Round 18 · 2023

Qatar Grand Prix

Lusail, Qatar · 8 Oct 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 4.833s ahead of Oscar Piastri.

The Safety Car came out once.
Guanyu Zhou was the big mover, climbing from P19 to P9.
Max Verstappen set the fastest lap: 1:24.319 on lap 56.
54 pit stops in total; most drivers stopped 3 times.
Max Verstappen's tyres: Medium → Medium → Hard → Medium.
2 drivers didn't finish: Logan Sargeant and Lewis Hamilton.
A dry race, with the track around 37°C.
629 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:27:39.168	26
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	6 ▲4	+4.833s	18
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	10 ▲7	+5.969s	15
4	George Russell	Mercedes	2 ▼2	+34.119s	12
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	5	+38.976s	10
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	4 ▼2	+49.032s	8
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	8 ▲1	+62.39s	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	9 ▲1	+66.563s	4
9	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	19 ▲10	+76.127s	2
10	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	20 ▲10	+80.181s	1
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	16 ▲5	+81.652s	0
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	7 ▼5	+82.3s	0
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	13	+91.014s	0
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	18 ▲4	+1 LAP	0
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	11 ▼4	+1 LAP	0
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	14 ▼2	+1 LAP	0
17	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	17	+1 LAP	0
–	Logan Sargeant	Williams	15	DNF	0
–	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	DNF	0
–	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	12	DNS	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.