Round 8 · 2023

Spanish Grand Prix

Catalunya, Spain · 4 Jun 2023

The main event. Most laps wins; points go to the top 10.

How the race went

Max Verstappen won the race from pole, finishing 24.09s ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

A clean race: no Safety Cars or red flags.
George Russell was the big mover, climbing from P12 to P3.
Max Verstappen set the fastest lap: 1:16.330 on lap 61.
43 pit stops in total; most drivers stopped 2 times.
Max Verstappen's tyres: Medium → Hard → Soft.
A dry race, with the track around 34°C.
358 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:27:57.940	26
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	4 ▲2	+24.09s	18
3	George Russell	Mercedes	12 ▲9	+32.389s	15
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11 ▲7	+35.812s	12
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	2 ▼3	+45.698s	10
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	5 ▼1	+63.32s	8
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	8 ▲1	+64.127s	6
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	6 ▼2	+69.242s	4
9	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	13 ▲4	+71.878s	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	+73.53s	1
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	19 ▲8	+74.419s	0
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	15 ▲3	+75.416s	0
13	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	9 ▼4	+1 LAP	0
14	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri	14	+1 LAP	0
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	7 ▼8	+1 LAP	0
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	18 ▲2	+1 LAP	0
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	3 ▼14	+1 LAP	0
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	17 ▼1	+1 LAP	0
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	16 ▼3	+1 LAP	0
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	20	+1 LAP	0

Reading this table

Grid is where the driver started. ▲ means they gained places during the race, ▼ means they lost places. DNF = did not finish, DNS = did not start, DSQ = disqualified. The winner's time is the total race time; everyone else is shown as the gap behind the winner.