2023 Canadian Grand Prix

2023 Canadian Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	June 18, 2023
Race Number	1087
Official Name	Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix du Canada 2023
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Canada
Course	Temporary street circuit 4.361 km (2.710 mi)
Distance	70 laps, 305.27 km (189.686 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:25.858
Fastest Lap
Driver	Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:14.481 on lap 70
Podium
First	Max Verstappen
Second	Fernando Alonso
Third	Lewis Hamilton
Lap Leaders

The 2023 Canadian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix du Canada 2023) was the ninth round of the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on the weekend of June 16 to June 18 2023.

Background

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	File:Heavy Rain.svg Heavy Rain
Practice 2	Cloudy
Practice 3	Rain
Qualifying	Rain
Race	Partly Cloudy

Available Tyres
Hard	C3
Medium	C4
Soft	C5
Inter	Inters
Wet	Wet

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix is outlined below:

Official Entry List of 2023 Canadian Grand Prix

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB19	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
2	Logan Sargeant	Williams Racing	Williams	FW45	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
4	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL37	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
10	Pierre Gasly	BWT Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A523	Renault	E-Tech RE23 1.6L V6t	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB19	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR23	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR23	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
21	Nyck de Vries	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AlphaTauri	AT04	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
22	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AlphaTauri	AT04	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
23	Alexander Albon	Williams Racing	Williams	FW45	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake	Alfa Romeo	C43	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
27	Nico Hulkenberg	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
31	Esteban Ocon	BWT Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A523	Renault	E-Tech RE23 1.6L V6t	P
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W14	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
63	George Russell	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W14	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake	Alfa Romeo	C43	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL37	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
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Practice

Practice Results

The full practice results for the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix are outlined below:

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:20.231	5	1:14.142	6	1:23.106	1
2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	No Time	17	1:15.426	19	1:27.279	20
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	No Time	14	1:14.617	13	1:25.198	13
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	No Time	15	1:14.477	10	1:24.825	6
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:20.154	4	1:14.250	8	1:25.857	17
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:19.807	3	1:14.044	4	1:24.483	3
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:26.809	11	1:14.094	5	1:23.397	2
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:19.175	2	1:14.419	9	1:24.944	7
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:24.045	7	1:14.544	12	1:24.715	4
21	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:32.274	12	1:15.002	16	1:25.725	16
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	No Time	13	1:14.941	15	1:25.379	8
23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	No Time	16	1:15.003	17	1:25.379	14
24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:24.961	9	1:14.811	14	1:26.750	18
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:24.336	8	1:16.369	20	1:25.140	11
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	DNP		1:15.092	18	1:26.840	19
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	DNP		1:13.718	1	1:24.765	10
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:25.991	10	1:13.844	3	1:24.765	5
63	George Russell	Mercedes	DNP		1:13.745	2	1:25.435	15
77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:18.728	1	1:14.220	7	1:24.988	9
81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.496	6	1:14.533	11	1:25.191	12
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Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
				Time	Time	Time
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:20.851	1:19.092	1:25.858	1
2	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:22.730	1:20.305	1:27.102	5
3	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:21.481	1:19.776	1:27.286	2
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:21.554	1:20.426	1:27.627	3
5	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:21.798	1:20.098	1:27.893	4
6	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:22.114	1:20.406	1:27.945	6
7	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.998	1:19.347	1:28.046	7
8	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:22.248	1:19.856	1:29.294	11
9	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.190	1:19.659	1:31.349	8
10	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:21.938	1:18.725	DNF	9
11	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:21.843	1:20.615	N/A	10
12	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:22.151	1:20.959	N/A	12
13	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:22.677	1:21.484	N/A	16
14	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:22.351	1:21.678	N/A	13
15	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:22.332	1:21.821	N/A	14
16	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:22.746	N/A	N/A	19
17	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:22.886	N/A	N/A	15
18	21	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:23.137	N/A	N/A	17
19	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	1:23.337	N/A	N/A	18
20	24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:23.342	N/A	N/A	20
107% Time: 1:26.511
Source:

• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.

Grid

Show Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	1. Verstappen	2
	______________	14. Alonso
Row 2	3	______________
	44. Hamilton	4
	______________	63. Russell
Row 3	5	______________
	27. Hülkenberg	6
	______________	31. Ocon
Row 4	7	______________
	4. Norris	8
	______________	81. Piastri
Row 5	9	______________
	23. Albon	10
	______________	16. Leclerc
Row 6	11	______________
	55. Sainz	12
	______________	11. Pérez
Row 7	13	______________
	20. Magnussen	14
	______________	77. Bottas
Row 8	15	______________
	10. Gasly	16
	______________	18. Stroll
Row 9	17	______________
	21. de Vries	18
	______________	2. Sargeant
Row 10	19	______________
	22. Tsunoda	20
	______________	24. Zhou

Grid Penalty

• Nico Hülkenberg received a three-place grid penalty for failure to slow during red flags.
• Carlos Sainz, Jr. received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Pierre Gasly.
• Yuki Tsunoda received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Nico Hülkenberg.
• Lance Stroll received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Esteban Ocon.

Race

Results

The full results for the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	70	1:33:58.348	1	25
2	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	70	+9.570	2	18
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	+4.598	3	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	70	+18.648	10	12
5	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	70	+21.540	11	10
6	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	70	+51.028	12	9FL
7	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1:00.813	9	6
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	70	+1:01.692	6	4
9	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	70	+1:04.402	16	2
10	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	+1:04.432	14	1
11	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1:05.101	8
12	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	70	+1:05.249	15
13	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1:08.363	7
14	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	70	+1:13.423	19
15	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	5
16	24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	20
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	13
18	21	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri-RBPT	69	+1 Lap	17
Ret	63	George Russell	Mercedes	53	Brakes	4
Ret	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	6	Engine	18
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Post-Race time penalty

• Lando Norris originally finished 9^th, but received a 5 second time penalty as he drove too slow under the Safety Car period in order to avoid a delay during double stack for his pit stop.

Milestones

• 100^th race win for the Red Bull Racing team.

Post-Race Standings

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1st Max Verstappen 195 — 2nd Sergio Pérez 126 — 3rd Fernando Alonso 117 — 4th Lewis Hamilton 102 — 5th Carlos Sainz 68 ▲1 6th George Russell 65 ▼1 7th Charles Leclerc 54 — 8th Lance Stroll 37 — 9th Esteban Ocon 29 — 10th Pierre Gasly 15 — 11th Lando Norris 12 — 12th Alexander Albon 7 ▲6 13th Nico Hülkenberg 6 ▼1 14th Oscar Piastri 5 ▼1 15th Valtteri Bottas 5 ▼1 16th Guanyu Zhou 4 ▼1 17th Yuki Tsunoda 2 ▼1 18th Kevin Magnussen 2 ▼1 Only point-scoring drivers are shown.

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1st Red Bull 321 — 2nd Mercedes 167 — 3rd Aston Martin-Mercedes 154 — 4th Ferrari 122 — 5th Alpine-Renault 44 — 6th McLaren-Mercedes 17 — 7th Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 9 ▲1 8th Haas-Ferrari 8 ▼1 9th Williams-Mercedes 7 ▲1 10th AlphaTauri-RBPT 2 ▼1

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