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Belgian Grand Prix

FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 2023

Round 12 of 22Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, SpaJul 30 202344 lapsSprint weekendRainQualifying telemetry →

Podium

PERRed Bull
2
VERRed Bull
1
LECFerrari
3

Key facts

WinnerVER1:22:30.450 from P6
PoleVER1:46.168
Fastest lapHAM1:47.305 on lap 44
On-track passes322position changes on track
Pit stops370 SC · 0 VSC
Finishers18 / 20classified

Race result

PosDriverTeamGrid+/-LapsTime / gapPtsFastest lapStops
1VERMax VerstappenRed Bull6▲5441:22:30.450251:48.9222
2PERSergio PérezRed Bull2–44+22.305s181:50.3082
3LECCharles LeclercFerrari1▼244+32.259s151:50.4362
4HAMLewis HamiltonMercedes3▼144+49.671s131:47.3053
5ALOFernando AlonsoAston Martin9▲444+56.184s101:50.9382
6RUSGeorge RussellMercedes8▲244+63.101s81:50.6031
7NORLando NorrisMcLaren7–44+73.719s61:51.6822
8OCOEsteban OconAlpine F1 Team14▲644+74.719s41:50.4392
9STRLance StrollAston Martin10▲144+79.340s21:51.2971
10TSUYuki TsunodaAlphaTauri11▲144+80.221s11:51.3942
11GASPierre GaslyAlpine F1 Team12▲144+83.084s1:50.9111
12BOTValtteri BottasAlfa Romeo13▲144+85.191s1:50.5152
13ZHOGuanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo17▲444+95.441s1:50.1882
14ALBAlexander AlbonWilliams15▲144+96.184s1:49.8413
15MAGKevin MagnussenHaas F1 Team16▲144+101.754s1:50.9932
16RICDaniel RicciardoAlphaTauri19▲344+103.071s1:50.9942
17SARLogan SargeantWilliams18▲144+104.476s1:50.4863
18HULNico HülkenbergHaas F1 Team20▲244+110.450s1:49.9072
DNFSAICarlos SainzFerrari423Retired1:53.1381
DNFPIAOscar PiastriMcLaren50Retired–

Lap chart

P1P5P10P15P20051015202530354044LapVERPERLECHAMALOPIARUSNOROCOSTRTSUGASBOTZHOALBMAGRICSARHULSAI
Running order at the end of each lap (lap 0 = starting grid). Shaded laps: safety car (amber), virtual safety car (blue), red flag.

Gap to leader

0s20s40s60s80s51015202530354044LapVERPERLECHAMALORUSNOROCOSTRTSUGASSAIBOTZHOALBMAGRICSARHUL
Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends. Gaps above 90s are clipped (lapped cars).

Tyre strategy

SSoftMMediumHHardStriped = used set
1VER
14
16
14
2PER
13
16
15
3LEC
13
15
16
4HAM
12
15
15
5ALO
10
19
15
6RUS
22
22
7NOR
5
12
27
8OCO
6
19
19
9STR
20
24
10TSU
9
15
20
11GAS
23
21
12BOT
6
18
20
13ZHO
7
18
19
14ALB
7
16
10
11
15MAG
5
20
19
16RIC
5
17
22
17SAR
8
16
10
10
18HUL
12
12
20
RSAI
7
16
Lap 12244

