Belgium 2023: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:58.515	1:52.784	1:46.168
2	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:58.300	1:52.017	1:46.988	+0.820
3	Pérez	Red Bull	1:58.899	1:52.353	1:47.045	+0.877
4	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:58.563	1:52.345	1:47.087	+0.919
5	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:58.688	1:51.711	1:47.152	+0.984
6	Piastri	McLaren	1:58.872	1:51.534	1:47.365	+1.197
7	Norris	McLaren	1:59.981	1:52.252	1:47.669	+1.501
8	Russell	Mercedes	1:59.035	1:52.605	1:47.805	+1.637
9	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:58.834	1:52.751	1:47.843	+1.675
10	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:59.663	1:52.193	1:48.841	+2.673
11	Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:59.044	1:53.148		+1.614
12	Gasly	Alpine	1:59.511	1:53.671		+2.137
13	Magnussen	Haas	2:00.020	1:54.160		+2.626
14	Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:59.484	1:54.694		+3.160
15	Ocon	Alpine	1:59.634	1:56.372		+4.838
16	Albon	Williams	2:00.314			+2.014
17	Zhou	Alfa Romeo	2:00.832			+2.532
18	Sargeant	Williams	2:01.535			+3.235
19	Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	2:02.159			+3.859
20	Hülkenberg	Haas	2:03.166			+4.866

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Gap
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:58.135	1:55.200	1:49.056
2	Piastri	McLaren	2:00.056	1:56.392	1:49.067	+0.011
3	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:59.414	1:56.557	1:49.081	+0.025
4	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:59.575	1:56.265	1:49.251	+0.195
5	Norris	McLaren	2:00.436	1:56.828	1:49.389	+0.333
6	Gasly	Alpine	2:00.032	1:56.137	1:49.700	+0.644
7	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:58.939	1:55.823	1:49.900	+0.844
8	Pérez	Red Bull	1:59.362	1:55.878	1:49.961	+0.905
9	Ocon	Alpine	1:59.884	1:57.051	1:50.494	+1.438
10	Russell	Mercedes	2:00.475	1:57.393	1:55.742	+6.686
11	Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	2:00.177	1:57.687		+2.487
12	Albon	Williams	1:59.198			+1.063
13	Sargeant	Williams	2:00.031			+1.896
14	Stroll	Aston Martin	2:00.460			+2.325
15	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:59.038			+0.903
16	Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	2:00.568			+2.433
17	Bottas	Alfa Romeo	2:00.951			+2.816
18	Magnussen	Haas	2:01.079			+2.944
19	Zhou	Alfa Romeo	2:01.430			+3.295
NC	Hülkenberg	Haas

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Gap	Points
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1	24:58.433	8
2	Piastri	McLaren	2	+6.677	7
3	Gasly	Alpine	6	+10.733	6
4	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	3	+12.648	5
5	Leclerc	Ferrari	4	+15.016	4
6	Norris	McLaren	5	+16.052	3
7	Hamilton	Mercedes	7	+16.757	2
8	Russell	Mercedes	10	+16.822	1
9	Ocon	Alpine	9	+22.410
10	Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	11	+22.806
11	Stroll	Aston Martin	14	+25.007
12	Albon	Williams	12	+26.303
13	Bottas	Alfa Romeo	17	+27.006
14	Magnussen	Haas	18	+32.986
15	Zhou	Alfa Romeo	19	+36.342
16	Sargeant	Williams	13	+37.571
17	Hülkenberg	Haas	20	+37.827
18	Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	16	+39.267
DNF	Pérez	Red Bull	8	Collision damage
DNF	Alonso	Aston Martin	15	Accident

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Max VerstappenDriver of the Day	Red Bull	6	44	1:22:30.450	2	Honda RBPT
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	2	44	+22.305	2	Honda RBPT
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1	44	+32.259	2	Ferrari
4	Lewis HamiltonFastest lap	Mercedes	3	44	+49.671	3	Mercedes
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	9	44	+56.184	2	Mercedes
6	George Russell	Mercedes	8	44	+1:03.101	1	Mercedes
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	7	44	+1:13.719	2	Mercedes
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	14	44	+1:14.719	2	Renault
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	10	44	+1:19.340	1	Mercedes
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	11	44	+1:20.221	2	Honda RBPT
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	12	44	+1:23.084	1	Renault
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	13	44	+1:25.191	2	Ferrari
13	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	17	44	+1:35.441	2	Ferrari
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	15	44	+1:36.184	3	Mercedes
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	16	44	+1:41.754	2	Ferrari
16	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	19	44	+1:43.071	2	Honda RBPT
17	Logan Sargeant	Williams	18	44	+1:44.476	3	Mercedes
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	PL	44	+1:50.450	2	Ferrari
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	4	23	Collision damage	1	Ferrari
DNF	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	5	0	Collision damage	0	Mercedes

Starting grid vs qualifying

Verstappen Qualified 1, started 6 · 5-place penalty
Magnussen Qualified 13, started 16 · 3-place penalty
Hülkenberg Qualified 20, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Ocon14→8+6
Verstappen6→1+5
Alonso9→5+4
Zhou17→13+4
Ricciardo19→16+3
Russell8→6+2
HülkenbergPL→18+2
Stroll10→9+1
Tsunoda11→10+1
Gasly12→11+1
Bottas13→12+1
Albon15→14+1
Magnussen16→15+1
Sargeant18→17+1
Pérez2→20
Norris7→70
Hamilton3→4-1
Leclerc1→3-2

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Tsunoda22.610R9
2Pérez22.710R29
3Tsunoda22.737R24
4Ricciardo22.843R5
5Verstappen22.887R14
6Verstappen23.012R30
7Hamilton23.023R27
8Alonso23.085R10
9Ocon23.085R6
10Hamilton23.090R12

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Verstappen1416142 stops
Pérez1316152 stops
Leclerc1315162 stops
Hamilton12151523 stops
Alonso1019152 stops
Russell22221 stop
Norris512272 stops
Ocon619192 stops
Stroll20241 stop
Tsunoda915202 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

Sainz Jr.Collision damageFerrari
PiastriCollision damageMcLaren

This race in history

55 races here since 1950Won from pole: 21 of 55

Win from furthest back (P16): Michael Schumacher 1995

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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