How Max Verstappen won the 2023 F1 Spanish Grand Prix

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04 Jun 2023

15:37

Full race result

How the race finished in Spain

Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, Spain, Race — Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19. Formula 1 World Championship,…

15:34

Top 10

Verstappen, Hamilton, Russell, Perez, Sainz, Stroll, Alonso, Ocon, Zhou and Gasly.

15:31

Max Verstappen wins the Spanish Grand Prix

Another dominant display from the Red Bull driver.

15:30

Verstappen starts the final lap

Perez is now just 2.5s behind Russell for third.

15:28

Three laps to go

Verstappen is 20.0s clear of Hamilton.

Russell has a 3.7s lead over Perez.

15:25

Penalty for Tsunoda

He's been handed a five-second time penalty for forcing Zhou off.

15:24

Order on Lap 61

Verstappen, Hamilton, Russell, Perez, Sainz, Stroll, Alonso, Ocon, Tsunoda and Zhou.

15:22

Verstappen

Verstappen is shown the black and white flag for track limits.

One more is a five-second time penalty.

15:19

Tough battle for P9

Tsunoda and Zhou are battling hard for ninth.

Zhou is forced to take to the escape road at Turn 1.

"He pushed me off man," the Alfa Romeo driver says over team radio.

15:16

Perez catching Russell

He's just 7.7s behind Russell now for the podium.

15:14

Lap 53/66

Perez breezes past Sainz into Turn 1 for fourth.

15:13

Lap 53/66

Verstappen comes in for the softs - his final pit stop of the afternoon.

15:12

15 laps to go

Alonso storms past Ocon, who put up a very aggressive defence down the start-finish straight.

15:11

Lap 51/66

Hamilton is the next driver to come in for fresh rubber.

Mercedes put him on softs and he rejoins in second.

Perez pits shortly after as well. He comes out in fifth behind Sainz.

15:08

Lap 1 in Barcelona

Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 and Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari SF-23 battle for the lead at the start of the — Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 and Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP)…

15:05

Russell pits

Russell is the next driver to make his second stop of the afternoon - he rejoins in fourth on softs.

15:04

Lap 46/66

Alonso pits for new hards - his final stop of the afternoon - and rejoins in 10th.

15:03

Order on Lap 45

Verstappen, Hamilton, Russell, Perez, Alonso, Sainz, Stroll, Ocon, Tsunoda, Zhou, Piastri, Gasly, Leclerc, de Vries, Norris, Hulkenberg, Albon, Sargeant, Magnussen and Bottas.

14:59

More pit stops

Sainz pits for new hards - he rejoins in a comfortable sixth.

Leclerc is also in for fresh rubber.

14:57

Lap 40/66

Verstappen's lead over Hamilton is now 15.7s, who is 9.7s ahead of Russell.

Perez is now just 4.0s behind Sainz.

14:54

Order on Lap 38

Verstappen, Hamilton, Russell, Sainz, Perez, Alonso, Piastri, Gasly, Leclerc, de Vries, Stroll, Tsunoda, Ocon, Hulkenberg, Zhou, Bottas, Albon, Magnussen, Norris and Sargeant.

14:50

Lap 35/66

Russell storms past Sainz into Turn 1 for third overall.

Further down, Stroll stops for hards and rejoins in 13th.

14:47

Russell

Russell had reported rain a few laps ago - turns out it might have been sweat from his helmet.

14:44

Lap 31/66

Perez gets past Alonso with the use of DRS for eighth.

14:43

Order on Lap 30