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2023 Austrian Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from the Red Bull Ring, Spielberg.

Session Reports

FP1: Verstappen pips Ferrari drivers to top free practice in Austria

Qualifying: Verstappen captures home pole for Red Bull in Austria

Sprint Showdown: Verstappen prevails in Austrian GP sprint qualifying

Sprint Race: Verstappen and Perez win entertaining wet Austria sprint

Grand Prix: Imperious Max Verstappen wins again for Red Bull in Austria

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Spielberg

Gallery: All the pictures from sprint day in Spielberg

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Spielberg

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:05.742s		30
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:05.983s	+ 0.241s	32
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:06.012s	+ 0.270s	33
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:06.251s	+ 0.509s	34
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:06.262s	+ 0.520s	31
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:06.340s	+ 0.598s	29
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:06.497s	+ 0.755s	27
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:06.656s	+ 0.914s	31
9	George Russell	Mercedes	1:06.696s	+ 0.954s	28
10	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:06.780s	+ 1.038s	32
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:06.794s	+ 1.052s	23
12	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:06.809s	+ 1.067s	36
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:06.846s	+ 1.104s	30
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:06.847s	+ 1.105s	32
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:06.985s	+ 1.243s	34
16	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:07.017s	+ 1.275s	36
17	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:07.018s	+ 1.276s	24
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:07.202s	+ 1.460s	30
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:07.287s	+ 1.545s	28
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:07.368s	+ 1.626s	20

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:05.116s	1:04.951s	1:04.391s
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:05.577s	1:05.087s	1:04.439s
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:05.339s	1:04.975s	1:04.581s
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:05.617s	1:05.038s	1:04.658s
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:05.673s	1:05.188s	1:04.819s
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:05.710s	1:05.121s	1:04.893s
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:05.655s	1:05.181s	1:04.911s
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:05.740s	1:05.301s	1:05.090s
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:05.515s	1:05.308s	1:05.170s
10	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:05.673s	1:05.387s	1:05.823s
11	George Russell	Mercedes	1:05.686s	1:05.428s
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:05.729s	1:05.453s
13	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:05.683s	1:05.605s
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:05.763s	1:05.680s
15	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:05.177s	2:06.688s
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:05.784s
17	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:05.818s
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:05.948s
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:05.971s
20	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:05.974s

Sprint Showdown results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:06.236s	1:05.371s	1:04.440s
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:06.924s	1:05.836s	1:04.933s
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:06.723s	1:05.699s	1:05.010s
4	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:06.548s	1:06.091s	1:05.084s
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:06.187s	1:05.434s	1:05.136s
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:07.061s	1:05.673s	1:05.245s
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:06.611s	1:05.759s	1:05.258s
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:06.569s	1:05.914s	1:05.347s
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:06.840s	1:05.604s	1:05.366s
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:06.629s	1:05.730s	1:05.912s
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:06.892s	1:06.152s
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:06.873s	1:06.360s
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:06.896s	1:06.369s
14	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:06.704s	1:06.593s
15	George Russell	Mercedes	1:06.653s
16	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:07.062s
17	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:07.106s
18	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:07.282s
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:07.291s
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:07.426s

Sprint Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	24 laps - 30:26.730s	0
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 21.048s	0
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 23.088s	0
4	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 29.703s	0
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 30.109s	0
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 31.297s	1
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 36.602s	0
8	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 36.611s	1
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 38.608s	0
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 46.375s	1
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 49.807s	1
12	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 50.789s	1
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 52.848s	1
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 56.593s	1
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 57.652s	0
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 64.822s	1
17	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	+ 65.617s	1
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 66.059s	1
19	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 70.825s	1
20	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 76.435s	1

Grand Prix results (final revised)

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	71 laps - 1:25:33.607s	4
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 5.155s	3
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 17.188s	3
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 26.327s	3
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 30.317s	3
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 31.377s	3
7	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 48.403s	3
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 49.196s	3
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 59.043s	4
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 67.667s	3
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 79.767s	3
12	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	3
13	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 1 lap	3
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 1 lap	3
15	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	3
16	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 1 lap	4
17	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	4
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	3
19	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	3
	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	DNF	2

Notes
De Vries: 5s penalty / forcing another driver off track.

Sargeant, Magnussen, De Vries, Tsunoda, Ocon (x2): 5s penalties / exceeding track limits

Tsunoda, Sainz, Hamilton, De Vries, Gasly, Albon, Ocon (x2): 10s penalties / exceeding track limits

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	229
2	Sergio Pérez	148
3	Fernando Alonso	131
4	Lewis Hamilton	106
5	Carlos Sainz	82
6	Charles Leclerc	72
7	George Russell	72
8	Lance Stroll	44
9	Esteban Ocon	31
10	Lando Norris	24
11	Pierre Gasly	16
12	Nico Hülkenberg	9
13	Alexander Albon	7
14	Oscar Piastri	5
15	Valtteri Bottas	5
16	Zhou Guanyu	4
17	Yuki Tsunoda	2
18	Kevin Magnussen	2
19	Logan Sargeant	0
20	Nyck de Vries	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	377
2	Mercedes	178
3	Aston Martin	175
4	Ferrari	154
5	Alpine	47
6	McLaren	29
7	Haas	11
8	Alfa Romeo	9
9	Williams	7
10	AlphaTauri	2

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