2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

The (officially the Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix ) was the second round of the FIA Formula One World Championship, held at Jeddah Corniche Circuit on the weekend of March 17 to March 19, .
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==Background==
===Championship standings before the race===
Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen leads the World Drivers' Championship with 25 points, 7 points from his teammate Sergio Pérez, second, and 10 from Fernando Alonso, third. Red Bull Racing leads the Constructors' Championship from by 20 points and by 27 points.
=== Track changes ===
Turns 22 and 23 were tightened for the event, and the walls have been moved back at several corners, due to safety concerns relating to fast, blind corners. Kerbing was also altered to improve safety. Additionally, the third DRS detection point was moved farther ahead, being positioned on the exit of turn 27. As a result, the third DRS activation point was moved farther ahead, being positioned after turn 27. Changes to the DRS zones were made in response to dangerous tactics employed at previous editions of the Grand Prix, where drivers would brake erratically for turn 27, in order to fall behind the opposition and gain the advantage of DRS.
===Entry List===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
Official Entry List of 
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Max Verstappen 	Oracle Red Bull Racing 	 	RB19 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
2 	Logan Sargeant 	Williams Racing 	 	FW45 	 	F1 M14 1.6L V6t 	
4 	Lando Norris 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL37 	 	F1 M14 1.6L V6t 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	BWT Alpine F1 Team 	 	A523 	 	E-Tech RE23 1.6L V6t 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Oracle Red Bull Racing 	 	RB19 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team 	 	AMR23 	 	F1 M14 1.6L V6t 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF-23 	 	066/10 1.6L V6t 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team 	 	AMR23 	 	F1 M14 1.6L V6t 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-23 	 	066/10 1.6L V6t 	
21 	Nyck de Vries 	Scuderia AlphaTauri 	 	AT04 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	Scuderia AlphaTauri 	 	AT04 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	Williams Racing 	 	FW45 	 	F1 M14 1.6L V6t 	
24 	Guanyu Zhou 	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Kick 	 	C43 	 	066/10 1.6L V6t 	
27 	Nico Hulkenberg 	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-23 	 	066/10 1.6L V6t 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	BWT Alpine F1 Team 	 	A523 	 	E-Tech RE23 1.6L V6t 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team 	 	W14 	 	F1 M14 1.6L V6t 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF-23 	 	066/10 1.6L V6t 	
63 	George Russell 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team 	 	W14 	 	F1 M14 1.6L V6t 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Kick 	 	C43 	 	066/10 1.6L V6t 	
81 	Oscar Piastri 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL37 	 	F1 M14 1.6L V6t 	
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==Practice==
Three free practice sessions were held prior to qualifying, two on Friday and one on Saturday afternoon.
===FP1===
The first practice session ended with Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen setting the fastest time ahead of his teammate Sergio Pérez and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso. His teammate Lance Stroll and Mercedes' George Russell capped off the top five.
===FP2===
The second practice session saw Alonso split the Red Bull pairing of Verstappen and Pérez, ahead of Esteban Ocon and Russell.
===FP3===
The third and final practice session ended with Verstappen and Pérez on top again ahead of the Aston Martin pairing, with Lewis Hamilton completing the top five.
