Round 2 of the season · 19 March 2023Official result

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2023

Jeddah Corniche Circuit · Jeddah · Night race

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Relive the race

Lap – / 500:00:00

Events Race
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:00:06	1	Alonso overtakes Pérez – P1
0:02:14	2	Penalty Alonso: 5 s
0:26:44	17	Retirement Stroll
0:27:19	18	Safety Car
0:34:48	20	Safety Car coming in
0:47:25	29	Retirement Albon
1:21:15		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 (GMT)

✓Free Practice 1Live
Fri 17 Mar · 13:30
Local time 16:30
✓Free Practice 2Live
Fri 17 Mar · 17:00
Local time 20:00
✓Free Practice 3Live
Sat 18 Mar · 13:30
Local time 16:30
✓QualifyingLive
Sat 18 Mar · 17:00
Local time 20:00
✓RaceLive
Sun 19 Mar · 17:00
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
Free Practice 2	1:00 pm	10:00 am	Sat 04:00	22:30	20:00
Free Practice 3	9:30 am	6:30 am	Sun 00:30	19:00	16:30
Qualifying	1:00 pm	10:00 am	Sun 04:00	22:30	20:00
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	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1	50	1:21:14.894	25
2	Max VerstappenFastest lap	Red Bull Racing	15	50	+5.355s	19
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	2	50	+20.728s	15
4	George Russell	Mercedes	3	50	+25.866s	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7	50	+31.065s	10
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	4	50	+35.876s	8
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	12	50	+43.162s	6
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	6	50	+52.832s	4
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	9	50	+54.747s	2
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	13	50	+64.826s	1
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	16	50	+67.494s	0
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	10	50	+70.588s	0
13	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	11	50	+76.060s	0
14	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	18	50	+77.478s	0
15	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	8	50	+85.021s	0
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	20	50	+86.293s	0
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	19	50	+86.445s	0
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	14	49	+29.584s	0
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	17	27	Retired	0
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	5	16	Retired	0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Eliminated in
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:29.244	1:28.635	1:28.265
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.376	1:28.903	1:28.420
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:29.298	1:28.757	1:28.730
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:29.592	1:29.132	1:28.857
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:29.411	1:28.957	1:28.931
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:29.335	1:28.962	1:28.945
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:29.707	1:29.255	1:29.078
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.689	1:29.374	1:29.223
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:29.706	1:29.378	1:29.243
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:29.890	1:29.411	1:29.357
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:29.547	1:29.451	–	Q2
12	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:29.654	1:29.461	–	Q2
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:29.744	1:29.634	–	Q2
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:29.929	1:29.668	–	Q2
15	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:28.761	1:49.953	–	Q2
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:29.939	–	–	Q1
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:29.994	–	–	Q1
18	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:30.244	–	–	Q1
19	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.447	–	–	Q1
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2:08.510	–	–	Q1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:29.617		18
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:30.100	+0.483s	20
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.315	+0.698s	22
4	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.577	+0.960s	20
5	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.771	+1.154s	26
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.787	+1.170s	26
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.924	+1.307s	23
8	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:30.949	+1.332s	24
9	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.030	+1.413s	23
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.110	+1.493s	25
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.118	+1.501s	26
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.181	+1.564s	22
13	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:31.450	+1.833s	29
14	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:31.491	+1.874s	24
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:31.552	+1.935s	22
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:31.566	+1.949s	23
17	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:31.922	+2.305s	26
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.970	+2.353s	25
19	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:31.986	+2.369s	22
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.149	+2.532s	21

Free Practice 2

Free Practice 2 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:29.603		29
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:29.811	+0.208s	26
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:29.902	+0.299s	26
4	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.039	+0.436s	27
5	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.070	+0.467s	27
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:30.100	+0.497s	28
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.110	+0.507s	27
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:30.181	+0.578s	27
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.341	+0.738s	28
10	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.592	+0.989s	29
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.599	+0.996s	27
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.721	+1.118s	27
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30.776	+1.173s	30
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:30.810	+1.207s	27
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:30.820	+1.217s	25
16	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:30.837	+1.234s	27
17	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:30.921	+1.318s	29
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:30.959	+1.356s	30
19	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:30.964	+1.361s	26
20	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.052	+1.449s	30

Free Practice 3

Free Practice 3 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:28.485		20
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:29.098	+0.613s	15
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:29.483	+0.998s	21
4	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:29.509	+1.024s	21
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.568	+1.083s	18
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.588	+1.103s	16
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:29.690	+1.205s	18
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:29.698	+1.213s	23
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:29.701	+1.216s	19
10	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:29.761	+1.276s	16
11	George Russell	Mercedes	1:29.811	+1.326s	19
12	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:29.917	+1.432s	21
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:29.933	+1.448s	19
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:29.953	+1.468s	19
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:29.983	+1.498s	18
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:30.035	+1.550s	18
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:30.131	+1.646s	15
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:30.317	+1.832s	20
19	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30.797	+2.312s	20

