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F1 qualifying results: Max Verstappen takes Spanish GP pole
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix, the seventh round of the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship, ahead of local hero Carlos Sainz.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jun 4, 2023, 1:12 AM
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Verstappen will start ahead of Sainz and Lando Norris (McLaren) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.
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Spanish Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Sainz
Pos Nº Driver Car/Engine Time Delay
[s] Delay
[%] 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1'12.272 - - 2 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1'12.734 0.462 0.639 3 4 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1'12.792 0.520 0.720 4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1'12.818 0.546 0.755 5 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1'12.994 0.722 0.999 6 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 1'13.083 0.811 1.122 7 27 Nico Hülkenberg Haas/Ferrari 1'13.229 0.957 1.324 8 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1'13.507 1.235 1.709 9 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1'13.682 1.410 1.951 10 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1'12.816 0.544 0.753 3+3-place penalty for impeding Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen during qualifying
11 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1'13.334 1.062 1.469 12 63 George Russell Mercedes 1'13.447 1.175 1.626 13 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 1'13.521 1.249 1.728 14 21 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT 1'14.083 1.811 2.506 15 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT 1'14.477 2.205 3.051 16 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 1'13.977 1.705 2.359 17 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 1'14.042 1.770 2.449 18 23 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1'14.063 1.791 2.478 19 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1'14.079 1.807 2.500 20 2 Logan Sargeant Williams/Mercedes 1'14.699 2.427 3.358
What happened in Spanish Grand Prix Q1?
In tricky damp weather conditions on slick tyres, the session was red flagged after Valtteri Bottas spun his Alfa Romeo into the gravel, while Alex Albon (Williams) spun off at Turn 5, Nyck de Vries rotated his AlphaTauri and Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin also took a trip through the gravel.
Verstappen set the pace at 1m13.615s despite being involved in an impeding investigation with Pierre Gasly (Alpine), who then beat him with 1m13.471s as the times tumbled at the end. Norris and then Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) improved to the P1 spot, Hamilton lapping in 1m12.937s for the quickest lap of the session, as Verstappen slipped back to ninth.
Falling at the first hurdle were Bottas, Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Albon, Charles Leclerc – who suffered a disastrous session in his Ferrari – and Logan Sargeant (Williams).
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Spanish Grand Prix Q1 results: Hamilton fastest from Norris
Cla Driver Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
11 1'12.937 229.759 2 Lando Norris
10 1'13.295 0.358 0.358 228.637 3 George Russell
11 1'13.326 0.389 0.031 228.541 4 Carlos Sainz
10 1'13.411 0.474 0.085 228.276 5 Nico Hulkenberg
9 1'13.420 0.483 0.009 228.248 6 Esteban Ocon
9 1'13.433 0.496 0.013 228.208 7 Pierre Gasly
9 1'13.471 0.534 0.038 228.089 8 Nyck de Vries
10 1'13.581 0.644 0.110 227.749 9 Max Verstappen
9 1'13.615 0.678 0.034 227.643 10 Zhou Guanyu
10 1'13.677 0.740 0.062 227.452 11 Oscar Piastri
8 1'13.691 0.754 0.014 227.409 12 Fernando Alonso
9 1'13.747 0.810 0.056 227.236 13 Lance Stroll
11 1'13.766 0.829 0.019 227.177 14 Yuki Tsunoda
11 1'13.862 0.925 0.096 226.882 15 Sergio Perez
10 1'13.874 0.937 0.012 226.845 16 Valtteri Bottas
10 1'13.977 1.040 0.103 226.529 17 Kevin Magnussen
9 1'14.042 1.105 0.065 226.331 18 Alex Albon
8 1'14.063 1.126 0.021 226.266 19 Charles Leclerc
10 1'14.079 1.142 0.016 226.217 20 Logan Sargeant
6 1'14.699 1.762 0.620 224.340 View full results
What happened in Spanish Grand Prix Q2?
Verstappen set the pace at 1m12.760s, just 0.016s faster than Norris’s McLaren, as his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez struggled for pace and went off on the opening lap of his final run at Turn 7.
On his final attempt, Perez failed to make the top 10 by 0.051s. In another bizarre moment, the Mercedes cars collided on the run to Turn 1, while passing Sainz’s Ferrari, with Hamilton’s car losing his front wing endplate.
Knocked out at this point along with Perez were George Russell (Mercedes), Zhou Guanyu (Alfa) and the AlphaTauris of de Vries and Yuki Tsunoda.
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Spanish Grand Prix Q2 results: Verstappen fastest from Norris
Cla Driver Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
15 1'12.760 230.318 2 Lando Norris
16 1'12.776 0.016 0.016 230.268 3 Carlos Sainz
16 1'12.790 0.030 0.014 230.223 4 Lewis Hamilton
17 1'12.999 0.239 0.209 229.564 5 Esteban Ocon
15 1'13.001 0.241 0.002 229.558 6 Oscar Piastri
14 1'13.059 0.299 0.058 229.376 7 Lance Stroll
17 1'13.082 0.322 0.023 229.304 8 Fernando Alonso
15 1'13.098 0.338 0.016 229.253 9 Pierre Gasly
15 1'13.186 0.426 0.088 228.978 10 Nico Hulkenberg
15 1'13.283 0.523 0.097 228.675 11 Sergio Perez
17 1'13.334 0.574 0.051 228.516 12 George Russell
18 1'13.447 0.687 0.113 228.164 13 Zhou Guanyu
16 1'13.521 0.761 0.074 227.934 14 Nyck de Vries
16 1'14.083 1.323 0.562 226.205 15 Yuki Tsunoda
19 1'14.477 1.717 0.394 225.009 View full results
What happened in Spanish Grand Prix Q3?
On the first runs, Verstappen lapped in 1m12.272s, almost a second clear of the opposition on fresh tyres as opposed to everyone else on used rubber.
On the final runs, Verstappen didn’t need to improve, as Sainz took second – 0.462s in arrears – from Norris, Gasly (who got two grid penalties for impeding, dropping him to 10th), Hamilton, Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Nico Hulkenberg (Haas), Alonso (whose car suffered damage in its early off) and Oscar Piastri (McLaren).
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Spanish Grand Prix Q3 results: Verstappen takes pole
Cla Driver Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
20 1'12.272 231.874 2 Carlos Sainz
22 1'12.734 0.462 0.462 230.401 3 Lando Norris
22 1'12.792 0.520 0.058 230.217 4 Pierre Gasly
21 1'12.816 0.544 0.024 230.141 5 Lewis Hamilton
23 1'12.818 0.546 0.002 230.135 6 Lance Stroll
23 1'12.994 0.722 0.176 229.580 7 Esteban Ocon
21 1'13.083 0.811 0.089 229.300 8 Nico Hulkenberg
18 1'13.229 0.957 0.146 228.843 9 Fernando Alonso
18 1'13.507 1.235 0.278 227.978 10 Oscar Piastri
20 1'13.682 1.410 0.175 227.436 View full results
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