2023 Belgian Grand Prix

2023 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 12 of 22 in the 2023 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Race details
Date 30 July 2023 (2023-07-30)
Official name Formula 1 MSC Cruises Belgian Grand Prix 2023
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Stavelot, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 7.004 km (4.352 miles)
Distance 44 laps, 308.052 km (191.415 miles)
Weather Partly cloudy, with a rain interval
Attendance 380,000[1]
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:46.988
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:47.305 on lap 44
Podium
First Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Second Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2023 Belgian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 MSC Cruises Belgian Grand Prix 2023) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 30 July 2023 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. It was the twelfth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship and the third Grand Prix weekend of the season to utilise the sprint format.

While Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Grand Prix, Max Verstappen took pole in the sprint shootout and won both the sprint and the Grand Prix itself.

  1. ^ "Record attendance for the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix". 30 July 2023. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Verstappen takes five-place grid penalty at Belgian GP for gearbox change". Formula 1. 28 July 2023. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Penalty-hit Verstappen fastest in Belgian GP qualifying as Leclerc set to start from pole". Formula 1. 28 July 2023. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.


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