2023 British Grand Prix

The **2023 British Grand Prix** was a Formula 1.5 motor race that was held on 9 July 2023 at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England. The race, which saw a record 480,000 people attend throughout the weekend. This race also marks the last Grand Prix start to date of Dutch driver Nyck de Vries who was replaced Scuderia AlphaTauri by Daniel Ricciardo from the next race at the Hungarian Grand Prix onwards.

## Background

The event was held across the weekend of 7–9 July. It was the tenth round of the 2023 Formula 1.5 World Championship and the 74th running of the British Grand Prix.

### Championship Standings before the race

Coming into the weekend, Pierre Gasly led the Drivers' Championship by 8 points from teammate Esteban Ocon, with Lando Norris third, a further 25 points behind. Alpine led the Constructors' Championship, leading McLaren by 86 points and Alfa Romeo by 136 points.

### Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.

This Grand Prix was the last for Nyck de Vries, who was removed from his AlphaTauri seat two days after the race. De Vries was replaced by Daniel Ricciardo, who was the third driver for AlphaTauri's sister team Red Bull Racing, from the Hungarian Grand Prix.

### Tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C1, C2 and C3 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.

### Filming

The Grand Prix was used as a filming set and background film for an untitled Formula One drama film. Pitt's run around Silverstone in a Formula 2 car would be inserted into racing scenes filmed from the race.

## Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 8 July 2023, at 15:00 local time (UTC+1).

A red-flag was shown with three-minutes to go in Q1, to allow for the recovery of the Haas of Kevin Magnussen, which had broken down between the Stowe and Vale corners. Albon was in the elimination zone as he had his lap times deleted again while Logan Sargeant took a trip through the grass; following the restart, Albon would set a time for Q2. Meanwhile, Nyck de Vries was released onto the path of Oscar Piastri with no investigation being made.

### Post- qualifying

Bottas was subsequently disqualified during post-qualification scrutineering due to insufficient fuel sample; he was allowed to start the race under stewards' discretion, though he was sent to last place.

## Race

The race was held on 9 July 2023, at 15:00 local time (UTC+1).

Ocon retired on lap 12 due to a hydraulics leak. Rain was reported during the race, but was not heavy enough to warrant the usage of wet weather tyres. Drivers began to change to differing types of dry tyres, with Yuki Tsunoda being the first to do so with a change onto the softs. The Ferrari power unit in Kevin Magnussen's Haas caught fire on lap 32, forcing his retirement. The virtual safety car was initially deployed, this was later upgraded to a full safety car. The safety car allowed the field to change their tyres.

## Championship Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Constructors' Championship standings

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1. ↑  Valtteri Bottas qualified 8th, but he was disqualified as his car was unable to provide a 1 litre (0.22 imp gal; 0.26 US gal) sample of fuel. He was permitted to race at the stewards' discretion.
2. ↑  As qualifying was held on a wet track, the 107% rule was not in force
3. ↑  Includes one point for fastest lap.
4. ↑  Pierre Gasly was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.