Formula 1 / 2023 / Qatar Grand Prix / Fastest laps Qatar Grand Prix 2023 — fastest laps Max Verstappen set the fastest lap of the Qatar Grand Prix weekend in Lusail, Qatar: 1:23.778 in Qualifying. Below, every driver's quickest lap of each session with the gap to the fastest, the three sector times and the tyre it was set on.
Round 17 · 8 October 2023 · Lusail, Qatar
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:23.778 30.791 28.536 24.451 soft 16 2 George Russell Mercedes 1:24.219 +0.441 31.000 28.459 24.760 soft 20 3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:24.305 +0.527 31.022 28.454 24.829 soft 17 4 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:24.369 +0.591 31.075 28.832 24.462 soft 20 5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:24.424 +0.646 31.187 28.515 24.722 soft 25 6 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:24.540 +0.762 31.266 28.508 24.766 soft 19 7 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:24.553 +0.775 31.241 28.470 24.842 soft 22 8 Lando Norris McLaren 1:24.685 +0.907 31.317 28.553 24.815 soft 12 9 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:24.763 +0.985 31.437 28.638 24.688 soft 23 10 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:25.058 +1.280 31.433 28.605 25.020 soft 20 11 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:25.301 +1.523 31.587 28.905 24.809 soft 15 12 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:25.328 +1.550 31.476 28.828 25.024 soft 17 13 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1:25.462 +1.684 31.448 29.144 24.870 soft 12 14 Alexander Albon Williams 1:25.707 +1.929 31.595 29.075 25.037 soft 12 15 Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 1:25.783 +2.005 31.872 28.959 24.952 soft 8 16 Logan Sargeant Williams 1:26.210 +2.432 31.931 29.098 25.181 soft 7 17 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:26.345 +2.567 31.543 29.526 25.276 soft 9 18 Liam Lawson AlphaTauri 1:26.635 +2.857 32.006 29.407 25.221 soft 9 19 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:27.046 +3.268 32.216 29.278 25.552 soft 8 20 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:27.432 +3.654 32.601 29.335 25.496 soft 5
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:24.319 30.765 28.669 24.885 medium 56 2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:24.842 +0.523 31.356 28.716 24.770 hard 47 3 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:24.921 +0.602 31.204 28.739 24.978 hard 48 4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:24.992 +0.673 31.409 28.749 24.834 medium 57 5 George Russell Mercedes 1:25.770 +1.451 31.446 28.765 25.559 hard 35 6 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:26.045 +1.726 31.631 29.000 25.414 medium 57 7 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1:26.220 +1.901 31.755 29.085 25.380 medium 50 8 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:26.310 +1.991 31.950 28.923 25.437 medium 49 9 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:26.323 +2.004 31.842 29.057 25.424 soft 54 10 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:26.352 +2.033 31.983 29.099 25.270 medium 55 11 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:26.450 +2.131 31.951 29.173 25.326 hard 42 12 Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 1:26.489 +2.170 31.788 29.119 25.582 hard 45 13 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:26.652 +2.333 31.925 29.035 25.692 hard 54 14 Alexander Albon Williams 1:26.666 +2.347 31.873 29.331 25.462 hard 57 15 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:27.067 +2.748 31.866 29.350 25.851 hard 46 16 Liam Lawson AlphaTauri 1:27.113 +2.794 32.368 29.195 25.550 medium 54 17 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:27.174 +2.855 32.375 29.329 25.469 hard 55 18 Logan Sargeant Williams 1:27.983 +3.664 32.375 29.838 25.769 hard 31
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:25.604 31.660 28.855 25.089 medium 17 2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:25.662 +0.058 31.283 29.188 25.191 medium 19 3 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:25.926 +0.322 31.846 28.888 25.192 medium 17 4 George Russell Mercedes 1:27.220 +1.616 32.320 29.434 25.466 soft 18 5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:27.968 +2.364 32.621 29.502 25.845 medium 19 6 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1:28.584 +2.980 32.726 29.811 26.047 medium 9 7 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:28.644 +3.040 33.137 29.707 25.800 soft 7 8 Alexander Albon Williams 1:28.717 +3.113 32.881 30.015 25.821 medium 16 9 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:28.717 +3.113 32.680 30.183 25.854 soft 16 10 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:28.759 +3.155 32.759 29.780 26.220 soft 8 11 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:28.769 +3.165 32.861 29.901 26.007 soft 16 12 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:29.017 +3.413 32.995 29.884 26.138 medium 17 13 Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 1:29.307 +3.703 32.741 30.185 26.381 medium 9 14 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:29.381 +3.777 33.245 30.039 26.097 medium 17 15 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:29.388 +3.784 33.271 29.831 26.286 soft 8 16 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:29.536 +3.932 33.076 30.315 26.145 soft 17 17 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:29.553 +3.949 33.082 30.278 26.193 soft 17 18 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:29.560 +3.956 32.906 30.464 26.190 soft 17 19 Logan Sargeant Williams 2:03.562 +37.958 40.724 40.900 41.938 soft 2
Sprint Shootout lap times # Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:24.454 30.678 28.983 24.793 soft 17 2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:24.536 +0.082 30.817 28.974 24.745 soft 11 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:24.646 +0.192 30.716 29.014 24.916 soft 12 4 George Russell Mercedes 1:24.841 +0.387 30.957 28.938 24.946 soft 16 5 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1:25.143 +0.689 31.097 28.975 25.071 medium 11 6 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:25.155 +0.701 31.094 29.048 25.013 soft 19 7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:25.247 +0.793 30.980 29.065 25.202 soft 19 8 Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 1:25.320 +0.866 31.145 28.799 25.376 soft 15 9 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:25.344 +0.890 31.134 29.238 24.972 medium 9 10 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:25.510 +1.056 31.384 28.990 25.136 medium 11 11 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:25.686 +1.232 31.293 29.105 25.288 medium 11 12 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:25.962 +1.508 31.500 29.108 25.354 medium 11 13 Liam Lawson AlphaTauri 1:26.202 +1.748 31.722 29.264 25.216 medium 6 14 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:26.236 +1.782 31.498 29.277 25.461 medium 7 15 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:26.669 +2.215 31.752 29.425 25.492 medium 4 16 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:26.849 +2.395 31.786 29.617 25.446 medium 7 17 Alexander Albon Williams 1:26.862 +2.408 31.757 29.601 25.504 medium 2 18 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:26.926 +2.472 31.948 29.546 25.432 medium 2 19 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:27.438 +2.984 32.040 29.440 25.957 medium 2 20 Logan Sargeant Williams 1:55.373 +30.919 37.874 35.655 41.844 medium 7