Race pace

Drivers

1:501:552:00VER: median 1:51.472, middle half 1:50.385–1:52.537, best 1:48.922 (39 laps)VER1:51.472PER: median 1:52.153, middle half 1:51.352–1:52.493, best 1:50.308 (39 laps)PER+0.681HAM: median 1:52.215, middle half 1:51.408–1:53.020, best 1:47.305 (37 laps)HAM+0.743RUS: median 1:52.221, middle half 1:51.805–1:54.223, best 1:50.603 (41 laps)RUS+0.749LEC: median 1:52.243, middle half 1:51.550–1:52.853, best 1:50.436 (39 laps)LEC+0.771ALO: median 1:52.505, middle half 1:51.711–1:53.456, best 1:50.938 (39 laps)ALO+1.033TSU: median 1:52.554, middle half 1:52.272–1:54.075, best 1:51.394 (39 laps)TSU+1.082NOR: median 1:52.659, middle half 1:52.230–1:53.747, best 1:51.682 (39 laps)NOR+1.187OCO: median 1:52.727, middle half 1:51.837–1:54.270, best 1:50.439 (39 laps)OCO+1.255STR: median 1:52.884, middle half 1:52.218–1:54.812, best 1:51.297 (41 laps)STR+1.412ALB: median 1:53.203, middle half 1:51.888–1:54.701, best 1:49.841 (37 laps)ALB+1.731ZHO: median 1:53.303, middle half 1:52.298–1:54.991, best 1:50.188 (39 laps)ZHO+1.831RIC: median 1:53.369, middle half 1:52.331–1:54.602, best 1:50.994 (39 laps)RIC+1.897BOT: median 1:53.411, middle half 1:52.211–1:54.772, best 1:50.515 (39 laps)BOT+1.939GAS: median 1:53.430, middle half 1:52.234–1:54.870, best 1:50.911 (41 laps)GAS+1.958MAG: median 1:53.819, middle half 1:52.965–1:54.727, best 1:50.993 (39 laps)MAG+2.347SAR: median 1:53.822, middle half 1:52.082–1:55.069, best 1:50.236 (37 laps)SAR+2.350HUL: median 1:53.910, middle half 1:52.978–1:55.218, best 1:49.907 (39 laps)HUL+2.438SAI: median 1:56.142, middle half 1:55.034–1:57.328, best 1:53.138 (20 laps)SAI+4.670
Clean laps only: lap 1, in/out laps, safety car laps and laps slower than 107% of the driver's median are dropped. Box = middle half, line = median.

Teams

1:501:552:00Red Bull: median 1:51.704, middle half 1:51.017–1:52.508, best 1:48.922 (78 laps)Red Bull1:51.704Mercedes: median 1:52.218, middle half 1:51.744–1:53.980, best 1:47.305 (78 laps)Mercedes+0.514McLaren: median 1:52.659, middle half 1:52.230–1:53.747, best 1:51.682 (39 laps)McLaren+0.955Aston Martin: median 1:52.727, middle half 1:51.936–1:54.002, best 1:50.938 (80 laps)Aston Martin+1.022Ferrari: median 1:52.868, middle half 1:51.849–1:55.517, best 1:50.436 (59 laps)Ferrari+1.164Alpine: median 1:53.112, middle half 1:52.008–1:54.828, best 1:50.439 (80 laps)Alpine+1.409AlphaTauri: median 1:53.270, middle half 1:52.273–1:54.480, best 1:50.994 (78 laps)AlphaTauri+1.567Alfa Romeo: median 1:53.357, middle half 1:52.237–1:54.956, best 1:50.188 (78 laps)Alfa Romeo+1.653Williams: median 1:53.721, middle half 1:51.900–1:54.950, best 1:49.841 (74 laps)Williams+2.017Haas: median 1:53.837, middle half 1:52.958–1:54.844, best 1:49.907 (78 laps)Haas+2.132
Both drivers' clean laps combined, ordered by median lap.

Fastest pit stops

#DriverLapPit lane
1TSU922.6s
2TSU2422.7s
3PER2922.7s
4RIC522.8s
5VER1422.8s
6OCO623.0s
7ALO1023.0s
8HAM1223.0s
9HAM2723.0s
10VER3023.0s
11LEC2823.1s
12SAR3423.1s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 37 stops in total.

Overtakes

HUL
35 made · 26 lostSTR
30 made · 20 lostALB
29 made · 30 lostZHO
27 made · 25 lostOCO
26 made · 20 lostSAR
23 made · 24 lostNOR
22 made · 23 lostGAS
20 made · 23 lostBOT
18 made · 18 lostRUS
17 made · 17 lostRIC
17 made · 16 lostMAG
16 made · 16 lostTSU
14 made · 11 lostALO
10 made · 6 lost

On-track position changes recorded by the timing system (pit stops excluded).

