Updated F1 race results: Max Verstappen wins Austrian GP

Verstappen dominated the race, although Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc did lead for a few laps during the pitstop cycle, on his way to finishing second, ahead of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, who drove from 15^th to third after his disastrous qualifying.

UPDATE: After the race, Aston Martin Racing protested the results and the FIA issued a new classification with extra penalties for drivers who had exceeded track limits.

UPDATED: 2023 F1 Austrian GP results

Cla	Nº	Driver	Car / Engine	Laps	Time	Delay/Retirement
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull/Honda RBPT	71	1:25'33.607
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	1:25'38.762	5.155
3	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull/Honda RBPT	71	1:25'50.795	17.188
4	4	Lando Norris	McLaren/Mercedes	71	1:25'59.934	26.327
5	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin/Mercedes	71	1:26'03.924	30.317
6	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	71	1:26'04.984	31.377
		10-second penalty for leaving the track without a justifiable reason multiple times
7	63	George Russell	Mercedes	71	1:26'22.010	48.403
8	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	1:26'22.803	49.196
		10-second penalty for leaving the track without a justifiable reason multiple times
9	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin/Mercedes	71	1:26'32.650	59.043
10	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine/Renault	71	1:26'41.274	1'07.667
		10-second penalty for leaving the track without a justifiable reason multiple times
11	23	Alexander Albon	Williams/Mercedes	71	1:26'53.374	1'19.767
		10-second penalty for leaving the track without a justifiable reason multiple times
12	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo/Ferrari	70	1:25'58.240	1 lap /24.633
13	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams/Mercedes	70	1:26'04.991	1 lap /31.384
		5+10-second penalty for leaving the track without a justifiable reason multiple times
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine/Renault	70	1:26'15.747	1 lap /42.140
		5+10+5+10-second penalty for leaving the track without a justifiable reason multiple times
15	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo/Ferrari	70	1:26'16.384	1 lap /42.777
16	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren/Mercedes	70	1:26'20.176	1 lap /46.569
17	21	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT	70	1:26'23.310	1 lap /49.703
		5-second penalty for forcing Kevin Magnussen off the track 5+10-second penalty for leaving the track without a justifiable reason multiple times
18	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas/Ferrari	70	1:26'30.260	1 lap /56.653
		5-second penalty for leaving the track without a justifiable reason multiple times
19	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT	70	1:26'33.480	1 lap /59.873
		10+5-second penalty for leaving the track without a justifiable reason multiple times
(19)	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas/Ferrari	12	16'24.575	Power Unit

How the 2023 F1 Austrian GP unfolded

Verstappen held his pole position advantage on the run to Turn 1, leading Leclerc and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari). Leclerc challenged Verstappen at Turn 3 and Turn 4 but was repelled each time. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) jumped up to fourth, ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren).

A safety car was required by the end of the opening lap, to clear debris from a Turn 1 clash, while Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) – who lost a chunk of his front wing – went off at Turn 4.

Sainz challenged Leclerc for second but was instructed to hold station by Ferrari as the pair fell 5s behind Verstappen.

Nico Hulkenberg’s Haas ground to a halt on lap 14, causing a virtual safety car. The top three were already past the pit entrance, so Hamilton and Norris dived in for fresh tyres along with the rest of the field – apart from Fernando Alonso, who started on hard-compound tyres, his Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll and Perez.

The Ferraris pitted a lap later, while Verstappen stayed out, with Sainz the big loser as he dropped from third to sixth through this phase and he chastised his strategist. Sainz passed Norris on lap 17, and then Hamilton two laps later, who’d also got a 5s penalty for exceeding track limits.

Sainz also passed Perez to regain his third place but was over 6s behind Leclerc at this point.

Verstappen pitted for hard tyres on lap 25, handing the top two spots to Leclerc and Sainz. He just needed a lap to deal with Sainz (who got a 5s track limits penalty) and then set off after Leclerc, who had broken Max’s consecutive laps-led streak since Miami.

Norris got ahead of a brake-troubled Hamilton for fourth on lap 29, but suffered a slow pitstop 13 laps later. But that was offset by Hamilton having to serve his 5s penalty during his stop a lap later.

Verstappen passed Leclerc for the lead on lap 35 at Turn 3 and pulled well clear of the Ferraris.

Perez, who started from 15^th after a disastrous sequences of lap deletions for track limits, worked his way up to fifth place. Sainz briefly dropped behind Norris after serving his 5s penalty at his final pitstop but drove around the outside of him at Turn 4 after rejoining.

Verstappen had the luxury of making a second pitstop with 21 laps to go, rejoining 13s clear of Leclerc, who was well ahead of Sainz and Norris.

On fresher tyres, Perez chased down Norris and passed him at Turn 4 on lap 57 and then battled hard with Sainz for third. He finally made the move stick at the third attempt at Turn 4 on lap 62. But Leclerc was 13s up the road, which sealed his second place.

Verstappen had enough advantage to pit yet again for soft tyres with two laps to go, to ensure he took fastest lap. He won by 5s, ahead of Leclerc, Perez, Sainz, Norris, Alonso, Hamilton, George Russell (Mercedes), Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and Stroll.

2023 F1 Austrian GP fastest laps

Cla	Nº	Driver	Car / Engine	Time	Delay	Lap	km/h
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull/Honda RBPT	1'07.012		71	231.970
2	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull/Honda RBPT	1'08.111	1.099	52	228.227
3	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin/Mercedes	1'08.463	1.451	57	227.054
4	4	Lando Norris	McLaren/Mercedes	1'08.739	1.727	48	226.142
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1'08.820	1.808	51	225.876
6	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1'08.880	1.868	50	225.679
7	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine/Renault	1'09.046	2.034	48	225.136
8	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin/Mercedes	1'09.108	2.096	54	224.934
9	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1'09.160	2.148	48	224.765
10	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1'09.283	2.271	49	224.366
11	23	Alexander Albon	Williams/Mercedes	1'09.560	2.548	53	223.473
12	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams/Mercedes	1'09.611	2.599	45	223.309
13	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT	1'09.620	2.608	45	223.280
14	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo/Ferrari	1'09.786	2.774	46	222.749
15	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine/Renault	1'09.797	2.785	50	222.714
16	21	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT	1'09.852	2.840	46	222.539
17	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren/Mercedes	1'09.862	2.850	46	222.507
18	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo/Ferrari	1'09.940	2.928	49	222.259
19	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas/Ferrari	1'10.176	3.164	37	221.511
20	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas/Ferrari	1'11.066	4.054	7	218.737

2023 F1 Austrian GP laps led

Cla	Nº	Driver	Car / Engine	Laps
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull/Honda RBPT	61
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	10