2023 British Grand Prix: F1 Race, Qualifying & Winners

Round 10 of the 2023 F1 season, held on 9 July at the Silverstone Circuit for the Formula 1 2023 British Grand Prix.

Ben Bush

By Ben Bush
Published on March 4, 2024
Updated on April 16, 2026

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2023 British Grand Prix winner

Max Verstappen took his 43rd Formula 1 World Championship victory at Silverstone, while Red Bull secured its 102nd win.

DateSunday, 9 July 2023
WinnerMax Verstappen
Red Bull-Honda RBPT
Pole positionMax Verstappen
Red Bull-Honda RBPT
Fastest lapMax Verstappen
Red Bull-Honda RBPT
CircuitSilverstone, 52 laps
Round10 of 22
Season2023 Formula 1 World Championship

The podium finish was the 195th of Lewis Hamilton’s career, the 87th for Max Verstappen, and the seventh for Lando Norris. It was also the 495th podium for McLaren, the 286th for Mercedes, and the 249th for Red Bull.

Verstappen’s pole position was the 27th of his career and Red Bull’s 90th. His fastest lap was the 26th of his career and the 91st for Red Bull.

This race marked Verstappen’s 50th front-row start, making him the eighth driver to reach that milestone and the first Dutch driver to do so. Norris recorded the third front-row start of his career, his first since 2021.

It was the 22nd time Verstappen converted pole position into victory, the 13th time he combined victory with fastest lap, and the eighth hat-trick of his career, achieved by taking pole, fastest lap, and the win in the same race.

MetricNumber
World Championship race1,089th
World Championship British Grand Prix74th
World Championship race at Silverstone58th

Qualifying

SessionPosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q31Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda RBPT1:26.720 
Q32Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:26.9610.241
Q33Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes1:27.0920.372
Q34Charles LeclercFerrari1:27.1360.416
Q35Carlos SainzFerrari1:27.1480.428
Q36George RussellMercedes1:27.1550.435
Q37Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:27.2110.491
Q38Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:27.5300.810
Q39Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes1:27.6590.939
Q310Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault1:27.6890.969
Q211Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari1:28.896 
Q212Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:28.935 
Q213Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:28.956 
Q214Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes1:29.031 
Q2DQValtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari 
Q116Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda RBPT1:29.968 
Q117Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:30.025 
Q118Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:30.123 
Q119Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:30.513 
Q120Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:32.378 
Valtteri Bottas was disqualified from qualifying after his car was unable to provide the required fuel sample.

Starting Grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda RBPT
2Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
3Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes
4Charles LeclercFerrari
5Carlos SainzFerrari
6George RussellMercedes
7Lewis HamiltonMercedes
8Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes
9Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes
10Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault
11Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari
12Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
13Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
14Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes
15Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda RBPT
16Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT
17Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
18Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT
19Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
20Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari

Race Results

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda RBPT521hr 25m 16.938s26 FL
2Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes52+3.798s18
3Lewis HamiltonMercedes52+6.783s15
4Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes52+7.776s12
5George RussellMercedes52+11.206s10
6Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda RBPT52+12.882s8
7Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes52+17.193s6
8Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes52+17.878s4
9Charles LeclercFerrari52+18.689s2
10Carlos SainzFerrari52+19.448s1
11Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes52+23.632s 
12Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari52+25.830s 
13Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari52+26.663s 
14Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes52+27.483s (5.000s) 
15Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari52+29.820s 
16Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT52+31.225s 
17Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT52+33.128s 
18Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault46DNF 
RKevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari31DNF 
REsteban OconAlpine-Renault9DNF 
Lance Stroll received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Pierre Gasly. He originally finished 11th.

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Drivers

PosDriverPoints
1Max Verstappen255
2Sergio Perez156
3Fernando Alonso137
4Lewis Hamilton121
5Carlos Sainz83
6George Russell82
7Charles Leclerc74
8Lance Stroll44
9Lando Norris42
10Esteban Ocon31
11Oscar Piastri17
12Pierre Gasly16
13Alexander Albon11
14Nico Hulkenberg9
15Valtteri Bottas5
16Guanyu Zhou4
17Kevin Magnussen2
18Yuki Tsunoda2

Constructors

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Honda RBPT411
2Mercedes203
3Aston Martin-Mercedes181
4Ferrari157
5McLaren-Mercedes59
6Alpine-Renault47
7Williams-Mercedes11
8Haas-Ferrari11
9Alfa Romeo-Ferrari9
10AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT2

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Ben Bush

Ben is a staff writer specialising in F1 from the 1990s to the modern era. Ben has been following Formula 1 since 1986 and is an avid researcher who loves understanding the technology that makes it one of the most exciting motorsport on the planet. He listens to podcasts about F1 on a daily basis, and enjoys reading books from the inspirational Adrian Newey to former F1 drivers.