2023 Miami Grand Prix

2023 Miami Grand Prix
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Layout of the Miami International Autodrome
Race details [2] [3]
Date	May 7, 2023
Official name	Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2023
Location	Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida
Course	Purpose-built temporary circuit
Course length	5.412 km (3.363 miles)
Distance	57 laps, 308.326 km (191.584 miles)
Weather	Partly cloudy
Attendance	270,491 [4]
Pole position
Driver	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:26.841
Fastest lap
Driver	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:29.708 on lap 56 (lap record)
Podium
First	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Second	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Third	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2023 Miami Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2023) was a Formula One motor race held on May 7, 2023, at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida. It was the fifth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship.

Despite Sergio Pérez taking pole position, the race was won by his Red Bull Racing teammate Max Verstappen from ninth, ahead of Pérez and Fernando Alonso.

Background

The event was held across the weekend of May 5–7, 2023. ^[2] It was the fifth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship. ^[5]

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the World Drivers' Championship with 93 points, 6 points ahead of his teammate Sergio Pérez in second, and 33 ahead of Fernando Alonso in third. Red Bull Racing, with 180 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Aston Martin and Mercedes, who were second and third with 87 and 76 points, respectively. ^[6]

Entrants

See also: 2023 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. ^[7]

Tyre choices

Further information: Formula One tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event. ^[8]

Track changes

The first and second DRS activation points were moved 75 metres (246 ft) farther ahead, being positioned 105 metres (344 ft) after turn 9 and 525 metres (1,722 ft) after turn 16, respectively. ^[9]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on May 6, 2023, at 16:00 local time (UTC−4). ^[2]

Qualifying report

During the first segment, a potential impeding incident between Lewis Hamilton and Kevin Magnussen was reported, though no further action from the race stewards was taken. By the end of the session, the two McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, Yuki Tsunoda, Lance Stroll, and Logan Sargeant were all knocked out of the session. ^[10] This was McLaren's first double Q1 exit since the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix. ^[11]

The second segment saw Sergio Pérez make contact with the wall at turn four, his car was undamaged. Alexander Albon, Nico Hülkenberg, Lewis Hamilton, Zhou Guanyu, and Nyck de Vries were all knocked out. The third segment saw the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc spin out and hit the wall at turn 7, following a similar incident during the second practice session; the session was stopped prematurely, bringing a red-flagged end to the session. Leclerc started seventh; Pérez took his third career pole position ahead of Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz Jr.; Haas's Kevin Magnussen took fourth. Max Verstappen was unable to set a time and ended up ninth after Leclerc's crash brought out the red flag; Valtteri Bottas was also unable to set a time. ^{[10] [12] [13]}

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:27.713	1:27.328	1:26.841	1
2	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:28.179	1:27.097	1:27.202	2
3	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:27.686	1:27.148	1:27.349	3
4	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:27.809	1:27.673	1:27.767	4
5	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:28.061	1:27.612	1:27.786	5
6	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:28.086	1:27.743	1:27.804	6
7	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:27.713	1:26.964	1:27.861	7
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:27.872	1:27.444	1:27.935	8
9	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:27.363	1:26.814	No time	9
10	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:27.864	1:27.564	No time	10
11	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:28.234	1:27.795	N/A	11
12	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:27.945	1:27.903	N/A	12
13	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:27.846	1:27.975	N/A	13
14	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:28.180	1:28.091	N/A	14
15	21	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:28.325	1:28.395	N/A	15
16	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.394	N/A	N/A	16
17	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:28.429	N/A	N/A	17
18	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:28.476	N/A	N/A	18
19	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.484	N/A	N/A	19
20	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	1:28.577	N/A	N/A	20
107% time: 1:33.478
Source: [14] [15]

Race

The race was held on May 7, 2023, at 15:30 local time (UTC−4). ^[2]

Race report

The starting grid lined up at the 2023 Miami Grand Prix, with Sergio Pérez on pole.

Polesitter Sergio Pérez kept the lead going into the first turn; his teammate Max Verstappen, who started in ninth, lost a position as both he and Esteban Ocon were passed by Valtteri Bottas, but regained it going into turn twelve (got past Ocon with Bottas maintaining 8th). Meanwhile, Nyck de Vries's car locked up, going into the rear of Lando Norris' McLaren, and Lewis Hamilton was caught behind Nico Hülkenberg. Norris and De Vries found themselves at the back of the grid, Norris seventeenth and De Vries eighteenth. Logan Sargeant went into the pit lane on lap two to swap his front wing, switching his medium tyres to a hard compound in the process. Norris, who started the race on the soft compound, followed suit; Oscar Piastri also did so by lap five. Charles Leclerc tried to pass the Haas of Kevin Magnussen for seventh, but he went wide at turn one. His teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. locked up going into the pit lane, coming out in seventh place; he was given a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane. His final finishing position was not affected. Having locked up in the pit lane the lap prior, Sainz then locked up again at turn one while trying to pass Hülkenberg. With Fernando Alonso going into pit lane soon after Sainz had stopped, he exited in fifth and passed both Sainz and Ocon. ^{[16] [17]}

Verstappen made his way up the field, starting with the Alfa Romeo of Valtteri Bottas. He soon found himself behind Leclerc and Magnussen, passing both for sixth. He then passed George Russell, Pierre Gasly, Sainz, and Alonso. Verstappen slowly made his way up to Pérez and he passed his teammate during the closing stages of the race. ^{[16] [17]} He won the race, with Pérez and Alonso making up the final two places on the podium, respectively. ^[18]

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	57	1:27:38.241	9	26 1
2	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	57	+5.384	1	18
3	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	57	+26.305	2	15
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	57	+33.229	6	12
5	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	57	+42.511 2	3	10
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57	+51.249	13	8
7	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	57	+52.988	7	6
8	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	57	+55.670	5	4
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	57	+58.123	8	2
10	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	57	+1:02.945	4	1
11	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	57	+1:04.309	17
12	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	57	+1:04.754	18
13	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	57	+1:11.637	10
14	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	57	+1:12.861	11
15	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	57	+1:14.950	12
16	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	57	+1:18.440	14
17	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+1:27.717	16
18	21	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	57	+1:28.949	15
19	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+1 lap	19
20	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1 lap	20
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT) – 1:29.708 (lap 56)
Source: [15] [19] [20]

Notes

• ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap. ^[20]
• ^2 – Carlos Sainz Jr. received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. His final position was not affected by the penalty. ^[19]

Championship standings after the race

For full season standings, see 2023 Formula One World Championship § Results and standings.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Max Verstappen 119 2 Sergio Pérez 105 3 Fernando Alonso 75 4 Lewis Hamilton 56 5 Carlos Sainz Jr. 44 Source: [21]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 224 2 Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 102 3 Mercedes 96 4 Ferrari 78 5 McLaren-Mercedes 14 Source: [21]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

1. At the time of the event Formula One planned to hold twenty-three Grands Prix. ^[1]

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