Round 2 · 19 March 2023
2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: results
Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) won the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, round 2 of the championship, held on 19 March 2023 at Jeddah Corniche Circuit (Saudi Arabia), starting from position 1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Max Verstappen (1:31.906).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1 | 1:21:14.894 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 15 | +5.355 s | 19 | Finished |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 2 | +20.728 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | George Russell | Mercedes | 3 | +25.866 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 7 | +31.065 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 4 | +35.876 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 12 | +43.162 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 6 | +52.832 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 9 | +54.747 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 13 | +64.826 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 16 | +67.494 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 10 | +70.588 s | — | Finished |
| 13 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 11 | +76.060 s | — | Finished |
| 14 | Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 18 | +77.478 s | — | Finished |
| 15 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 8 | +85.021 s | — | Finished |
| 16 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 20 | +86.293 s | — | Finished |
| 17 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 19 | +86.445 s | — | Finished |
| 18 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 14 | — | — | Lapped |
| 19 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 17 | — | — | Retired |
| 20 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 5 | — | — | Retired |
Tyres and strategy at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2023
Sergio Pérez won with 1 pit stop(s): medium (laps 1-18), hard (laps 19-50). The top ten used 3 different strategies.
- 1. Sergio Pérez: medium (laps 1-18), hard (laps 19-50)
- 2. Max Verstappen: medium (laps 1-18), hard (laps 19-50)
- 3. Fernando Alonso: medium (laps 1-18), hard (laps 19-50)
- 4. George Russell: medium (laps 1-18), hard (laps 19-50)
- 5. Lewis Hamilton: hard (laps 1-18), medium (laps 19-50)
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.