2023 Austrian Grand Prix
2023 Austrian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 9 of 22 in the 2023 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | |||||
Date | 2 July 2023 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 Rolex Großer Preis von Österreich 2023 | ||||
Location |
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 4.318 km (2.683 miles) | ||||
Distance | 71 laps, 306.452 km (190.420 miles) | ||||
Weather | Cloudy | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
Time | 1:04.391 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | |||
Time | 1:07.012 on lap 71 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2023 Austrian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Großer Preis von Österreich 2023) was a Formula One motor race, which was held on 2 July 2023 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. It was the second Grand Prix weekend of the 2023 season to utilise the sprint format. Both races, which saw numerous penalties be given to drivers, were won by Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen.
Background
The event was held across the weekend of 30 June – 2 July. It was the ninth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship, and the 36th running of the Austrian Grand Prix in a World Championship season. The weekend was the second of six in the season to follow the sprint format.[1]
Regulation change about tyre usage for sprint shootouts
The tyre rules for sprint shootout were modified, enabling drivers and teams who made it through to SQ3 (the third segment of sprint shooutout) to use any set of soft tyre, whereas they were previously required to use new soft tyres. The change was made after Lando Norris could not run in SQ3 at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, due to exhausting his allocation of soft tyres.[a][2]
Championship standings before the race
Coming into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship by 69 points from teammate Sergio Pérez, with Fernando Alonso third, a further 9 points behind. Red Bull Racing led the Constructors' Championship, leading Mercedes by 154 points and Aston Martin by 167 points.[3]
Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[4]
Tyre choices
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4 and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[5]
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on 30 June 2023 at 17:00 local time (UTC+2).
Qualifying report
Throughout the session, multiple drivers, including polesitter Max Verstappen, exceeded track limits; this resulted in Sergio Pérez being unable to make Q3 for the fourth time in a row this season since Monaco.
The first session was red-flagged as Valtteri Bottas spun out at turn one; by this point, Max Verstappen topped the session, with Kevin Magnussen second before the red flag; the former had his best lap time deleted due to a track limits violation; in addition, Pierre Gasly, Zhou Guanyu and Lewis Hamilton all commited track limits violations as well. Verstappen set the fastest time once again as Yuki Tsunoda, teammate Nyck de Vries, Zhou, Logan Sargeant, and Magnussen were all eliminated following Q1.
As Verstappen started his Q2 lap, he fell exceeded track limits once again on turn ten and had his lap time deleted. This allowed Lando Norris to momentarily top the session ahead of Nico Hülkenberg, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Hamilton. Sergio Pérez commit more track limits violations, denying him a spot in Q3. He joined George Russell, Esteban Ocon, Oscar Piastri and Bottas eliminated after Q2.
Due to this, Alexander Albon appeared once again in Q3 for the Williams team, going on to qualify tenth. Verstappen took pole once again, with Charles Leclerc and Sainz making a Ferrari front-row start behind Verstappen. Lance Stroll in sixth outqualified teammate Alonso in seventh once again.[6][7]
Qualifying classification
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:05.116 | 1:04.951 | 1:04.391 | 1 |
2 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:05.577 | 1:05.087 | 1:04.439 | 2 |
3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:05.339 | 1:04.975 | 1:04.581 | 3 |
4 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:05.617 | 1:05.038 | 1:04.658 | 4 |
5 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:05.673 | 1:05.188 | 1:04.819 | 5 |
6 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:05.710 | 1:05.121 | 1:04.893 | 6 |
7 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:05.655 | 1:05.181 | 1:04.911 | 7 |
8 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas-Ferrari | 1:05.740 | 1:05.362 | 1:05.090 | 8 |
9 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 1:05.515 | 1:05.308 | 1:05.170 | 9 |
10 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1:05.673 | 1:05.387 | 1:05.823 | 10 |
11 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:05.686 | 1:05.428 | N/A | 11 |
12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1:05.729 | 1:05.453 | N/A | 12 |
13 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:05.683 | 1:05.605 | N/A | 13 |
14 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:05.763 | 1:05.680 | N/A | 14 |
15 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:05.177 | 2:06.688 | N/A | 15 |
16 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT | 1:05.784 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
17 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:05.818 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
18 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams-Mercedes | 1:05.948 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
19 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:05.971 | N/A | N/A | PL1 |
20 | 21 | Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT | 1:05.974 | N/A | N/A | PL2 |
107% time: 1:09.674 | |||||||
Source:[8][9] |
Notes
- ^1 – Kevin Magnussen qualified 19th, but he was required to start the race from the pit lane as the setup of the suspension was changed while the car was under parc fermé.[9]
- ^2 – Nyck de Vries qualified 20th, but he was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. He was then required to start the race from the pit lane due to changes to the setup of the suspension and to the rear and beam wings while the car was under parc fermé.[9]
Sprint shootout
The sprint shootout was held on 1 July 2023 at 12:00 local time (UTC+2).
