Round 17 · 8 October 2023
2023 Qatar Grand Prix: results
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix, round 17 of the championship, held on 8 October 2023 at Lusail International Circuit (Qatar), starting from position 1. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) and Lando Norris (McLaren) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Max Verstappen (1:24.319).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 1:27:39.168 | 26 | Finished |
| 2 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 6 | +4.833 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 10 | +5.969 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | George Russell | Mercedes | 2 | +34.119 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 5 | +38.976 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 4 | +49.032 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 8 | +62.390 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 9 | +66.563 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 19 | +76.127 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 20 | +80.181 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 16 | +81.652 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 7 | +82.300 s | — | Finished |
| 13 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 13 | +91.014 s | — | Finished |
| 14 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 18 | — | — | Lapped |
| 15 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 11 | — | — | Lapped |
| 16 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 14 | — | — | Lapped |
| 17 | Liam Lawson | AlphaTauri | 17 | — | — | Lapped |
| 18 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 15 | — | — | Retired |
| 19 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 3 | — | — | Retired |
| 20 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 12 | — | — | Did not start |
Tyres and strategy at the Qatar Grand Prix 2023
Max Verstappen won with 2 pit stop(s): medium (laps 1-34), hard (laps 35-51), medium (laps 52-57). The top ten used 5 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): hard 61 ± 7, medium 20 ± 6.
- 1. Max Verstappen: medium (laps 1-34), hard (laps 35-51), medium (laps 52-57)
- 2. Oscar Piastri: medium (laps 1-43), hard (laps 44-57)
- 3. Lando Norris: medium (laps 1-44), hard (laps 45-57)
- 4. George Russell: medium (laps 1-32), hard (laps 33-50), soft (laps 51-57)
- 5. Charles Leclerc: medium (laps 1-25), hard (laps 26-43), medium (laps 44-57)
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.