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2023 Belgian Grand Prix Index

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

Session Reports

FP1: Sainz tops inundated single practice session at Spa

Qualifying: Verstappen quickest in wet-dry quali, Leclerc on Belgian pole

Sprint Showdown: Verstappen pips Piastri by 0.011s to seize Sprint race pole

Sprint Race: Verstappen wins wet Belgian sprint as Hamilton and Perez clash

Grand Prix: Smooth win for cocky Verstappen in shower-hit Belgium GP

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up at Spa-Francorchamps

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day at Spa-Francorchamps

Gallery: All the pictures from sprint day at Spa-Francorchamps

Gallery: All the pictures from race day at Spa-Francorchamps

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	2:03.207s		9
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	2:03.792s	+ 0.585s	4
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	2:04.484s	+ 1.277s	4
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2:08.148s	+ 4.941s	8
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	2:08.240s	+ 5.033s	5
6	Alexander Albon	Williams	2:08.394s	+ 5.187s	5
7	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	2:09.067s	+ 5.860s	8
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	2:09.229s	+ 6.022s	7
9	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	2:09.319s	+ 6.112s	7
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	2:10.042s	+ 6.835s	8
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	2:10.283s	+ 7.076s	4
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2:10.299s	+ 7.092s	7
13	George Russell	Mercedes	2:10.475s	+ 7.268s	7
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	2:12.085s	+ 8.878s	9
15	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	2:14.002s	+ 10.795s	8
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams			4
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin			5
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine			2
19	Esteban Ocon	Alpine			2
20	Max Verstappen	Red Bull			2

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:58.515s	1:52.784s	1:46.168s
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:58.300s	1:52.017s	1:46.988s
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:58.899s	1:52.353s	1:47.045s
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:58.563s	1:52.345s	1:47.087s
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:58.688s	1:51.711s	1:47.152s
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:58.872s	1:51.534s	1:47.365s
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:59.981s	1:52.252s	1:47.669s
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:59.035s	1:52.605s	1:47.805s
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:58.834s	1:52.751s	1:47.843s
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:59.663s	1:52.193s	1:48.841s
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:59.044s	1:53.148s
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:59.511s	1:53.671s
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	2:00.020s	1:54.160s
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:59.484s	1:54.694s
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:59.634s	1:56.372s
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	2:00.314s
17	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	2:00.832s
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2:01.535s
19	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	2:02.159s
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	2:03.166s

Sprint Showdown results

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:58.135s	1:55.200s	1:49.056s
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	2:00.056s	1:56.392s	1:49.067s
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:59.414s	1:56.557s	1:49.081s
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:59.575s	1:56.265s	1:49.251s
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	2:00.436s	1:56.828s	1:49.389s
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	2:00.032s	1:56.137s	1:49.700s
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:58.939s	1:55.823s	1:49.900s
8	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:59.362s	1:55.878s	1:49.961s
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:59.884s	1:57.051s	1:50.494s
10	George Russell	Mercedes	2:00.475s	1:57.393s	1:55.742s
11	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	2:00.177s	1:57.687s
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:59.198s
13	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2:00.031s
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	2:00.460s
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:59.038s
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	2:00.568s
17	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	2:00.951s
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	2:01.079s
19	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	2:01.430s
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas

Sprint Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	11 laps - 24:58.433s	1
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 6.677s	1
3	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 10.733s	1
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 12.648s	1
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 15.016s	1
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 16.052s	1
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 16.757s	1
8	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 16.822s	1
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 22.410s	1
10	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	+ 22.806s	1
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 25.007s	1
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 26.303s	1
13	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 27.006s	1
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 32.986s	1
15	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 36.342s	1
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 37.571s	1
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 37.827s	1
18	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 39.267s	1
19	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	DNF	2
20	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	DNF	1

Grand Prix results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	44 laps - 1:22:30.450s	2
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 22.305s	2
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 32.259s	2
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 49.671s	3
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 56.184s	2
6	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 63.101s	1
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 73.719s	2
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 74.719s	2
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 79.340s	1
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 80.221s	2
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 83.084s	1
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 85.191s	2
13	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 95.441s	2
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 96.184s	3
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 101.754s	2
16	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	+ 103.071s	2
17	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 104.476s	3
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 110.450s	2
	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	DNF	2
	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	DNF	2

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	314
2	Sergio Pérez	189
3	Fernando Alonso	149
4	Lewis Hamilton	148
5	Charles Leclerc	99
6	George Russell	99
7	Carlos Sainz	92
8	Lando Norris	69
9	Lance Stroll	47
10	Esteban Ocon	35
11	Oscar Piastri	34
12	Pierre Gasly	22
13	Alexander Albon	11
14	Nico Hülkenberg	9
15	Valtteri Bottas	5
16	Zhou Guanyu	4
17	Yuki Tsunoda	3
18	Kevin Magnussen	2
19	Logan Sargeant	0
20	Nyck de Vries	0
21	Daniel Ricciardo	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	503
2	Mercedes	247
3	Aston Martin	196
4	Ferrari	191
5	McLaren	103
6	Alpine	57
7	Williams	11
8	Haas	11
9	Alfa Romeo	9
10	AlphaTauri	3

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