Sprint shootout report
Much like the qualification the previous day, drivers exceeded track limits again, including Lewis Hamilton, whose session-topping time was deleted, preventing him from progressing the first part of the shoutout. This is the first time Hamilton got knocked following the first segment of a qualification session since the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and the first time he was knocked out following the first segment of a sprint shootout.
The first session began after a patch of rain around the Red Bull Ring earlier in the morning; as such, the track was cloudy, with no rain forecast over the next 20 minutes. The track, however, remained wet, so drivers were able to run any compound; Kevin Magnussen and Max Verstappen put on the mediums. The Williams cars of Alexander Albon and Logan Sargeant put on the intermediate tyres, compared to all other cars on softs; both cars would later swap for softs. Zhou Guanyu spun and caused a brief yellow flag.
Carlos Sainz Jr. suffered a failure of his brake-by-wire system, going into the pit lane with smoke billowing from the back of his Ferrari SF-23. Due to this, he was unable to set a lap time for the majority of the first part until his car was repaired during the closing minutes of the session. His only lap of the session ended up topping the timing sheets for the first session after Lewis Hamilton's time was deleted for track limits violations.
Verstappen, Zhou, Sergio Pérez, Hamilton (who initially topped the session), and Sargeant's first times were deleted for track limits violations. Oscar Piastri was blocked by Charles Leclerc, as the latter went back to the pits. The stewards investigated the incident as Leclerc made it through the next session by 0.1 millisecond. Zhou, Piastri, Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Sargeant were all knocked out and the end of the first part. Meanwhile, Hamilton's teammate George Russell, having set a time for seventh, reported a hydraulics failure, ruling him out of the rest of qualification. Nico Hülkenberg was the third-fastest behind the Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso.
The second session started with Russell remaining in the pits due to the hydraulics failure; he did not run the session as his steering rack had to be changed. On track, De Vries and Verstappen had their lap times deleted due to track limits violations, and a replay showed Hülkenberg's car running over a tyre; stewards investigated the unsafe release. Albon, Pierre Gasly, and the AlphaTauris of Yuki Tsunoda and De Vries joined Russell all out of the session.
