2023 British Grand Prix Qualifying Results
1 Max VERSTAPPEN - Red Bull Racing 1:26.720
2 Lando NORRIS - McLaren +0.241
3 Oscar PIASTRI - McLaren +0.372
4 Charles LECLERC - Ferrari +0.416
5 Carlos SAINZ - Ferrari +0.428
6 George RUSSELL - Mercedes +0.435
7 Lewis HAMILTON - Mercedes +0.491
8 Alexander ALBON - Williams +0.810
9 Fernando ALONSO - Aston Martin +0.939
10 Pierre GASLY - Alpine +0.969
11 Nico HULKENBERG - Haas F1 Team 1:28.896
12 Lance STROLL - Aston Martin 1:28.935
13 Esteban OCON - Alpine 1:28.956
14 Logan SARGEANT - Williams 1:29.031
15 Valtteri BOTTAS - Alfa Romeo no time
16 Sergio PEREZ - Red Bull Racing 1:29.968
17 Yuki TSUNODA - AlphaTauri 1:30.025
18 Guanyu ZHOU - Alfa Romeo 1:30.123
19 Nyck DE VRIES - AlphaTauri 1:30.513
20 Kevin MAGNUSSEN - Haas F1 Team 1:32.378
Race start time: Sunday 15:00 UK (14:00 UTC)
Please, McLaren, don’t destroy my dreams tomorrow.
Please. A good clean start. P2/3 by end of lap 1. Control the race. Please.
I was in stunned silence for several seconds with Lando in P1 right at the end there. Fantastic showing from McLaren!
Should be an exciting opening lap tomorrow.
Awesome results for McLarens, How did they pull this off?
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- Max VERSTAPPEN - Red Bull Racing 1:26.720
- Lando NORRIS - McLaren +0.241
- Oscar PIASTRI - McLaren +0.372
- Charles LECLERC - Ferrari +0.416
- Carlos SAINZ - Ferrari +0.428
- George RUSSELL - Mercedes +0.435
- Lewis HAMILTON - Mercedes +0.491
- Alexander ALBON - Williams +0.810
- Fernando ALONSO - Aston Martin +0.939
- Pierre GASLY - Alpine +0.969
- Nico HULKENBERG - Haas F1 Team 1:28.896
- Lance STROLL - Aston Martin 1:28.935
- Esteban OCON - Alpine 1:28.956
- Logan SARGEANT - Williams 1:29.031
Valtteri BOTTAS - Alfa Romeo no timeDQ’ed for failing to provide a sufficient fuel sample. See https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.bottas-disqualified-from-silverstone-qualifying-with-finn-set-to-start.5smsKl0raawLdfivHEeQgq.html- Sergio PEREZ - Red Bull Racing 1:29.968
- Yuki TSUNODA - AlphaTauri 1:30.025
- Guanyu ZHOU - Alfa Romeo 1:30.123
- Nyck DE VRIES - AlphaTauri 1:30.513
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN - Haas F1 Team 1:32.378
MVP
What a great Q, except for Max, Max always ruining everything.
Awesome result for mclaren, sad that things didn’t go albons way when Williams was looking so good in practice
P8 in a Williams is still a pretty damn good result. I’m shocked at the McLaren pace in qualy. Seems like they got some nice upgrades. I
Will be stoked to see mclaren in the mix, hoping for no car failures, crashes on lap 1.
What an action packed qualifier!
Perez need to be replaced with Danny Ric
Let’s go Oscar!! Aussie aussie aussie oie oie oie!
I’m honestly hoping that Danny Ric doesn’t replace Perez. Let it be Yuki, but I don’t want to see Danny get destroyed by Max again. I don’t think that he has enough to offer to create a situation like Rosberg to Hamilton.
Did DR get utterly destroyed by Verstappen though?
Max beat him in the 2018 standings but Ricciardo got very unlucky with reliability that year. He had 8 DNFs, compared to 4 from Verstappen, 6 of which were down to the car rather than him.
Verstappen decisively beat him in qualifying but, with an average gap of just over a tenth, its not the embarrassment that it first appears.
Do I think Ricciardo can beat Verstappen? No, probably not. That said, he is the only driver to have beaten Max in equal machinery and they both have a preference for reactive front ends. With Max demanding an incredibly twitchy car, RB need a second driver that can reliably place their car high in the order. Especially since they may actually have to fight for the championship in 24 and 25.
Unfortunately the daniel of today is not the same as the daniel of 2018. Also max today is also much better than he was in 2018. So even though he did not get destroyed earlier, he may get destroyed now in much the same way as he was destroyed by Lando. Ricciardo has to go to a smaller team and rebuild his confidence and reputation before trying for one of the top teams