Belgian Grand Prix Qualifying

Date & Time
Fri 28th July 2023 5:00pm Local
Fri 28th July 2023 3:00pm UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2023

Round
13

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Location
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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Description

Qualifying was held on 28 July 2023, and was scheduled at 17:00 local time (UTC+2), but was delayed by ten minutes due to rain.

Qualifying report
For the first segment (Q1), Lando Norris broke his floor as his car snapped and was on track to hit the wall, but he saved the car and went into the gravel instead. Meanwhile, teammate Oscar Piastri saw better fortunes by setting the fastest lap momentarily. Max Verstappen allegedly impeded Alexander Albon but no further action was taken, going on to take Piastri's spot being the fastest car on track. Albon, Zhou Guanyu, Logan Sargeant, Daniel Ricciardo, on his second qualifying for the AlphaTauri team, and Nico Hülkenberg were all knocked out. Hülkenberg's retirement was caused by his own car, which suffered hydraulic leaks during the session. Repairs meant he could not set another lap.

Intermediates continued to be the chosen rubber of the second session (Q2) before Norris substituted them for soft tyres. Meanwhile, Esteban Ocon ripped the right side of his front wing and ended up joining Yuki Tsunoda, teammate Pierre Gasly, Kevin Magnussen, who would also achieve a grid penalty for impeding Charles Leclerc, and the other Alfa Romeo of Valtteri Bottas all out of the session, which Piastri momentarily topped with Verstappen barely scraping by.

The drag reduction system (DRS) was made available to all drivers for the final session (Q3). Verstappen achieved pole position but would be impeded by a five-place grid penalty, which meant Charles Leclerc achieved the second pole position in 2023 for Ferrari ahead of Sergio Pérez and Lewis Hamilton.

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Result List

01	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1:46.168
02	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:46.988
03	Sergio Perez	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1:47.045
04	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	1:47.087
05	Carlos Sainz Jr	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:47.152
06	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:47.365
07	Lando Norris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:47.669
08	George Russell	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	1:47.805
09	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	1:47.843
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	1:48.841
11	Yuki Tsunoda	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team	1:53.148
12	Pierre Gasly	BWT Alpine Formula One Team	1:53.671
13	Kevin Magnussen	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1:54.160
14	Valtteri Bottas	Audi Revolut F1 Team	1:54.694
15	Esteban Ocon	BWT Alpine Formula One Team	1:56.372
16	Alexander Albon	Williams Racing	2:00.314
17	Guanyu Zhou	Audi Revolut F1 Team	2:00.832
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams Racing	2:01.535
19	Daniel Ricciardo	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team	2:02.159
20	Nico Hulkenberg	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	2:03.166