Verstappen took the pole position for the sprint, with Pérez allowing the Red Bulls to start 1–2 with the Ferraris fifth (Sainz) and sixth (Leclerc, who was penalised and dropped to ninth after he impeded Piastri earlier).[10] Norris was in third and Hülkenberg fourth as Alonso and Stroll were classified seventh and eighth respectively.[11]
Sprint shootout classification
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Sprint grid | ||
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SQ1 | SQ2 | SQ3 | |||||
1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:06.236 | 1:05.371 | 1:04.440 | 1 |
2 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:06.924 | 1:05.836 | 1:04.933 | 2 |
3 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:06.723 | 1:05.699 | 1:05.010 | 3 |
4 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas-Ferrari | 1:06.548 | 1:06.091 | 1:05.084 | 4 |
5 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:06.187 | 1:05.434 | 1:05.136 | 5 |
6 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:07.061 | 1:05.673 | 1:05.245 | 91 |
7 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:06.611 | 1:05.759 | 1:05.258 | 6 |
8 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:06.569 | 1:05.914 | 1:05.347 | 7 |
9 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1:06.840 | 1:05.604 | 1:05.366 | 8 |
10 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:06.629 | 1:05.730 | 1:05.912 | 10 |
11 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1:06.892 | 1:06.152 | N/A | 11 |
12 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 1:06.873 | 1:06.360 | N/A | 12 |
13 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT | 1:06.896 | 1:06.369 | N/A | 13 |
14 | 21 | Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT | 1:06.704 | 1:06.593 | N/A | 14 |
15 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:06.653 | No time | N/A | 15 |
16 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:07.062 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
17 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:07.106 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
18 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:07.282 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
19 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:07.291 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
20 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams-Mercedes | 1:07.426 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
107% time: 1:10.8202 | |||||||
Source:[12][10] |
Notes
- ^1 – Charles Leclerc received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Oscar Piastri in SQ1.[10]
- ^2 – As the sprint shootout was held on a wet track, the 107% rule was not in force.[13]
Sprint
The sprint was held on 1 July 2023 at 16:30 local time (UTC+2).
Sprint report
Sergio Pérez had two near-miss moments between him and teammate Max Verstappen, leading to Pérez running wide at turn 3 on lap 1, losing positions to Hülkenberg and Sainz, and asking about Verstappen’s actions over team radio. Verstappen would remain the leading car for the rest of the sprint.
Nico Hülkenberg ran as high as second place before Pérez passed him without much effort, with Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lance Stroll passing him soon after. Hülkenberg, Lewis Hamilton, Kevin Magnussen, Logan Sargeant, Nyck de Vries, and Zhou Guanyu all boxed for dry tyres. The sprint ended with Verstappen winning comfortably from Pérez as Esteban Ocon and George Russell had a battle going into the final corner, with the former edging out the latter by 0.009 seconds.[14][15]
Sprint classification
Notes
- ^1 – Valtteri Bottas qualified 19th, but he started the race from the pit lane as he made a pit stop during the formation lap. His place on the grid was left vacant.[10]
Race
The race was held on 2 July 2023, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2).
Race report
Before the race began, a minute of silence was observed to pay tribute to Dutch driver Dilano van 't Hoff, who died at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps during the Formula Regional European Championship round the previous day. The race was held under cloudy conditions.
Max Verstappen had a good start ahead of the Ferraris with Lewis Hamilton battling Lando Norris for fourth. The safety car was called out after Yuki Tsunoda went into the gravel, damaging his front wing after a collision with Esteban Ocon. This incident required no further investigation and Tsunoda went into the pit lane to replace it. Meanwhile, Kevin Magnussen reported ERS problems and joined Tsunoda in the pit lane. The safety car instructed all cars to go through the pit lane as marshals cleaned up the debris on turn one.
On the restart, Verstappen had another good start and built a gap away from Charles Leclerc as teammate Sergio Pérez fought his way through the midfield, passing Ocon and closing up to George Russell, who he eventually passed. Norris, who was behind Hamilton, reported numerous breaches of track limits to his McLaren pitwall. Hamilton, and later Tsunoda, would receive a black and white flag for unsportsmanlike conduct, later receiving penalties. Meanwhile, Nico Hülkenberg's car started to smoke, retiring with a power unit issue and bringing out a virtual safety car. Carlos Sainz Jr. made it clear to Ferrari pitwall his intentions to fight Verstappen, though this went unanswered as the team decided to double-stack with Sainz getting a slower stop, dropping him behind Hamilton and Norris, who had exited the pits.
