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2023 Belgian Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Charles Leclerc and Sergio Pérez at Spa-Francorchamps.

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 Charles Leclerc
Classified
Top 20
Round
13
Circuit
Spa-Francorchamps
Qualifying date
July 28, 2023

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Charles Leclerc secured the other front-row place for Ferrari, with Sergio Pérez third for Red Bull.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, and Sergio Pérez. P4 through P20 were Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz Jr., Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, George Russell, Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll, Yuki Tsunoda, Pierre Gasly, Kevin Magnussen, Valtteri Bottas, Esteban Ocon, Alexander Albon, Guanyu Zhou, Logan Sargeant, Daniel Ricciardo, and Nico Hülkenberg.

Team representation

Alfa Romeo placed 2 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 Jul 30, 2023.

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