2023 Austrian Grand Prix: F1 Race, Qualifying & Winners

The 2023 Austrian Grand Prix was the 1,088th World Championship race, the 36th World Championship Austrian Grand Prix, and the 19th World Championship race at Spielberg.

Date	Sunday, 2 July 2023
Season	2023 Formula 1 World Championship
Winner	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT
Pole position	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT
Fastest lap	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT
Circuit	Spielberg, 71 laps
Round	9 of 22

It was also a milestone race weekend for Kevin Magnussen, who made the 150th World Championship start of his career. That made him the 43rd driver to reach 150 starts and the first Danish driver to do so.

Max Verstappen secured his 42nd World Championship win, his 86th podium, his 26th pole position, his 25th fastest lap, his 49th front row start, his 21st pole-to-win conversion, his 12th win with fastest lap, and the seventh hat-trick of his career, achieved by taking pole, victory, and fastest lap in the same Grand Prix.

For Red Bull, the race delivered its 101st World Championship victory, its 247th and 248th podium finishes, its 89th pole position, and its 90th fastest lap. Ferrari also reached a major landmark with its 800th World Championship podium, becoming the first constructor to reach that total. Charles Leclerc scored the 26th podium of his career, while Sergio Perez claimed his 31st.

Race numbers

Metric	Number
World Championship race	1,088th
World Championship Austrian Grand Prix	36th
World Championship race at Spielberg	19th

Sprint Shootout

The Sprint shootout determined the starting grid for Saturday’s Sprint race.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	1:04.440
2	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	1:04.933	0.493
3	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:05.010	0.570
4	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:05.084	0.644
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:05.136	0.696
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:05.245	0.805
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:05.258	0.818
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:05.347	0.907
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:05.366	0.926
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:05.912	1.472
Q2
11	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:06.152
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:06.360
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:06.369
14	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:06.593
15	George Russell	Mercedes	–
Q1
16	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:07.062
17	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:07.106
18	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:07.282
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:07.291
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	1:07.426

Sprint

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	24	30m 26.730s	8
2	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	24	+21.048s	7
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	24	+23.088s	6
4	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	24	+29.703s	5
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	24	+30.109s	4
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	24	+31.297s	3
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	24	+36.602s	2
8	George Russell	Mercedes	24	+36.611s	1
9	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	24	+38.608s
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	24	+46.375s
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	24	+49.807s
12	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	24	+50.789s
13	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	24	+52.848s
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	24	+56.593s
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	24	+57.652s
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	24	+1m 04.822s
17	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	24	+1m 05.617s
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	24	+1m 06.059s
19	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	24	+1m 10.825s
20	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	24	+1m 16.434s

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	1:04.391
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:04.439	0.048
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:04.581	0.190
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:04.658	0.267
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:04.819	0.428
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:04.893	0.502
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:04.911	0.520
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:05.090	0.699
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:05.170	0.779
10	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:05.823	1.432
Q2
11	George Russell	Mercedes	1:05.428
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:05.453
13	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:05.605
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:05.680
15	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	2:06.688
Q1
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:05.784
17	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:05.818
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	1:05.948
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:05.971
20	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:05.974

Starting Grid

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda RBPT
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas-Ferrari
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault
10	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes
11	George Russell	Mercedes
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault
13	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
15	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda RBPT
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT
17	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes
Started from the pit lane
PL	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari
PL	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	71	1hr 25m 33.607s	26 FL
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	+5.155s	18
3	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	71	+17.188s	15
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+26.327s	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	71	+30.317s	10
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	71	+31.377s (10.000s)	8
7	George Russell	Mercedes	71	+48.403s	6
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+49.196s (10.000s)	4
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	71	+59.043s	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	71	+1m 07.667s (10.000s)	1
11	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	71	+1m 09.767s (10.000s)
12	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	+1 lap
13	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 lap (5.000s)
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	70	+1 lap (30.000s)
15	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	+1 lap
16	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1 lap
17	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	70	+1 lap (15.000s)
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	70	+1 lap (5.000s)
19	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	70	+1 lap (15.000s)
R	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	12	DNF

RAce Penalties

Carlos Sainz received a ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits and originally finished fourth. Lewis Hamilton received a ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits and originally finished seventh. Pierre Gasly received a ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits and originally finished ninth.

Alexander Albon received a ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits, although his final race position was unaffected. Logan Sargeant also received a ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits, with no change to his final classification.

Esteban Ocon received two five-second time penalties and two ten-second time penalties for exceeding track limits, having originally finished 12th. Nyck de Vries received a five-second time penalty for forcing Kevin Magnussen off the track and a ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits, having originally finished 15th. Kevin Magnussen received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits and originally finished 19th. Yuki Tsunoda received both a five-second and a ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits and originally finished 17th.

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	229
2	Sergio Perez	148
3	Fernando Alonso	131
4	Lewis Hamilton	106
5	Carlos Sainz	82
6	Charles Leclerc	72
7	George Russell	72
8	Lance Stroll	44
9	Esteban Ocon	31
10	Lando Norris	24
11	Pierre Gasly	16
12	Nico Hulkenberg	9
13	Alexander Albon	7
14	Oscar Piastri	5
15	Valtteri Bottas	5
16	Guanyu Zhou	4
17	Kevin Magnussen	2
18	Yuki Tsunoda	2

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	377
2	Mercedes	178
3	Aston Martin-Mercedes	175
4	Ferrari	154
5	Alpine-Renault	47
6	McLaren-Mercedes	29
7	Haas-Ferrari	11
8	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	9
9	Williams-Mercedes	7
10	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	2