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2023 Canadian Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal.

Session Reports

FP1: CCTV issue shuts down first practice in Montreal

FP2: Hamilton and Russell top extended Canada second practice before rain

FP3: Verstappen tops wet final practice in Montreal as Sainz crashes

Qualifying: Verstappen sails to Canada pole, Hulkenberg surprise second!

Race: Verstappen cruises to victory over Alonso in Canada

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Montreal

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Montreal

Gallery: All the pictures from the race build-up in Montreal

Gallery: All the pictures from the race and podium in Montreal

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:18.728s		3
2	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:19.175s	+ 0.447s	3
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:19.807s	+ 1.079s	3
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:20.154s	+ 1.426s	3
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:20.231s	+ 1.503s	3
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:21.496s	+ 2.768s	3
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:24.045s	+ 5.317s	3
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:24.336s	+ 5.608s	3
9	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:24.961s	+ 6.233s	3
10	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:25.991s	+ 7.263s	3
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:26.809s	+ 8.081s	3
12	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:32.274s	+ 13.546s	3
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri			2
14	Lando Norris	McLaren			2
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine			1
16	Alexander Albon	Williams			1
17	Logan Sargeant	Williams			2

Session abandoned due to CCTV issue at circuit

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:13.718s		30
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:13.745s	+ 0.027s	31
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:13.844s	+ 0.126s	39
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:14.044s	+ 0.326s	38
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:14.094s	+ 0.376s	38
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:14.142s	+ 0.424s	34
7	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:14.220s	+ 0.502s	40
8	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:14.250s	+ 0.532s	29
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:14.419s	+ 0.701s	31
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:14.477s	+ 0.759s	39
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:14.533s	+ 0.815s	38
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:14.544s	+ 0.826s	36
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:14.617s	+ 0.899s	40
14	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:14.811s	+ 1.093s	37
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:14.941s	+ 1.223s	43
16	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:15.002s	+ 1.284s	38
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:15.003s	+ 1.285s	33
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:15.092s	+ 1.374s	17
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:15.426s	+ 1.708s	38
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:16.369s	+ 2.651s	11

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:23.106s		22
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:23.397s	+ 0.291s	22
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:24.483s	+ 1.377s	18
4	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:24.715s	+ 1.609s	23
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:24.765s	+ 1.659s	14
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:24.825s	+ 1.719s	19
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:24.944s	+ 1.838s	22
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:24.955s	+ 1.849s	24
9	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:24.988s	+ 1.882s	22
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:25.087s	+ 1.981s	20
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:25.140s	+ 2.034s	20
12	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:25.191s	+ 2.085s	25
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:25.198s	+ 2.092s	21
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:25.379s	+ 2.273s	21
15	George Russell	Mercedes	1:25.435s	+ 2.329s	20
16	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:25.725s	+ 2.619s	24
17	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:25.857s	+ 2.751s	20
18	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:26.750s	+ 3.644s	23
19	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:26.840s	+ 3.734s	10
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:27.279s	+ 4.173s	16

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:20.851s	1:19.092s	1:25.858s
2	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:22.730s	1:20.305s	1:27.102s
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:21.481s	1:19.776s	1:27.286s
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:21.554s	1:20.426s	1:27.627s
5	George Russell	Mercedes	1:21.798s	1:20.098s	1:27.893s
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:22.114s	1:20.406s	1:27.945s
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:21.998s	1:19.347s	1:28.046s
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:22.248s	1:19.856s	1:29.294s
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:22.190s	1:19.659s	1:31.349s
10	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:21.938s	1:18.725s
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:21.843s	1:20.615s
12	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:22.151s	1:20.959s
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:22.677s	1:21.484s
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:22.351s	1:21.678s
15	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:22.332s	1:21.821s
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:22.746s
17	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:22.886s
18	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:23.137s
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:23.337s
20	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:23.342s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	70 laps - 1:33:58.348s	2
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 9.570s	2
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 14.168s	2
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 18.648s	1
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 21.540s	1
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 51.028s	2
7	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 60.813s	1
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 61.692s	2
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 64.402s	2
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 64.432s	1
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 65.101s	2
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 65.249s	2
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 68.363s	2
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 73.423s	2
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
16	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
18	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	2
	George Russell	Mercedes	DNF	2
	Logan Sargeant	Williams	DNF	0

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	195
2	Sergio Pérez	126
3	Fernando Alonso	117
4	Lewis Hamilton	102
5	Carlos Sainz	68
6	George Russell	65
7	Charles Leclerc	54
8	Lance Stroll	37
9	Esteban Ocon	29
10	Pierre Gasly	15
11	Lando Norris	12
12	Alexander Albon	7
13	Nico Hülkenberg	6
14	Oscar Piastri	5
15	Valtteri Bottas	5
16	Zhou Guanyu	4
17	Yuki Tsunoda	2
18	Kevin Magnussen	2
19	Nyck de Vries	0
20	Logan Sargeant	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	321
2	Mercedes	167
3	Aston Martin	154
4	Ferrari	122
5	Alpine	44
6	McLaren	17
7	Alfa Romeo	9
8	Haas	8
9	Williams	7
10	AlphaTauri	2

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