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2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2023 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Jeddah.

Session Reports

FP1: Verstappen leads Red Bull 1-2 in Jeddah first practice with Alonso P3

FP2: Verstappen stays top in second practice, Alonso edges Perez

FP3: Verstappen and Perez blitz the field in final practice in Jeddah

Qualifying: Perez on pole in Jeddah after Verstappen driveshaft failure

Race: Perez holds on for victory over Verstappen in Saudi Arabia

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Jeddah

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Jeddah

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Jeddah

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Jeddah

Results

Free Practice 1 results

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

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.603s		28
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:29.811s	+ 0.208s	25
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:29.902s	+ 0.299s	25
4	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.039s	+ 0.436s	26
5	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.070s	+ 0.467s	26
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:30.100s	+ 0.497s	27
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.110s	+ 0.507s	26
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:30.181s	+ 0.578s	26
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.341s	+ 0.738s	27
10	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.592s	+ 0.989s	28
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.599s	+ 0.996s	26
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.721s	+ 1.118s	26
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30.776s	+ 1.173s	29
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:30.810s	+ 1.207s	26
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.820s	+ 1.217s	24
16	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:30.837s	+ 1.234s	26
17	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:30.921s	+ 1.318s	28
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:30.959s	+ 1.356s	29
19	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:30.964s	+ 1.361s	25
20	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.052s	+ 1.449s	29

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.485s		19
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:29.098s	+ 0.613s	14
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:29.483s	+ 0.998s	20
4	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:29.509s	+ 1.024s	20
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.568s	+ 1.083s	17
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.588s	+ 1.103s	15
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:29.690s	+ 1.205s	17
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:29.698s	+ 1.213s	22
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:29.701s	+ 1.216s	18
10	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:29.761s	+ 1.276s	15
11	George Russell	Mercedes	1:29.811s	+ 1.326s	18
12	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:29.917s	+ 1.432s	20
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:29.933s	+ 1.448s	18
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:29.953s	+ 1.468s	18
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:29.983s	+ 1.498s	17
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:30.035s	+ 1.550s	17
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.131s	+ 1.646s	14
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:30.317s	+ 1.832s	19
19	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30.797s	+ 2.312s	19
20	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	No time

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:29.244s	1:28.635s	1:28.265s
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.376s	1:28.903s	1:28.420s
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:29.298s	1:28.757s	1:28.730s
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:29.592s	1:29.132s	1:28.857s
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:29.411s	1:28.957s	1:28.931s
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:29.335s	1:28.962s	1:28.945s
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:29.707s	1:29.255s	1:29.078s
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.689s	1:29.374s	1:29.223s
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:29.706s	1:29.378s	1:29.243s
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:29.890s	1:29.411s	1:29.357s
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:29.547s	1:29.451s
12	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:29.654s	1:29.461s
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:29.744s	1:29.517s
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:29.929s	1:29.668s
15	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.761s	1:49.953s
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:29.939s
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:29.994s
18	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:30.244s
19	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.447s
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2:08.510s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	50 laps - 1:21:14.894s	1
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 5.355s	1
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 20.728s	1
4	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 25.866s	1
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 31.065s	1
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 35.876s	1
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 43.162s	1
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 52.832s	1
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 54.747s	1
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 64.826s	1
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 67.494s	1
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	+ 70.588s	1
13	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 76.060s	2
14	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	+ 77.478s	1
15	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 85.021s	1
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 86.293s	1
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 86.445s	2
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	3
	Alexander Albon	Williams	DNF	2
	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	DNF	1

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	44
2	Sergio Pérez	43
3	Fernando Alonso	30
4	Carlos Sainz	20
5	Lewis Hamilton	20
6	George Russell	18
7	Lance Stroll	8
8	Charles Leclerc	6
9	Valtteri Bottas	4
10	Esteban Ocon	4
11	Pierre Gasly	4
12	Kevin Magnussen	1
13	Alexander Albon	1
14	Yuki Tsunoda	0
15	Nico Hülkenberg	0
16	Logan Sargeant	0
17	Zhou Guanyu	0
18	Nyck de Vries	0
19	Oscar Piastri	0
20	Lando Norris	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	87
2	Aston Martin	38
3	Mercedes	38
4	Ferrari	26
5	Alpine	8
6	Alfa Romeo	4
7	Haas	1
8	Williams	1
9	AlphaTauri	0
10	McLaren	0

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