[4] The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list, with the exception of Liam Lawson, who was in the seat originally held by Nyck de Vries.

The usage of tyre compounds during qualifying was mandated as hard in Q1, medium in Q2 and soft in Q3, assuming that the weather is dry.

[11] Max Verstappen topped the first session, which was to be set on hard tyres, ahead of Alexander Albon and Charles Leclerc while Zhou Guanyu, Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon, Kevin Magnussen and Lance Stroll did not advance to the second session.

[14] The second session, set to medium tyres, was also topped by Verstappen, ahead of Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr.

This time, Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson, Nico Hülkenberg, Valtteri Bottas and Logan Sargeant did not advance to the final qualifying session.

[14] The race was held on 3 September 2023, and was scheduled at 15:00 local time (UTC+2),[11] but was delayed by 20 minutes due to an aborted start procedure.

[17] The formation lap was aborted after Yuki Tsunoda broke down on track; his car was wheeled off via truck.

Race control declared an aborted start, but Sainz made a mistake similar to what happened a year later in 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix, and led the field away on what he assumed was supposed to be an extra formation lap.

Lewis Hamilton made an error trying to pass Oscar Piastri, cutting across him in the braking zone of turn 4.

Sainz himself would lock up into the first corner as Verstappen won his second consecutive Italian Grand Prix.