Round 12 · 2023Sprint

Belgian Grand Prix

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium28–30 Jul

Drawn from car positions, 2026 FP1

Practice 1
Fri 11:30
Data published
track 22° ·air 18° ·94% hum ·4.0 km/h windwet
Qualifying
Fri 15:00
Data published
track 24° ·air 19° ·89% hum ·4.0 km/h windwet
Sprint Shootout
Sat 10:00
Data published
track 22° ·air 16° ·94% hum ·5.8 km/h windwet
Sprint
Sat 15:05
Data published
track 27° ·air 19° ·82% hum ·4.0 km/h windwet
Fantasy lock
Grand Prix
Sun 13:00
Data published
track 28° ·air 18° ·62% hum ·5.4 km/h windwet

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	VER	Red Bull Racing	6	5	1:22:30.450	25
2	PER	Red Bull Racing	2	—	+22.305	18
3	LEC	Ferrari	1	2	+32.259	15
4	HAM	Mercedes	3	1	+49.671	13
5	ALO	Aston Martin	9	4	+56.184	10
6	RUS	Mercedes	8	2	+63.101	8
7	NOR	McLaren	7	—	+73.719	6
8	OCO	Alpine	14	6	+74.719	4
9	STR	Aston Martin	10	1	+79.340	2
10	TSU	AlphaTauri	11	1	+80.221	1
11	GAS	Alpine	12	1	+83.084
12	BOT	Alfa Romeo	13	1	+85.191
13	ZHO	Alfa Romeo	17	4	+95.441
14	ALB	Williams	15	1	+96.184
15	MAG	Haas F1 Team	16	1	+101.754
16	RIC	AlphaTauri	19	3	+103.071
17	SAR	Williams	18	1	+104.476
18	HUL	Haas F1 Team	20	2	+110.450
19	SAI	Ferrari	4	15	Retired
20	PIA	McLaren	5	15	Retired

Sprint result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	VER	Red Bull Racing	1	—	24:58.433	8
2	PIA	McLaren	2	—	+6.677	7
3	GAS	Alpine	6	3	+10.733	6
4	SAI	Ferrari	3	1	+12.648	5
5	LEC	Ferrari	4	1	+15.016	4
6	NOR	McLaren	5	1	+16.052	3
7	HAM	Mercedes	7	—	+16.757	2
8	RUS	Mercedes	10	2	+16.822	1
9	OCO	Alpine	9	—	+22.410
10	RIC	AlphaTauri	11	1	+22.806
11	STR	Aston Martin	14	3	+25.007
12	ALB	Williams	12	—	+26.303
13	BOT	Alfa Romeo	17	4	+27.006
14	MAG	Haas F1 Team	18	4	+32.986
15	ZHO	Alfa Romeo	19	4	+36.342
16	SAR	Williams	13	3	+37.571
17	HUL	Haas F1 Team	20	3	+37.827
18	TSU	AlphaTauri	16	2	+39.267
19	PER	Red Bull Racing	8	11	Collision damage
20	ALO	Aston Martin	15	5	Accident

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VER	1:58.515	1:52.784	1:46.168
2	LEC	1:58.300	1:52.017	1:46.988	+0.820
3	PER	1:58.899	1:52.353	1:47.045	+0.877
4	HAM	1:58.563	1:52.345	1:47.087	+0.919
5	SAI	1:58.688	1:51.711	1:47.152	+0.984
6	PIA	1:58.872	1:51.534	1:47.365	+1.197
7	NOR	1:59.981	1:52.252	1:47.669	+1.501
8	RUS	1:59.035	1:52.605	1:47.805	+1.637
9	ALO	1:58.834	1:52.751	1:47.843	+1.675
10	STR	1:59.663	1:52.193	1:48.841	+2.673
11	TSU	1:59.044	1:53.148	—	+6.980
12	GAS	1:59.511	1:53.671	—	+7.503
13	MAG	2:00.020	1:54.160	—	+7.992
14	BOT	1:59.484	1:54.694	—	+8.526
15	OCO	1:59.634	1:56.372	—	+10.204
16	ALB	2:00.314	—	—	+14.146
17	ZHO	2:00.832	—	—	+14.664
18	SAR	2:01.535	—	—	+15.367
19	RIC	2:02.159	—	—	+15.991
20	HUL	2:03.166	—	—	+16.998