===Practice Results===
The full practice results for the are outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	FP1 	FP2 	FP2 	FP3 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	
No. 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:29.617 	1 	1:29.603 	1 	1:28.485 	1 	 	 	 	 	
2 	Logan Sargeant 	 	1:31.922 	17 	1:30.959 	18 	1:30.035 	16 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Lando Norris 	 	1:32.319 	20 	1:30.721 	12 	1:29.690 	7 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:30.949 	8 	1:30.100 	6 	1:29.701 	9 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:30.100 	2 	1:29.902 	3 	1:29.098 	2 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:30.315 	3 	1:29.811 	2 	1:29.483 	3 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:31.118 	11 	1:30.341 	9 	1:29.588 	6 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:30.577 	4 	1:30.110 	7 	1:29.509 	4 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:31.566 	16 	1:30.820 	15 	1:30.131 	17 	 	 	 	 	
21 	Nyck de Vries 	 	1:31.450 	13 	1:30.921 	17 	No Time 	No Time 	 	 	 	 	
22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	1:31.110 	10 	1:30.776 	13 	1:30.797 	19 	 	 	 	 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	 	1:31.030 	9 	1:30.810 	14 	1:29.983 	15 	 	 	 	 	
24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	1:31.986 	19 	1:30.837 	16 	1:29.917 	12 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:31.552 	15 	1:30.181 	8 	1:29.933 	13 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:31.181 	12 	1:30.039 	4 	1:29.953 	14 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:30.787 	6 	1:30.599 	11 	1:29.568 	5 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:30.924 	7 	1:30.592 	10 	1:29.761 	10 	 	 	 	 	
63 	George Russell 	 	1:30.771 	5 	1:30.070 	5 	1:29.811 	11 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:31.970 	18 	1:31.052 	20 	1:30.317 	18 	 	 	 	 	
81 	Oscar Piastri 	 	1:31.491 	14 	1:31.052 	19 	1:29.698 	8 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
Qualifying was held on 18 March 2023 at 20:00 local time (UTC+3). 
===Qualifying Report===
The first segment ended with Yuki Tsunoda, Alexander Albon, Nyck de Vries, Lando Norris and Logan Sargeant setting the five slowest times resulting in their elimination. Norris broke the front-left suspension of his car through hitting a wall during his second timed lap, while Sargeant first had a lap time deleted for a track limit violation, spun on his second attempt to set a meaningful lap time and finally had to park his car trackside following a mechanical failure during his final attempt. This left him without a lap time within 107% of the fastest Q1 time, Sargeant was permitted to race by the stewards.
During the second segment Verstappen's car suddenly slowed down while trying to set his first fast lap. He was able to limp back to the pits, but what was later identified as a driveshaft failure prevented him from taking part in qualifying any further and this left him in 15th place. Nico Hülkenberg, Kevin Magnussen, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu were eliminated alonsgside him.
During the final segment Pérez set the fastest time, taking his second career pole position. Leclerc set the second fastest time, but took a ten-place grid penalty after a new set of control electronics was installed on his car in breach of the allowed quota for the season. Alonso set the third fastest time ahead of Mercedes' George Russell. Carlos Sainz Jr. posted the fifth time in the second Ferrari ahead of Stroll and Alpine's Esteban Ocon. Hamilton, Oscar Piastri and Pierre Gasly completed the top ten.
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	Q1 	Q2 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Time 	Time 	Grid
1 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:29.244 	1:28.635 	1:28.265 	1
2 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:29.376 	1:28.903 	1:28.420 	12
3 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:29.298 	1:28.757 	1:28.730 	2
4 	63 	George Russell 	 	1:29.592 	1:29.132 	1:28.857 	3
5 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:29.411 	1:28.957 	1:28.931 	4
6 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:29.335 	1:28.962 	1:28.945 	5
7 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:29.707 	1:29.255 	1:29.078 	6
8 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:29.689 	1:29.374 	1:29.223 	7
9 	81 	Oscar Piastri 	 	1:29.706 	1:29.378 	1:29.243 	8
10 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:29.890 	1:29.411 	1:29.357 	9
11 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:29.547 	1:29.451 	N/A 	10
12 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	1:29.654 	1:29.461 	N/A 	11
13 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:29.744 	1:29.634 	N/A 	13
14 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:29.929 	1:29.668 	N/A 	14
15 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:28.761 	1:49.953 	N/A 	15
16 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	1:29.939 	N/A 	N/A 	16
17 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	1:29.994 	N/A 	N/A 	17
18 	21 	Nyck de Vries 	 	1:30.244 	N/A 	N/A 	18
19 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	1:30.447 	N/A 	N/A 	19
107% Time: 1:34.974 	107% Time: 1:34.974 	107% Time: 1:34.974 	107% Time: 1:34.974 	107% Time: 1:34.974 	107% Time: 1:34.974 	107% Time: 1:34.974 	107% Time: 1:34.974
 	2 	Logan Sargeant 	 	2:08.510<BR>(144.782%) 	N/A 	N/A 	20
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*Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
*Logan Sargeant failed to set a time within the 107% requirement. He was permitted to race at the stewards' discretion.