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Gap to pole
1VERMax VerstappenRed Bull1:58.5151:52.7841:46.168
2LECCharles LeclercFerrari1:58.3001:52.0171:46.988+0.820s
3PERSergio PérezRed Bull1:58.8991:52.3531:47.045+0.877s
4HAMLewis HamiltonMercedes1:58.5631:52.3451:47.087+0.919s
5SAICarlos SainzFerrari1:58.6881:51.7111:47.152+0.984s
6PIAOscar PiastriMcLaren1:58.8721:51.5341:47.365+1.197s
7NORLando NorrisMcLaren1:59.9811:52.2521:47.669+1.501s
8RUSGeorge RussellMercedes1:59.0351:52.6051:47.805+1.637s
9ALOFernando AlonsoAston Martin1:58.8341:52.7511:47.843+1.675s
10STRLance StrollAston Martin1:59.6631:52.1931:48.841+2.673s
11TSUYuki TsunodaAlphaTauri1:59.0441:53.148–+6.980s
12GASPierre GaslyAlpine F1 Team1:59.5111:53.671–+7.503s
13MAGKevin MagnussenHaas F1 Team2:00.0201:54.160–+7.992s
14BOTValtteri BottasAlfa Romeo1:59.4841:54.694–+8.526s
15OCOEsteban OconAlpine F1 Team1:59.6341:56.372–+10.204s
16ALBAlexander AlbonWilliams2:00.314––+14.146s
17ZHOGuanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo2:00.832––+14.664s
18SARLogan SargeantWilliams2:01.535––+15.367s
19RICDaniel RicciardoAlphaTauri2:02.159––+15.991s
20HULNico HülkenbergHaas F1 Team2:03.166––+16.998s

Sprint

PosDriverGridTime / gapPts
1VERVerstappen10:24:58.4338
2PIAPiastri2+6.677s7
3GASGasly6+10.733s6
4SAISainz3+12.648s5
5LECLeclerc4+15.016s4
6NORNorris5+16.052s3
7HAMHamilton7+16.757s2
8RUSRussell10+16.822s1
9OCOOcon9+22.410s
10RICRicciardo11+22.806s
11STRStroll14+25.007s
12ALBAlbon12+26.303s
13BOTBottas17+27.006s
14MAGMagnussen18+32.986s
15ZHOZhou19+36.342s
16SARSargeant13+37.571s
17HULHülkenberg20+37.827s
18TSUTsunoda16+39.267s
DNFPERPérez8Collision damage
DNFALOAlonso15Accident

Sprint lap chart

P1P5P10P15P20051011LapVERPIAGASHAMSAILECNORRUSOCORICSTRALBBOTSARMAGZHOALOHULTSUPER

Sprint tyres

VER
PIA
GAS
SAI
LEC
NOR
HAM
RUS
OCO
RIC
STR
ALB
BOT
MAG
ZHO
SAR
HUL
TSU
PER
ALO

Sectors & speed

#DriverS1S2S3Ideal lap
1HAM31.54546.47029.2901:47.305
2VER31.58847.01729.5511:48.156
3LEC32.08547.43429.8211:49.340
4BOT31.74148.10329.7051:49.549
5SAR31.40448.76629.5661:49.736
6ALB31.33648.93629.5131:49.785
7ZHO31.56048.48829.7711:49.819
8OCO31.24948.60430.0051:49.858
9HUL31.30748.73329.8671:49.907
10RUS31.57248.63929.8941:50.105
11PER32.26548.09929.8281:50.192
12ALO31.70248.45230.0641:50.218
13GAS31.45549.22429.8581:50.537
14MAG31.74849.06029.9201:50.728
15STR32.07648.72830.0141:50.818
16NOR32.30748.35630.2601:50.923
17TSU31.73549.43829.7571:50.930
18RIC31.55549.41730.0221:50.994
19SAI31.99950.21730.1671:52.383

Speed trap (race best)

SAR
323 km/hALB
320 km/hZHO
319 km/hGAS
319 km/hOCO
318 km/hHUL
317 km/hRIC
317 km/hBOT
315 km/hMAG
314 km/hRUS
313 km/hTSU
313 km/hHAM
312 km/hSAI
312 km/hALO
312 km/hLEC
310 km/hNOR
309 km/hSTR
309 km/hVER
308 km/hPER
307 km/h

Best race sectors per driver; the ideal lap adds them up. Purple = fastest in that sector.

Weather

Temperature

17.5°20°22.5°25°27.5°30°°C
Minutes from the race start.

