F1 Belgian Grand Prix 2023 sprint results with penalties for Hamilton and Sargeant
F1 Belgian Grand Prix 2023 sprint results with penalties for Hamilton and Sargeant
Max Verstappen romped to victory in Saturday afternoon's sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix, taking the victory from the McLaren of Oscar Piastri.
The race was shortened by four laps after a handful of formation laps behind the safety car to clear standing water off the track, the drivers taking a rolling start and half the cars immediately diving into the pits for intermediate tyres.
Piastri was one of those, while Verstappen stayed out a lap longer and lost his lead in the pits when he did stop. The Dutchman closed in on the McLaren quickly, but his charge was briefly halted when the safety car was brought out to deal with the stranded Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso.
Verstappen stuck to Piastri's tail at the restart though, and was through within a matter of corners – pulling away at a rate of knots despite some complaints about the state of his brakes.
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Here is a full rundown on how things finished at Spa.
Belgian Grand Prix 2023 sprint results
The final classification from Spa is as follows:
1. Max Verstappen [Red Bull]
2. Oscar Piastri [McLaren] - +6.677s
3. Pierre Gasly [Alpine] - +10.733s
4. Carlos Sainz [Ferrari] - +12.648s
5. Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] - +15.016s
6. Lando Norris [McLaren] - +16.052s
7. Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes] - +16.757s (including five-second penalty)
8. George Russell [Mercedes] - +16.822s
9. Esteban Ocon [Alpine] - +22.410s
10. Daniel Ricciardo [AlphaTauri] - +22.806s
11. Lance Stroll [Aston Martin] - +25.007s
12. Alex Albon [Williams] - +26.303s
13. Valtteri Bottas [Alfa Romeo] - +27.006s
14. Kevin Magnussen [Haas] - +32.986s
15. Zhou Guanyu [Alfa Romeo] - +36.342s
16. Logan Sargeant [Williams] - +37.571s (including five-second penalty)
17. Nico Hulkenberg [Haas] - +37.827s
18. Yuki Tsunoda [AlphaTauri] - +39.267s
19. Sergio Perez [Red Bull] - DNF
20. Fernando Alonso [Aston Martin] - DNF
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