===Grid===
Show Grid
====Grid Penalty====
*Charles Leclerc receives a 10-place grid penalty as he uses his 3rd Control Electronics (CE) of the entire season. 
==Race==
The race was held on 19 March 2023 at 20:00 local time (UTC+3).
=== Race report ===
After the end of the formation lap, Alonso lined up with the left side of his car outside of the starting position on the grid. At the start he managed to squeeze past Pérez to take the lead, with Russell following third place. However, he was soon handed a five-second penalty for not properly lining up his car on the starting grid. Behind them Stroll overtook Sainz for fourth place, with Ocon and Hamilton behind them. Piastri, who had started in eight place, made contact with Gasly while exiting turn two and this forced him to make a pit stop for a new front wing. His teammate Norris ran over the debris left from the coming together and he was required to make a pitstop as well one lap later. This left the McLaren pairing at the back of the field. Leclerc and Zhou completed the top ten behind Gasly, with the Monegasque having gained four places from his starting position.
Alonso was able to stay in the lead for three laps, before being passed by Pérez. The top ten then remained relatively stable for a couple of laps, with Leclerc passing Gasly to take eight place during lap seven. Meanwhile, Verstappen was also recovering from his starting position down the order, entering the top ten during lap eight at the expense of Zhou. He gained another place one lap later, passing Gasly, while Leclerc also continued to move forward, through passing Hamilton. Three laps later Verstappen managed to overtake Hamilton as well and one lap later he and Leclerc both passed Ocon.
In the meantime, during lap twelve Zhou and Hülkenberg were the first drivers to make a regular pitstop for a fresh set of tyres. One lap later Lance Stroll became the first of the front runners to follow suit, all three of them switching from the medium to the hardest compound in a bid to complete the race with one tyre change. This dropped Stroll to eleventh place. Gasly made his tyre change and the end of the next lap. Sainz, Leclerc and Ocon followed suit during the next two laps, with Sainz rejoining the track ahead of Stroll. This all promoted Verstappen to third place. Shortly afterwards, during lap seventeen, Stroll was suddenly asked to stop his car on track over his team's radio and duly did so in a service area on the outside of turn thirteen. Nevertheless, the safety car was deployed shortly afterwards. This prompted all drivers who had not yet made their regular tyre changes (including the then top five of Pérez, Alonso, Russell, Verstappen and Hamilton) to come into the pits to perform the change, while Alonso also served his five-second time penalty.
The safety car left the track at the end of lap twenty to allow normal racing to resume. Pérez led from Alonso, ahead of Russell in third and Verstappen now fourth. Sainz completed the top five. Over the next two Laps, Hamilton passed Sainz for fifth place and Verstappen Russell for third respectively. At the end of the following lap Verstappen passed Alonso to move into second place.
During lap twenty-eight, Albon was forced to retire his Williams because of a brake failure. The top ten was Pérez, Verstappen, Alonso, Russell, Hamilton, Sainz, Leclerc, Ocon, and Gasly, with Tsunoda joining them. This order remained stable for the next eighteen laps, when Magnussen passed Tsunoda to snatch the final points.
