Round 7 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2023-06-04
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix with a 1:12.272 lap.
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.462s shy of pole, with Lando Norris (McLaren) third on the grid. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.410s — pole to P10 — with Oscar Piastri (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:13.615 | 1:12.760 | 1:12.272 | 1:12.272 |
| 2 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:13.411 | 1:12.790 | 1:12.734 | +0.462 |
| 3 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:13.295 | 1:12.776 | 1:12.792 | +0.520 |
| 4 |
| 10Pierre Gasly |
| Alpine F1 Team |
| 1:13.471 |
| 1:13.186 |
| 1:12.816 |
| +0.544 |
| 5 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:12.937 | 1:12.999 | 1:12.818 | +0.546 |
| 6 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:13.766 | 1:13.082 | 1:12.994 | +0.722 |
| 7 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:13.433 | 1:13.001 | 1:13.083 | +0.811 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:13.420 | 1:13.283 | 1:13.229 | +0.957 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:13.747 | 1:13.098 | 1:13.507 | +1.235 |
| 10 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:13.691 | 1:13.059 | 1:13.682 | +1.410 |
| 11 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:13.874 | 1:13.334 | — | +1.062 |
| 12 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:13.326 | 1:13.447 | — | +1.175 |
| 13 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:13.677 | 1:13.521 | — | +1.249 |
| 14 | 21Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 1:13.581 | 1:14.083 | — | +1.811 |
| 15 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:13.862 | 1:14.477 | — | +2.205 |
| 16 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:13.977 | — | — | +1.705 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:14.042 | — | — | +1.770 |
| 18 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:14.063 | — | — | +1.791 |
| 19 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:14.079 | — | — | +1.807 |
| 20 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:14.699 | — | — | +2.427 |