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Event

Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Sun 4th June 2023 (UTC)
Sun 4th June 2023 (Local)

Timestamp
2023-06-04T13:00:00

Time

13:00:00 UTC (15:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2023

Round
8

Status
Match Finished

Location
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

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Description

The 2023 Spanish Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 AWS Gran Premio de España 2023) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 4 June 2023 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the seventh round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship.

After taking pole position, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing led every lap, took the fastest lap, and won the race ahead of Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell in second and third respectively, marking Verstappen's third career grand chelem.

Background
The event was held across the weekend of 2–4 June 2023. It was the seventh round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship.

Following the upgrade package to the Mercedes W14 introduced in the previous round, the Monaco Grand Prix, further upgrades improving the car's airflow were introduced to this event. Ferrari revealed an upgrade package for their SF-23, switching from an in-wash solution to a down-wash, similar to Red Bull Racing's RB19. It received a minor upgrade to its floor and diffuser.

Championship standings before the race
Max Verstappen was the Drivers' Championship leader after the sixth round, the Monaco Grand Prix, with 144 points, 39 ahead of Sergio Pérez in second, with Fernando Alonso in third, 12 points behind Pérez. In the Constructors' Championship, Red Bull Racing led Aston Martin by 129 points and Mercedes by 130.

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Result List

01	Max Verstappen	1:27:57.940
02	Lewis Hamilton	+24.090s
03	George Russell	+32.389s
04	Sergio Perez	+35.812s
05	Carlos Sainz Jr	+45.698s
06	Lance Stroll	+63.320s
07	Fernando Alonso	+64.127s
08	Esteban Ocon	+69.242s
09	Guanyu Zhou	+71.878s
10	Pierre Gasly	+73.530s
11	Charles Leclerc	+74.419s
12	Yuki Tsunoda	+75.416s
13	Oscar Piastri	+1 lap
14	Nyck de Vries	+1 lap
15	Nico Hulkenberg	+1 lap
16	Alexander Albon	+1 lap
17	Lando Norris	+1 lap
18	Kevin Magnussen	+1 lap
19	Valtteri Bottas	+1 lap
20	Logan Sargeant	+1 lap

Result Description
Polesitter Max Verstappen led from start to finish. Lando Norris made contact with Lewis Hamilton coming into the first corner, damaging his front wing and forcing him to come into the pit lane for a change, dropping him to last. Hamilton's floor was also damaged. Hamilton's teammate George Russell was noted by stewards for gaining an advantage on the opening chicane; no investigation was necessary. In an early stop, Valtteri Bottas swapped his softs compound tyres for hards as Charles Leclerc, who started from pit-lane, passed Alexander Albon for sixteenth; Lance Stroll was running as high as third until Hamilton passed him.

Zhou Guanyu and Nico Hülkenberg swapped their softs for hards on lap 9 with the Alfa driver overtaking the Haas. Esteban Ocon soon followed into the pits. Carlos Sainz Jr. came in on lap 16 for mediums, prompting a confused response from the Ferrari driver; meanwhile Leclerc put on softs. Sergio Pérez soon found himself behind Fernando Alonso, with the Aston Martin soon putting on softs. Norris soon returned to the pits with mediums in-hand; Hamilton followed with mediums and rejoined behind Sainz. With drivers coming in for their stops, Verstappen and Pérez led a 1–2 for Red Bull with Sainz in third; furthermore, Verstappen had pulled such a large gap he swapped for hards by lap 26 and did not lose the lead to his teammate. However, Pérez would drop to ninth after a stop for hards, and soon passed Alonso with the aid of DRS. His tyres degrading as he went, Stroll decided to take the hards and rejoined in thirteenth. Meanwhile, Oscar Piastri went into the pits along with Pierre Gasly.

By lap 50, Sainz, Alonso, Russell, Hamilton and Pérez all swapped their compounds while Verstappen was shown a black and white flag due to three track limits violations. Ocon pulled a defense on Alonso, which Alonso was able to evade. Yuki Tsunoda was given a five-second penalty for forcing Zhou off track, dropping him out of the points from ninth position. Verstappen would take the fastest lap and win the race ahead of Hamilton and Russell, earning him his third career grand slam.

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