Round 13 · 2023

Belgian Grand Prix

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium · 30 Jul 2023

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

How the race went

Max Verstappen won the race from P6, finishing 22.305s ahead of Sergio Perez.

A clean race: no Safety Cars or red flags.
Esteban Ocon was the big mover, climbing from P14 to P8.
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap: 1:47.305 on lap 44.
37 pit stops in total; most drivers stopped 2 times.
Max Verstappen's tyres: Soft → Medium → Soft.
2 drivers didn't finish: Carlos Sainz and Oscar Piastri.
It rained during the race.
322 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	6 ▲5	1:22:30.450	25
2	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	2	+22.305s	18
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1 ▼2	+32.259s	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3 ▼1	+49.671s	13
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	9 ▲4	+56.184s	10
6	George Russell	Mercedes	8 ▲2	+63.101s	8
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	7	+73.719s	6
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	14 ▲6	+74.719s	4
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	10 ▲1	+79.34s	2
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	11 ▲1	+80.221s	1
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	12 ▲1	+83.084s	0
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	13 ▲1	+85.191s	0
13	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	17 ▲4	+95.441s	0
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	15 ▲1	+96.184s	0
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	16 ▲1	+101.754s	0
16	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	19 ▲3	+103.071s	0
17	Logan Sargeant	Williams	18 ▲1	+104.476s	0
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	20 ▲2	+110.45s	0
–	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	4	DNF	0
–	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	5	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.