2023 Dutch Grand Prix: F1 Race, Qualifying & Winners

The 2023 Dutch Grand Prix was the 1,092nd World Championship race, the 33rd World Championship Dutch Grand Prix, and the 33rd World Championship race held at Zandvoort.

Date	Sunday, 27 August 2023
Winner	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT
Pole position	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT
Fastest lap	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin-Mercedes
Circuit	Zandvoort, 72 laps
Round	13 of 22
Season	2023 Formula 1 World Championship

Liam Lawson made his World Championship race debut at Zandvoort. Max Verstappen scored his 46th career win and Red Bull recorded its 105th World Championship victory.

Fernando Alonso claimed the 105th podium of his career, while Verstappen took his 90th podium to become the seventh driver to reach that mark and the first Dutch driver to do so. Pierre Gasly scored the fourth podium of his career, Alpine’s first podium since 2021 and the team’s fourth overall. The race also delivered Red Bull’s 254th podium and Aston Martin’s eighth.

Verstappen also secured the 28th pole position of his career and Red Bull’s 91st. Alonso set the fastest lap for the 24th time in his career, his first for Aston Martin and his first fastest lap since 2018, while Aston Martin recorded its first fastest lap and became the 44th different constructor to set one. Verstappen’s pole converted into his 23rd pole-and-win double, and his Zandvoort start marked the 52nd front-row start of his career, while Lando Norris made the front row for the fourth time.

Race numbers

World Championship race	1,092nd
World Championship Dutch Grand Prix	33rd
World Championship race at Zandvoort	33rd

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	1:10.567
2	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:11.104	0.537
3	George Russell	Mercedes	1:11.294	0.727
4	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:11.419	0.852
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:11.506	0.939
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:11.754	1.187
7	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	1:11.880	1.313
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:11.938	1.371
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:12.665	2.098
10	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	1:16.748	6.181
Q2
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:20.121
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:20.128
13	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:20.151
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:20.230
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:20.250
Q1
16	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:22.067
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:22.110
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:22.192
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:22.260
20	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:23.420

Starting Grid

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

Yuki Tsunoda received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Lewis Hamilton in qualifying.
Kevin Magnussen was required to start from the pit lane due to multiple replacement power unit elements.

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	72	2hr 24m 04.411s	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	72	+3.744s	19 FL
3	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	72	+7.058s	15
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	72	+10.068s (5.000s)	12
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	72	+12.541s	10
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	72	+13.209s	8
7	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+13.232s	6
8	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	72	+15.155s	4
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+16.580s	2
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	72	+18.346s	1
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	72	+20.087s
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	72	+20.840s
13	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	72	+26.147s
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	72	+27.388s
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	72	+29.893s (5.000s)
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	72	+31.410s (5.000s)
17	George Russell	Mercedes	72	DNF
R	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	62	DNF
R	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	41	DNF
R	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	14	DNF

Sergio Perez received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane and originally finished third.
Yuki Tsunoda received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision and originally finished 13th.
Kevin Magnussen received a five-second time penalty for falling more than 10 car lengths behind the Safety Car and originally finished 15th.

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Drivers’ Championship

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	339
2	Sergio Perez	201
3	Fernando Alonso	168
4	Lewis Hamilton	156
5	Carlos Sainz	102
6	Charles Leclerc	99
7	George Russell	99
8	Lando Norris	75
9	Lance Stroll	47
10	Pierre Gasly	37
11	Esteban Ocon	36
12	Oscar Piastri	36
13	Alexander Albon	15
14	Nico Hulkenberg	9
15	Valtteri Bottas	5
16	Guanyu Zhou	4
17	Yuki Tsunoda	3
18	Kevin Magnussen	2

Constructors’ Championship

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	540
2	Mercedes	255
3	Aston Martin-Mercedes	215
4	Ferrari	201
5	McLaren-Mercedes	111
6	Alpine-Renault	73
7	Williams-Mercedes	15
8	Haas-Ferrari	11
9	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	9
10	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	3

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