Round 12 · 30 July 2023
2023 Belgian Grand Prix: results
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix, round 12 of the championship, held on 30 July 2023 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), starting from position 6. Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) completed the podium. Pole position went to Charles Leclerc. The fastest lap was set by Lewis Hamilton (1:47.305).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 6 | 1:22:30.450 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 2 | +22.305 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1 | +32.259 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 3 | +49.671 s | 13 | Finished |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 9 | +56.184 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | George Russell | Mercedes | 8 | +63.101 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 7 | +73.719 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 14 | +74.719 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 10 | +79.340 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 11 | +80.221 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | +83.084 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 13 | +85.191 s | — | Finished |
| 13 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 17 | +95.441 s | — | Finished |
| 14 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 15 | +96.184 s | — | Finished |
| 15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 16 | +101.754 s | — | Finished |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri | 19 | +103.071 s | — | Finished |
| 17 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 18 | +104.476 s | — | Finished |
| 18 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 20 | +110.450 s | — | Finished |
| 19 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 4 | — | — | Retired |
| 20 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 5 | — | — | Retired |
Tyres and strategy at the Belgian Grand Prix 2023
Max Verstappen won with 2 pit stop(s): soft (laps 1-14), medium (laps 15-30), soft (laps 31-44). The top ten used 4 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): medium 214 ± 9, soft 143 ± 9.
- 1. Max Verstappen: soft (laps 1-14), medium (laps 15-30), soft (laps 31-44)
- 2. Sergio Pérez: soft (laps 1-13), medium (laps 14-29), soft (laps 30-44)
- 3. Charles Leclerc: soft (laps 1-13), medium (laps 14-28), soft (laps 29-44)
- 4. Lewis Hamilton: soft (laps 1-12), medium (laps 13-27), soft (laps 28-42), medium (laps 43-44)
- 5. Fernando Alonso: medium (laps 1-29), soft (laps 30-44)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.