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2023 Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitCatalunya, 66 laps
Round7 of 22
Race numbers

The 2023 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 1,086th World Championship race
  • 53rd World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 33rd World Championship race at Catalunya
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda RBPT661hr 27m 57.940s26 FL
2+2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes66+24.090s18
3+9(GBR) George RussellMercedes66+32.389s15
4+7(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda RBPT66+35.812s12
5-3(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari66+45.698s10
6-1(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes66+1m 03.320s8
7+1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes66+1m 04.127s6
8-2(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault66+1m 09.242s4
9+4(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari66+1m 11.878s2
10 (FRA) Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault66+1m 13.530s1
11PL(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari66+1m 14.419s 
12+3(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT66+1m 15.416s (5.000s) 
13-4(AUS) Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes65+1 lap 
14 (NLD) Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT65+1 lap 
15-8(DEU) Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari65+1 lap 
16+2(THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes65+1 lap 
17-14(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes65+1 lap 
18-1(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari65+1 lap 
19-3(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari65+1 lap 
20PL(USA) Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes65+1 lap 

Notes

  • Yuki Tsunoda received a five-second time penalty for forcing Guanyu Zhou off the track. He originally finished P9.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda RBPT
2 (ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari
3 (GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
4 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
5 (CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
6 (FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
7 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari
8 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes
9 (AUS) Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes
10-6(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault
11 (MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda RBPT
12 (GBR) George RussellMercedes
13 (CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
14 (NLD) Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT
15 (JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT
16 (FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
17 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
18 (THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes
Started from the pit lane
  (USA) Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes
  (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari

Notes

  • Pierre Gasly received two three-place grid penalties for impeding Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz in qualifying.
  • Logan Sargeant and Charles Leclerc were required to start from the pit lane due to changes made to their cars under parc ferme conditions.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda RBPT1:12.272 
2(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari1:12.7340.462
3(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.7920.520
4(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault1:12.8160.544
5(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:12.8180.546
6(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:12.9940.722
7(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:13.0830.811
8(DEU) Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari1:13.2290.957
9(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes1:13.5071.235
10(AUS) Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes1:13.6821.410
Q2
11(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda RBPT1:13.334 
12(GBR) George RussellMercedes1:13.447 
13(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:13.521 
14(NLD) Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:14.083 
15(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:14.477 
Q1
16(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:13.977 
17(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:14.042 
18(THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:14.063 
19(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari1:14.079 
20(USA) Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes1:14.699 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(NLD) Max Verstappen170
2(MEX) Sergio Perez117
3(ESP) Fernando Alonso99
4(GBR) Lewis Hamilton87
5(GBR) George Russell65
6(ESP) Carlos Sainz58
7(MCO) Charles Leclerc42
8(CAN) Lance Stroll35
9(FRA) Esteban Ocon25
10(FRA) Pierre Gasly15
11(GBR) Lando Norris12
12(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg6
13(AUS) Oscar Piastri5
14(FIN) Valtteri Bottas4
15(CHN) Guanyu Zhou4
16(DNK) Kevin Magnussen2
17(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda2
18(THA) Alexander Albon1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Honda RBPT287
2Mercedes152
3Aston Martin-Mercedes134
4Ferrari100
5Alpine-Renault40
6McLaren-Mercedes17
7Haas-Ferrari8
8Alfa Romeo-Ferrari8
9AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT2
10Williams-Mercedes1

Stats & milestones

Wins
40th for Max Verstappen (6th driver to win 40 races, 1st Dutch driver)
99th for Red Bull
Podiums
193rd for Lewis Hamilton
84th for Max Verstappen
10th for George Russell (79th driver to score ten podiums, 16th British driver)
283rd & 284th for Mercedes
245th for Red Bull
Poles
24th for Max Verstappen
87th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
24th for Max Verstappen
88th for Red Bull
Front row starts
47th for Max Verstappen
8th for Carlos Sainz
Pole & win
19th for Max Verstappen
Win & fastest lap
11th for Max Verstappen
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
6th for Max Verstappen