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2023 British Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at Silverstone.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Max Verstappen
Pole team
Red Bull
Front row
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris
Classified
Top 21
Round
11
Circuit
Silverstone
Qualifying date
July 8, 2023

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Lando Norris secured the other front-row place for McLaren, with Oscar Piastri third for McLaren.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, and Oscar Piastri. P4 through P21 were Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz Jr., George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Alexander Albon, Fernando Alonso, Pierre Gasly, Nico Hülkenberg, Lance Stroll, Esteban Ocon, Logan Sargeant, Sergio Pérez, Yuki Tsunoda, Guanyu Zhou, Nyck de Vries, Kevin Magnussen, Valtteri Bottas, and Valtteri Bottas.

Team representation

Alfa Romeo placed 3 cars, AlphaTauri placed 2 cars, Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jun 17, 2024.

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