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2023 Qatar Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton at Lusail.

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 George Russell
Classified
Top 20
Round
18
Circuit
Lusail
Qualifying date
October 6, 2023

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. George Russell secured the other front-row place for Mercedes, with Lewis Hamilton third for Mercedes.

How the classification lined up

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

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 Mar 2, 2024.

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