685	–
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:26.058	1:25.301	–	Q2
12	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:25.808	1:25.328	–	Q2
13	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:25.991	1:25.462	–	Q2
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:26.118	1:25.707	–	Q2
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:25.904	1:25.783	–	Q2
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:26.210	–	–	Q1
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:26.345	–	–	Q1
18	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	1:26.635	–	–	Q1
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:27.046	–	–	Q1
20	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:27.432	–	–	Q1

Sprint Qualifying

Sprint Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Eliminated in
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:25.979	1:25.496	1:24.454
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:25.672	1:24.947	1:24.536
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:25.510	1:25.199	1:24.646
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:25.413	1:25.027	1:24.841
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:25.872	1:25.433	1:25.155
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:26.266	1:25.367	1:25.247
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:26.450	1:25.499	1:25.320
8	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:26.123	1:25.143	1:25.382
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:25.936	1:25.344	–
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:26.072	1:25.510	–
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:25.829	1:25.686	–	SQ2
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:26.424	1:25.962	–	SQ2
13	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:26.449	1:26.236	–	SQ2
14	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	1:26.202	1:26.584	–	SQ2
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:26.669	1:54.546	–	SQ2
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:26.849	–	–	SQ1
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:26.862	–	–	SQ1
18	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:26.926	–	–	SQ1
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:27.438	–	–	SQ1
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2:05.741	–	–	SQ1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:27.428		26
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:27.762	+0.334s	27
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:27.909	+0.481s	27
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:27.919	+0.491s	28
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:28.016	+0.588s	24
6	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:28.027	+0.599s	28
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:28.171	+0.743s	22
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:28.336	+0.908s	28
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:28.380	+0.952s	20
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:28.441	+1.013s	24
11	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:28.550	+1.122s	25
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:28.590	+1.162s	26
13	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.679	+1.251s	26
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:28.690	+1.262s	28
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:28.732	+1.304s	25
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:28.821	+1.393s	23
17	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:29.041	+1.613s	27
18	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:29.106	+1.678s	29
19	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	1:29.238	+1.810s	29
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:29.502	+2.074s	26

All 2023 results →

Watch the pole lap

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Throttle

Brake

0:00.0000,00 km

Corner data for the lap
Corner	Max Verstappen (1:23.778)	George Russell (1:24.219)
The first corner: right-left chicane	braking from 305 · 170 km/h · gear 5	braking from 295 · 175 km/h · gear 4
The second corner: fast right-hander	braking from 240 · 225 km/h · gear 5	230 km/h · gear 6
The third corner: right-left chicane	braking from 285 · 210 km/h · gear 5	205 km/h · gear 5
The fourth corner: slight right kink	braking from 235 · 175 km/h · gear 4	braking from 190 · 175 km/h · gear 4
The fifth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 235 · 135 km/h · gear 4	braking from 190 · 140 km/h · gear 4
The sixth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 260 · 145 km/h · gear 4	braking from 245 · 140 km/h · gear 4
The seventh corner: slight left kink	braking from 260 · 230 km/h · gear 5	braking from 245 · 230 km/h · gear 6
The eighth corner: fast right-hander	285 km/h · gear 7	285 km/h · gear 7
The ninth corner: slight right kink	280 km/h · gear 7	275 km/h · gear 7
The tenth corner: fast right-hander	275 km/h · gear 7	275 km/h · gear 7
The eleventh corner: fast right-hander	260 km/h · gear 7	255 km/h · gear 6
The twelfth corner: fast left-hander	braking from 270 · 240 km/h · gear 6	230 km/h · gear 6
The thirteenth corner: medium-speed right-hander	braking from 275 · 155 km/h · gear 4	braking from 250 · 155 km/h · gear 4

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

Starting grid

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

Penalties

Penalties
Lap	Driver	Type	Reason
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Time penalty 10 s	INCORRECT STARTING LOCATION
27	Sergio Pérez	Time penalty 5 s	TRACK LIMITS
38	Sergio Pérez	Time penalty 5 s	TRACK LIMITS
43	Lance Stroll	Time penalty 5 s	TRACK LIMITS
44	Pierre Gasly	Time penalty 5 s	TRACK LIMITS
46	Pierre Gasly	Time penalty 5 s	TRACK LIMITS
47	Alexander Albon	Time penalty 5 s	TRACK LIMITS
49	Alexander Albon	Time penalty 5 s	TRACK LIMITS
54	Lance Stroll	Time penalty 5 s	TRACK LIMITS
57	Pierre Gasly	Time penalty 5 s	TRACK LIMITS
57	Sergio Pérez	Time penalty 5 s	TRACK LIMITS

The race in numbers

Pole position

1:23.778

Max Verstappen

Fastest lap

1:24.319

Max Verstappen

pit stops

across the whole field

Safety Car period

no Virtual Safety Car

Weather at the start

32 °C

Air · track 37 °C

Tyres

Hard · Medium · Soft

compounds used

Standings after this race

1
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
433 points
Leader
2
Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing
224 points
−209
3
Lewis HamiltonMercedes
194 points
−239
4
Fernando AlonsoAston Martin
183 points
−250
5
Carlos SainzFerrari
153 points
−280
6
Charles LeclercFerrari
145 points
−288
7
Lando NorrisMcLaren
136 points
−297
8
George RussellMercedes
132 points
−301
9
Oscar PiastriMcLaren
83 points
−350
10
Lance StrollAston Martin
47 points
−386

1
Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
657 points
Leader
2
MercedesKonstrukteure
326 points
−331
3
FerrariKonstrukteure
298 points
−359
4
Aston MartinKonstrukteure
230 points
−427
5
McLarenKonstrukteure
219 points
−438

Full standings →

Lusail International Circuit

Length

approx. 5.38 km

Lap record

1:24.319

Safety car rate

100 %

Win from pole

75 %

Full throttle

70.5 %

Top speed

327 km/h

A lap of Lusail International Circuit →Go to circuit page →

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Qatar Grand Prix 2023?

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

Who was on pole position?

Max Verstappen started from pole position.