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Watch the pole lap

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Throttle

Brake

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Corner data for the lap
Corner	Sergio Pérez (1:28.265)	Charles Leclerc (1:28.420)
The first corner: left-right chicane	braking from 105 · 90 km/h · gear 3	90 km/h · gear 3
The second corner: slight left kink	105 km/h · gear 3	110 km/h · gear 3
The third corner: left-right chicane	braking from 265 · 165 km/h · gear 4	braking from 230 · 170 km/h · gear 4
The fourth corner: fast left-hander	braking from 265 · 245 km/h · gear 6	245 km/h · gear 6
The fifth corner: fast right-hander	245 km/h · gear 6	245 km/h · gear 6
The sixth corner: fast left-hander	230 km/h · gear 6	235 km/h · gear 6
The seventh corner: slight left kink	260 km/h · gear 6	250 km/h · gear 6
The eighth corner: left-right chicane	braking from 300 · 180 km/h · gear 4	braking from 275 · 165 km/h · gear 4
The ninth corner: slight right kink	270 km/h · gear 7	270 km/h · gear 7
The tenth corner: left-right chicane	braking from 270 · 190 km/h · gear 5	braking from 270 · 190 km/h · gear 5
The eleventh corner: fast left-hander	braking from 270 · 190 km/h · gear 5	braking from 270 · 195 km/h · gear 5
The twelfth corner: slight left kink	braking from 270 · 235 km/h · gear 6	braking from 270 · 240 km/h · gear 6
The thirteenth corner: slight left kink	braking from 270 · 255 km/h · gear 6	braking from 270 · 255 km/h · gear 6
The fourteenth corner: slight right kink	270 km/h · gear 7	275 km/h · gear 7
The fifteenth corner: slight right kink	285 km/h · gear 7	285 km/h · gear 7
The sixteenth corner: slight left kink	310 km/h · gear 8	310 km/h · gear 8
The seventeenth corner: slight right kink	320 km/h · gear 8	320 km/h · gear 8
The eighteenth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 325 · 225 km/h · gear 7	braking from 310 · 200 km/h · gear 5
The nineteenth corner: fast right-hander	braking from 325 · 200 km/h · gear 5	braking from 310 · 210 km/h · gear 5
The twentieth corner: slight left kink	280 km/h · gear 7	285 km/h · gear 7
The twenty-first corner: slight left kink	295 km/h · gear 7	295 km/h · gear 7
The twenty-second corner: slight left kink	325 km/h · gear 8	320 km/h · gear 8
The twenty-third corner: slow left-hander	braking from 320 · 110 km/h · gear 3	braking from 315 · 110 km/h · gear 3

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

Starting grid

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

Penalties

Penalties
Lap	Driver	Type	Reason
2	Fernando Alonso	Time penalty 5 s	INCORRECT STARTING LOCATION
50	Fernando Alonso	Time penalty 10 s	SERVING PENALTY INCORRECTLY

The race in numbers

Pole position

1:28.265

Sergio Pérez

Fastest lap

1:31.906

Max Verstappen

pit stops

across the whole field

Safety Car period

no Virtual Safety Car

Weather at the start

26 °C

Air · track 32 °C

Tyres

Hard · Medium · Soft

compounds used

Standings after this race

1
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
44 points
Leader
2
Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing
43 points
−1
3
Fernando AlonsoAston Martin
30 points
−14
4
Carlos SainzFerrari
20 points
−24
5
Lewis HamiltonMercedes
20 points
−24
6
George RussellMercedes
18 points
−26 ▲1
7
Lance StrollAston Martin
8 points
−36 ▼1
8
Charles LeclercFerrari
6 points
−38
9
Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo
4 points
−40 ▼1
10
Esteban OconAlpine
4 points
−40

1
Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
87 points
Leader
2
Aston MartinKonstrukteure
38 points
−49
3
MercedesKonstrukteure
38 points
−49
4
FerrariKonstrukteure
26 points
−61
5
AlpineKonstrukteure
8 points
−79 ▲1

Full standings →

Jeddah Corniche Circuit

Length

approx. 6.11 km

Lap record

1:31.906

Safety car rate

100 %

Win from pole

60 %

Full throttle

79.3 %

Top speed

337 km/h

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Frequently asked questions

Who won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2023?

Sergio Pérez (Red Bull Racing) won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2023.

Who was on pole position?

Sergio Pérez started from pole position.