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2023 Spanish Grand Prix

2 June 2023 — Catalunya, Spain — Won by Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)

The story in three sentences

Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) won the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix ahead of Lewis HAMILTON by +24.090s. The winning car also had the fastest median race pace on clean laps at 1:19.189 per lap.

Final classification (top 10)

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Max VERSTAPPEN	Red Bull Racing	0
2	Lewis HAMILTON	Mercedes	24.09
3	George RUSSELL	Mercedes	32.389
4	Sergio PEREZ	Red Bull Racing	35.812
5	Carlos SAINZ	Ferrari	45.698
6	Lance STROLL	Aston Martin	63.32
7	Fernando ALONSO	Aston Martin	64.127
8	Esteban OCON	Alpine	69.242
9	ZHOU Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	71.878
10	Pierre GASLY	Alpine	73.53

Top pace (median lap time, clean laps)

#	Driver	Team	Median	Gap
1	VER	Red Bull Racing	1:19.189	—
2	HAM	Mercedes	1:19.483	+0.294s
3	PER	Red Bull Racing	1:19.530	+0.341s
4	RUS	Mercedes	1:19.568	+0.379s
5	HUL	Haas F1 Team	1:20.016	+0.827s

"Median pace" filters out outlaps, in-laps, and slow laps (over 7% above the field median). It's the single best indicator of true race pace.

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