Round 12 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2023-07-30
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix with a 1:46.168 lap.
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.820s shy of pole, with Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) third on the grid. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) missed the cut by 4.307s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.673s — pole to P10 — with Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:58.515 | 1:52.784 | 1:46.168 | 1:46.168 |
| 2 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:58.300 | 1:52.017 | 1:46.988 | +0.820 |
| 3 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:58.899 | 1:52.353 | 1:47.045 | +0.877 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| Mercedes |
| 1:58.563 |
| 1:52.345 |
| 1:47.087 |
| +0.919 |
| 5 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:58.688 | 1:51.711 | 1:47.152 | +0.984 |
| 6 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:58.872 | 1:51.534 | 1:47.365 | +1.197 |
| 7 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:59.981 | 1:52.252 | 1:47.669 | +1.501 |
| 8 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:59.035 | 1:52.605 | 1:47.805 | +1.637 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:58.834 | 1:52.751 | 1:47.843 | +1.675 |
| 10 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:59.663 | 1:52.193 | 1:48.841 | +2.673 |
| 11 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:59.044 | 1:53.148 | — | +6.980 |
| 12 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:59.511 | 1:53.671 | — | +7.503 |
| 13 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 2:00.020 | 1:54.160 | — | +7.992 |
| 14 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:59.484 | 1:54.694 | — | +8.526 |
| 15 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:59.634 | 1:56.372 | — | +10.204 |
| 16 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 2:00.314 | — | — | +14.146 |
| 17 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 2:00.832 | — | — | +14.664 |
| 18 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | 2:01.535 | — | — | +15.367 |
| 19 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri | 2:02.159 | — | — | +15.991 |
| 20 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 2:03.166 | — | — | +16.998 |