Conditions

Track25–32°°C
Air18°average °C
Humidity62%average
Wind1.6m/s average
RainYes5 wet readings

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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Racing line from the pole lap (VER); the amber dot is the start/finish line. Corner numbers from MultiViewer.

Previous winners here

2022Max VerstappenRed Bull
2021Max VerstappenRed Bull
2020Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2019Charles LeclercFerrari
2018Sebastian VettelFerrari
2017Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2016Nico RosbergMercedes
2015Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2014Daniel RicciardoRed Bull
2013Sebastian VettelRed Bull

Race control

L1 12:06CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 5
L1 12:06DRS ENABLED IN ZONE 1
L1 12:10GREEN LIGHT - PIT EXIT OPEN
L1 12:20PIT EXIT CLOSED
L1 12:29DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 16
L1 12:29DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 15
L1 12:30CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 15
L1 12:30CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 16
L1 12:45RISK OF RAIN FOR F1 RACE IS 40%
L1 12:52YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 20
L1 12:52CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 20
L1 12:57DRS DISABLED
L1 13:03SESSION STARTED
L1 13:03GREEN LIGHT - PIT EXIT OPEN
L2 13:06YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 14
L2 13:06DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 14
L2 13:06YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 13
L2 13:07DRS ENABLED
L3 13:08CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 13
L3 13:08CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 14
L3 13:08DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 2
L3 13:08DRS DISABLED IN ZONE 2
L3 13:08CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 2
L3 13:08DRS ENABLED IN ZONE 2
L3 13:08LAP 1 TURN 1 NOTED
L4 13:09FIA STEWARDS: LAP 1 TURN 1 REVIEWED NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION
L6 13:13CAR 20 (MAG) LAP DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 11 LAP 5 15:12:39 (PIT)
L10 13:22CAR 2 (SAR) TIME 2:07.068 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 9 LAP 9 15:20:28
L11 13:23CAR 27 (HUL) TIME 1:54.655 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 11 LAP 10 15:22:16
L12 13:24CAR 55 (SAI) TIME 1:53.893 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 4 LAP 10 15:21:46
L14 13:28BETWEEN TURN 4 AND 5 INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 44 (HAM) NOTED - WEAVING ON STRAIGHT
L15 13:30FIA STEWARDS: BETWEEN TURN 4 AND 5 INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR 44 (HAM) REVIEWED NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION - WEAVING ON STRAIGHT
L15 13:31CAR 22 (TSU) TIME 1:52.504 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 9 LAP 13 15:27:51
L16 13:33CAR 22 (TSU) TIME 1:52.963 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 9 LAP 14 15:29:44
L20 13:40TRACK SURFACE SLIPPERY IN TRACK SECTOR 12
L20 13:40CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 12
L22 13:43CAR 1 (VER) TIME 1:54.915 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 4 LAP 21 15:41:55
L22 13:43TRACK SURFACE SLIPPERY IN TRACK SECTOR 20
L22 13:43CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 20
L22 13:44CAR 55 (SAI) TIME 2:00.162 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 11 LAP 21 15:43:44
L23 13:45CAR 11 (PER) TIME 1:56.286 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 11 LAP 22 15:44:37
L29 13:58CAR 23 (ALB) TIME 1:52.076 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 9 LAP 28 15:56:43
L34 14:07CAR 2 (SAR) TIME 1:53.556 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 4 LAP 33 16:05:43
L37 14:12CAR 4 (NOR) TIME 1:52.433 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 4 LAP 36 16:10:59
L37 14:13CAR 2 (SAR) TIME 1:50.236 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 4 LAP 36 16:11:39
L37 14:13BLACK AND WHITE FLAG FOR CAR 2 (SAR) - TRACK LIMITS
L38 14:13CAR 44 (HAM) TIME 1:51.428 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 9 LAP 37 16:12:51
L39 14:16CAR 3 (RIC) TIME 1:53.131 DELETED - TRACK LIMITS AT TURN 15 LAP 37 16:14:15
L44 14:26CHEQUERED FLAG
L44 14:26SESSION FINISHED
L44 14:26YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 2
L44 14:26DRS DISABLED IN ZONE 2
L44 14:28DOUBLE YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 16
L44 14:29CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 16
L44 14:32DRS ENABLED IN ZONE 2
L44 14:32CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 2

Blue flags omitted. Times are UTC.

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