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2023 Qatar Grand Prix

6 October 2023 — Lusail, Qatar — Won by Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)

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The story in three sentences

Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) won the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix ahead of Oscar PIASTRI by +4.833s. Fastest median race pace went to NOR (McLaren) at 1:26.823 per lap on clean laps — track position and strategy decided the result.

Final classification (top 10)

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Max VERSTAPPEN	Red Bull Racing	0
2	Oscar PIASTRI	McLaren	4.833
3	Lando NORRIS	McLaren	5.969
4	George RUSSELL	Mercedes	34.119
5	Charles LECLERC	Ferrari	38.976
6	Fernando ALONSO	Aston Martin	49.032
7	Esteban OCON	Alpine	62.39
8	Valtteri BOTTAS	Alfa Romeo	66.563
9	ZHOU Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	76.127
10	Sergio PEREZ	Red Bull Racing	80.181

Top pace (median lap time, clean laps)

#	Driver	Team	Median	Gap
1	NOR	McLaren	1:26.823	—
2	PIA	McLaren	1:27.001	+0.178s
3	RUS	Mercedes	1:27.279	+0.456s
4	LEC	Ferrari	1:27.566	+0.744s
5	VER	Red Bull Racing	1:27.665	+0.842s

"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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