Max Verstappen and Red Bull were too quick for the competition and strolled to Sprint Race victory at 2023 Brazilian Grand Prix.
Lando Norris, who started first on the grid, had lost the lead going into Turn 1 and at one point found himself down in third as George Russell got himself into second.
That didn’t last long as the Mercedes of Russell and his teammate Lewis Hamilton didn’t have the race pace and dropped down the order, with Russell coming in fourth and Hamilton seventh.
Sergio Perez finished third, and Charles Leclerc came in fifth just ahead of AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda sixth.
F1 Brazilian GP 2023 Sprint Race results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 30:07.209 |
| 2 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +4.287 |
| 3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +13.617 |
| 4 | George Russell | Mercedes | +25.879 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +28.560 |
| 6 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +29.210 |
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +34.726 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +35.106 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri | +35.303 |
| 10 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +38.219 |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | +39.061 |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +39.478 |
| 13 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +40.621 |
| 14 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +42.848 |
| 15 | Alex Albon | Williams | +43.394 |
| 16 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +56.507 |
| 17 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +58.723 |
| 18 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | +60.330 |
| 19 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +60.749 |
| 20 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | +60.945 |