Verstappen would continue to build a large gap until he went into the pit lane for his stop. Leclerc jumped him in the pit lane, allowing him to lead a race for Ferrari for the first time since the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. This time, he kept the lead for nine laps, culminating in a battle between him and Verstappen that he had no answer to as the Red Bull driver passed him with DRS. Pérez, who had started fifteenth, would get up to third as drivers made their stops, and Verstappen, having built up a large gap over the race, won comfortably behind Leclerc, giving Ferrari their 800th Formula One podium, and Verstappen's teammate Pérez, who had the fastest lap before Verstappen took the fastest lap as he crossed the line.[17][18]
As with qualification earlier in the weekend, a large amount of penalties would be given out during the race, with a majority being due to track limits violations around the final two corners; the first two drivers to get them were Hamilton and Tsunoda, both receiving five-second penalties for track limits. Tsunoda would later receive a ten-second penalty for further track limit violations in addition to an investigation for not serving his first penalty correctly. Alongside Hamilton and Tsunoda, Sainz, Ocon, Alexander Albon, Pierre Gasly, Logan Sargeant, and Magnussen all received penalties for track limits, with Ocon receiving a thirty-second penalty overall. The only driver to have not been penalised due to track limits was Nyck de Vries, who got a penalty for pushing Magnussen off-track. Further penalties would be given after Aston Martin protested the race results.
Post-race
Aston Martin, who took concern to the numerous penalties being given throughout the weekend, successfully protested the race results.[19] The stewards were unable to review all 1,200 reports to race control during the race,[20] but handed a further twelve penalties for track limits violations following completion of the review process after the case.[21] Esteban Ocon had a record five penalties been given to him in one race.[22]
Race classification
Notes
- ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.[23]
- ^2 – Carlos Sainz Jr. finished fourth, but he received a ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.[22]
- ^3 – Lewis Hamilton finished seventh, but he received a ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.[22]
- ^4 – Pierre Gasly finished ninth, but he received a ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.[22]
- ^5 – Alexander Albon received a ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits. His final position was not affected by the penalty.[22]
- ^6 – Logan Sargeant received a total of 15-second time penalty for exceeding track limits. His final position was not affected by the penalty.[22]
- ^7 – Esteban Ocon finished 12th, but he received a total of 30-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.[22]
- ^8 – Nyck de Vries finished 15th, but he received a five-second time penalty for forcing Kevin Magnussen off the track. He also received a total of 15-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.[22]
- ^9 – Kevin Magnussen finished 19th, but he received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits. He gained a position following Yuki Tsunoda's penalty.[22]
- ^10 – Yuki Tsunoda finished 17th, but he received a total of 15-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.[22]
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
Notes
- ^ Theoretically, Lando Norris could have run intermediate or full wet tyres during the dry SQ3 session.
References
- ^ "Formula 1 announces venues for six F1 Sprint events across 2023 season". formula1.com. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ Cooper, Adam (29 June 2023). "FIA tweaks F1 sprint qualifying tyre rules to avoid inters farce". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Canada 2023 – Championship". Stats F1. 18 June 2023. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "2023 Austrian Grand Prix – Entry List" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "2023 Tyre Compound Choices – Canada, Austria and Great Britain". press.pirelli.com. Milan: Pirelli. 8 June 2023. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ Kalinauckas, Alex (30 June 2023). "F1 Austrian GP: Verstappen sees off Leclerc for pole by 0.048s". Autosport. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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- ^ Kalinauckas, Alex (1 July 2023). "F1 Austrian GP: Verstappen beats Perez to sprint shootout pole". Autosport.
- ^ "Formula 1 Rolex Großer Preis von Österreich 2023 – Sprint Shootout". Formula 1. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "2023 Formula One Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 25 April 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ Kalinauckas, Alex (30 June 2023). "F1 Austrian GP: Verstappen dominates after first lap tussle with Perez". Autosport. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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- ^ Bradley, Charles (3 July 2023). "F1 race results: Max Verstappen wins Austrian GP". Autosport.
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- ^ Kew, Matt (3 July 2023). "FIA upholds Aston Martin protest, F1 Austrian GP results set to change". Autosport.
- ^ Kew, Matt (3 July 2023). "FIA unable to review 1200 potential F1 track limit offences in Austrian GP". Autosport.
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