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2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying: Sergio Pérez took pole

Sergio Pérez took pole for Red Bull ahead of Charles Leclerc and Fernando Alonso at Jeddah.

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

Race recap

Pole
Sergio Pérez
Pole team
Red Bull
Front row
Sergio Pérez and Charles Leclerc
Classified
Top 20
Round
2
Circuit
Jeddah
Qualifying date
March 18, 2023

The front of the grid

Sergio Pérez qualified first for Red Bull. Charles Leclerc secured the other front-row place for Ferrari, with Fernando Alonso third for Aston Martin.

How the classification lined up

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

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 20, 2023.

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