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2023 Spanish Grand Prix Index

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

Session Reports

FP1: Verstappen and Perez comfortably lead Spanish GP first practice

FP2: Verstappen continues to set the pace in Spain second practice

FP3: Verstappen tops rain-hit final practice in Barcelona

Qualifying: Verstappen on pole in Spain ahead of Sainz and Norris

Race: Easy win for Verstappen in Spain over Hamilton and Russell

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Barcelona

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Barcelona

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Barcelona

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:14.606s		31
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:15.374s	+ 0.768s	31
3	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:15.418s	+ 0.812s	27
4	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:15.504s	+ 0.898s	26
5	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:15.545s	+ 0.939s	26
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:15.547s	+ 0.941s	23
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:15.689s	+ 1.083s	21
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:15.694s	+ 1.088s	27
9	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:15.726s	+ 1.120s	26
10	George Russell	Mercedes	1:15.753s	+ 1.147s	31
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:15.783s	+ 1.177s	24
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:15.845s	+ 1.239s	28
13	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:15.906s	+ 1.300s	23
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:15.915s	+ 1.309s	26
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:15.939s	+ 1.333s	24
16	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:15.978s	+ 1.372s	23
17	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:16.353s	+ 1.747s	25
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:16.461s	+ 1.855s	27
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:16.506s	+ 1.900s	29
20	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:16.630s	+ 2.024s	27

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:13.907s		33
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:14.077s	+ 0.170s	29
3	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:14.177s	+ 0.270s	30
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:14.219s	+ 0.312s	29
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:14.242s	+ 0.335s	29
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:14.246s	+ 0.339s	31
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:14.274s	+ 0.367s	31
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:14.392s	+ 0.485s	30
9	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:14.448s	+ 0.541s	31
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:14.457s	+ 0.550s	28
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:14.549s	+ 0.642s	30
12	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:14.583s	+ 0.676s	29
13	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:14.585s	+ 0.678s	28
14	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:14.694s	+ 0.787s	29
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:14.713s	+ 0.806s	23
16	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:14.785s	+ 0.878s	32
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:14.840s	+ 0.933s	33
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:15.010s	+ 1.103s	30
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:15.056s	+ 1.149s	31
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:15.415s	+ 1.508s	32

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:13.664s		13
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:13.914s	+ 0.250s	13
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:14.072s	+ 0.408s	9
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:14.240s	+ 0.576s	19
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:14.264s	+ 0.600s	13
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:14.278s	+ 0.614s	15
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:14.353s	+ 0.689s	17
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:14.360s	+ 0.696s	14
9	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:14.659s	+ 0.995s	15
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:14.681s	+ 1.017s	19
11	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:14.681s	+ 1.017s	14
12	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:14.693s	+ 1.029s	17
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:14.756s	+ 1.092s	14
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:14.988s	+ 1.324s	11
15	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:15.105s	+ 1.441s	16
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:15.266s	+ 1.602s	14
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:15.534s	+ 1.870s	11
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:15.841s	+ 2.177s	13
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:15.851s	+ 2.187s	13
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:16.529s	+ 2.865s	5

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:13.615s	1:12.760s	1:12.272s
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:13.411s	1:12.790s	1:12.734s
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:13.295s	1:12.776s	1:12.792s
4	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:13.471s	1:13.186s	1:12.816s
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:12.937s	1:12.999s	1:12.818s
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:13.766s	1:13.082s	1:12.994s
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:13.433s	1:13.001s	1:13.083s
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:13.420s	1:13.283s	1:13.229s
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:13.747s	1:13.098s	1:13.507s
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:13.691s	1:13.059s	1:13.682s
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:13.874s	1:13.334s
12	George Russell	Mercedes	1:13.326s	1:13.447s
13	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:13.677s	1:13.521s
14	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:13.581s	1:14.083s
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:13.862s	1:14.477s
16	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:13.977s
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:14.042s
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:14.063s
19	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:14.079s
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:14.699s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	66 laps - 1:27:57.940s	2
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 24.090s	2
3	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 32.389s	2
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 35.812s	2
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 45.698s	2
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 63.320s	2
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 64.127s	2
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 69.242s	2
9	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 71.878s	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 73.530s	2
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 74.419s	2
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 75.416s	2
13	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 1 lap	2
14	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	2
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 1 lap	3
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 1 lap	3
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	3
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 1 lap	2

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	170
2	Sergio Pérez	117
3	Fernando Alonso	99
4	Lewis Hamilton	87
5	George Russell	65
6	Carlos Sainz	58
7	Charles Leclerc	42
8	Lance Stroll	35
9	Esteban Ocon	25
10	Pierre Gasly	15
11	Lando Norris	12
12	Nico Hülkenberg	6
13	Oscar Piastri	5
14	Valtteri Bottas	4
15	Zhou Guanyu	4
16	Yuki Tsunoda	2
17	Kevin Magnussen	2
18	Alexander Albon	1
19	Nyck de Vries	0
20	Logan Sargeant	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	287
2	Mercedes	152
3	Aston Martin	134
4	Ferrari	100
5	Alpine	40
6	McLaren	17
7	Haas	8
8	Alfa Romeo	8
9	AlphaTauri	2
10	Williams	1

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