Round 7 · 4 June 2023
2023 Spanish Grand Prix: results
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix, round 7 of the championship, held on 4 June 2023 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (Spain), starting from position 1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and George Russell (Mercedes) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Max Verstappen (1:16.330).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 1:27:57.940 | 26 | Finished |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 4 | +24.090 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | George Russell | Mercedes | 12 | +32.389 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 11 | +35.812 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 2 | +45.698 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 5 | +63.320 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 8 | +64.127 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 6 | +69.242 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 13 | +71.878 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 10 | +73.530 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 19 | +74.419 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 15 | +75.416 s | — | Finished |
| 13 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 9 | — | — | Lapped |
| 14 | Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 14 | — | — | Lapped |
| 15 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 7 | — | — | Lapped |
| 16 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 18 | — | — | Lapped |
| 17 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 3 | — | — | Lapped |
| 18 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 17 | — | — | Lapped |
| 19 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 16 | — | — | Lapped |
| 20 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 20 | — | — | Lapped |
Tyres and strategy at the Spanish Grand Prix 2023
Max Verstappen won with 2 pit stop(s): medium (laps 1-26), hard (laps 27-52), soft (laps 53-66). The top ten used 4 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): medium 55 ± 3, hard 44 ± 2, soft 41 ± 4.
- 1. Max Verstappen: medium (laps 1-26), hard (laps 27-52), soft (laps 53-66)
- 2. Lewis Hamilton: soft (laps 1-24), medium (laps 25-50), soft (laps 51-66)
- 3. George Russell: soft (laps 1-25), medium (laps 26-45), soft (laps 46-66)
- 4. Sergio Pérez: medium (laps 1-27), hard (laps 28-50), soft (laps 51-66)
- 5. Carlos Sainz: soft (laps 1-15), medium (laps 16-41), hard (laps 42-66)
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.