Round 9 · 2023

Canadian Grand Prix

Montreal, Canada · 18 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 9.57s ahead of Fernando Alonso.

The Safety Car came out once and there was 1 Virtual Safety Car.
Lance Stroll was the big mover, climbing from P16 to P9.
Sergio Perez set the fastest lap: 1:14.481 on lap 70.
33 pit stops in total; most drivers stopped 2 times.
Max Verstappen's tyres: Medium → Hard → Medium.
2 drivers didn't finish: Logan Sargeant and George Russell.
A dry race, with the track around 31°C.
181 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:33:58.348	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	2	+9.57s	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	+14.168s	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	10 ▲6	+18.648s	12
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	11 ▲6	+21.54s	10
6	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	12 ▲6	+51.028s	9
7	Alexander Albon	Williams	9 ▲2	+60.813s	6
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	6 ▼2	+61.692s	4
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	16 ▲7	+64.402s	2
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	14 ▲4	+64.432s	1
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	8 ▼3	+65.101s	0
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	15 ▲3	+65.249s	0
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	7 ▼6	+68.363s	0
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	19 ▲5	+73.423s	0
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	5 ▼10	+1 LAP	0
16	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	20 ▲4	+1 LAP	0
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	13 ▼4	+1 LAP	0
18	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri	17 ▼1	+1 LAP	0
–	Logan Sargeant	Williams	18	DNF	0
–	George Russell	Mercedes	4	DNF	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.