During the final laps first Mercedes and then Aston Martin mentioned over the radio that Alonso could potentially incur an additional penalty of five seconds. Alonso reacted to this by extending his gap over Russell to over five seconds, despite no official message citing an investigation being shown. Despite both reporting issues with the their cars, Pérez and Verstappen easily finished first and second, with Verstappen posting the fastest lap during the last lap and taking the extra point to retain the championship lead. Alonso finished third, making him the sixth driver to have scored 100 podiums in his Formula One career, ahead of Russell and Hamilton. Sainz, Leclerc, Ocon, Gasly and Magnussen completed the top ten.
=== Post-race ===
Shortly after the podium ceremony, an official message was shown that Alonso was under investigation for not having served the first penalty correctly at his pit stop. Minutes later he was handed a ten-second penalty dropping him to fourth behind Russell. However Aston Martin requested a further review of the penalty, and upon analyzing the additional evidence the stewards decided to rescind the penalty and have Alonso third place reinstated. Alonso criticised the FIA for its delayed response, having been informed of his penalty after the podium celebrations; Russell criticised the penalties as being "too extreme". The FIA is due to clarify the matter before the Australian round of the championship.
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	50 	1:21:14.894 	1 	25
2 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	50 	+5.355 	15 	19
3 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	50 	+20.728 	2 	15
4 	63 	George Russell 	 	50 	+25.866 	3 	12
5 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	50 	+31.065 	7 	10
6 	55 	Carlos Sainz Jr. 	 	50 	+35.876 	4 	8
7 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	50 	+43.162 	12 	6
8 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	50 	+52.832 	6 	4
9 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	50 	+54.747 	9 	2
10 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	50 	+1:04.826 	13 	1
11 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	50 	+1:07.494 	16 	
12 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	50 	+1:10.588 	10 	
13 	24 	Zhou Guanyu 	 	50 	+1:16.060 	11 	
14 	21 	Nyck de Vries 	 	50 	+1:17.478 	18 	
15 	81 	Oscar Piastri 	 	50 	+1:25.021 	8 	
16 	2 	Logan Sargeant 	 	50 	+1:26.293 	20 	
17 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	50 	+1:26.445 	19 	
18 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	49 	+1 lap 	14 	
Ret 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	27 	Brakes 	17 	
Ret 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	16 	Engine 	5 	
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==Milestones==
*Maiden Front row start of Fernando Alonso as an driver.
**Maiden Front row start of 
*This is the first time that Fernando Alonso has led a race since 2012 German Grand Prix
**First time that has ever led a race
*Second podium finish of Fernando Alonso as a driver
**100th podium finish of Fernando Alonso
***Fernando Alonso becomes the 6th driver that has > 100 podium finishes.
*This would be the first time that Oscar Piastri made it into Q3 of Qualifying section.
*Second Career pole position of Sergio Pérez
*Fifth career win of Sergio Pérez
**Maiden Pole-to-win of Sergio Pérez
**Second consecutive one-two finish of 
**24th one-two of 
==Standings==
World Drivers' Championship	World Drivers' Championship	World Drivers' Championship	World Drivers' Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
 	Max Verstappen 	44 	-
 	Sergio Pérez 	43 	-
 	Fernando Alonso 	30 	-
4th 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	20 	-
5th 	Lewis Hamilton 	20 	-
6th 	George Russell 	18 	1
7th 	Lance Stroll 	8 	1
8th 	Charles Leclerc 	6 	11
9th 	Valtteri Bottas 	4 	1
10th 	Esteban Ocon 	4 	8
11th 	Pierre Gasly 	4 	2
12th 	Kevin Magnussen 	1 	1
13th 	Alexander Albon 	1 	3
Note: Only point-scoring drivers are shown
World Constructors' Championship	World Constructors' Championship	World Constructors' Championship	World Constructors' Championship
Pos. 	Constructor 	Pts 	+/-
 	 	87 	-
 	 	38 	-
 	 	38 	-
4th 	 	26 	-
5th 	 	8 	1
6th 	 	4 	1
7th 	 	1 	1
8th 	 	1 	1
Note: Only point-scoring constructors are shown
==See Also==
==References==
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