Sprint Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VER	1:58.135	1:55.200	1:49.056
2	PIA	2:00.056	1:56.392	1:49.067	+0.011
3	SAI	1:59.414	1:56.557	1:49.081	+0.025
4	LEC	1:59.575	1:56.265	1:49.251	+0.195
5	NOR	2:00.436	1:56.828	1:49.389	+0.333
6	GAS	2:00.032	1:56.137	1:49.700	+0.644
7	HAM	1:58.939	1:55.823	1:49.900	+0.844
8	PER	1:59.362	1:55.878	1:49.961	+0.905
9	OCO	1:59.884	1:57.051	1:50.494	+1.438
10	RUS	2:00.475	1:57.393	1:55.742	+6.686
11	RIC	2:00.177	1:57.687	—	+8.631
12	ALO	1:59.038	—	—	+9.982
13	ALB	1:59.198	—	—	+10.142
14	SAR	2:00.031	—	—	+10.975
15	STR	2:00.460	—	—	+11.404
16	TSU	2:00.568	—	—	+11.512
17	BOT	2:00.951	—	—	+11.895
18	MAG	2:01.079	—	—	+12.023
19	ZHO	2:01.430	—	—	+12.374
20	HUL	—	—	—

How the weekend has moved

Practice 12:03.207

Qualifying1:46.168−17.039

Sprint Shootout1:49.056+2.888

Sprint1:58.943+9.887run 2:02.942

Grand Prix1:47.305−11.638run 1:52.699

Fastest lap of each session, the change from the session before, and the midfield's median fuel-corrected long run. Times normally tumble as the track rubbers in.

Spa-Francorchamps in earlier seasons

20232:03.207

20221:45.047−18.160run 1:52.111

20211:44.472−18.735run 1:50.912

20191:44.123−19.084run 1:52.222

20181:42.661−20.546run 1:50.119

Fastest practice lap per season at this circuit. Layout changes, resurfacing and weather all move these numbers, so read them as context rather than a like-for-like comparison.

Practice 1

Fri 28 Jul, 11:30 UTCFastestSAI2:03.207

Single-lap pace

SAI2:03.207—9 laps

PIA2:03.792+0.5854 laps

NOR2:04.484+1.2774 laps

LEC2:08.148+4.9418 laps

PER2:08.240+5.0335 laps

ALB2:08.394+5.1875 laps

TSU2:09.067+5.8608 laps

MAG2:09.229+6.0227 laps

RIC2:09.319+6.1127 laps

HUL2:10.042+6.8358 laps

ALO2:10.283+7.0764 laps

HAM2:10.299+7.0927 laps

RUS2:10.475+7.2686 laps

BOT2:12.085+8.8789 laps

ZHO2:14.002+10.7958 laps

OCO2:16.018+12.8112 laps

SAR2:16.417+13.2104 laps

STR2:21.946+18.7395 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap
SAI	34.214	56.684	32.309	2:03.207	2:03.207
PIA	35.553	55.608	32.631	2:03.792	2:03.792
NOR	36.405	55.523	32.556	2:04.484	2:04.484
LEC	35.689	58.596	33.863	2:08.148	2:08.148
PER	35.581	59.181	33.478	2:08.240	2:08.240
ALB	35.444	59.777	33.173	2:08.394	2:08.394
TSU	35.229	60.138	33.700	2:09.067	2:09.067
MAG	35.389	60.287	33.553	2:09.229	2:09.229
RIC	35.548	59.906	33.865	2:09.319	2:09.319
HUL	35.954	59.979	34.109	2:10.042	2:10.042
ALO	35.565	60.067	34.651	2:10.283	2:10.283
HAM	35.618	60.488	34.193	2:10.299	2:10.299
RUS	35.439	60.382	34.654	2:10.475	2:10.475
BOT	34.990	62.274	34.821	2:12.085	2:12.085
ZHO	36.694	62.324	34.984	2:14.002	2:14.002

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

FerrariSAIahead of LEC+4.941

McLarenPIAahead of NOR+0.692

WilliamsALBahead of SAR+8.023

AlphaTauriTSUahead of RIC+0.252

Haas F1 TeamMAGahead of HUL+0.813

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+11.663

MercedesHAMahead of RUS+0.176

Alfa RomeoBOTahead of ZHO+1.917

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

SAI333

PIA13

NOR13

LEC323

PER41

ALB32

TSU332

MAG133

RIC331

HUL143

ALO31

HAM313

RUS33

BOT1233

ZHO323

OCO2

SAR22

STR221

VER11

GAS2

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