Introduction for New Readers
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2009 is the 12th season that I have posted these amateur overtaking analyses. My intention
was to allow easier comparisons between Grands Prix, seasons, circuits, drivers, etc.
In order to make any meaningful and/or useful observations it is essential to produce the
stats in as consistent a way as possible. To do this I have devised several "rules" that
I try to follow for each event. Please note before posting to complain that I missed an
obvious passing manoeuvre that it has probably been excluded because of one of my "rules".
The rules are outlined in the "Disclaimer" below - please read it.
This analysis was mainly derived from the official FIA lap chart, which is usually
available from www.fia.com, http://forix.autosport.com or www.autosport.com/f1/ on race
day or the following day. The original charts remain copyright of the FIA.
Other excellent Formula One websites are available. This analysis is completely and
totally
unofficial.
Disclaimer
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For the purposes of this analysis, I only count what I will term "genuine" passing
manoeuvres, which means that I always exclude:
a) any place changes made during pit stops
b) all lapping or unlapping manoeuvres
c) any place changes made during the first lap
Hopefully, a) & b) are obvious. c) is because although lap one is often the best
opportunity to make up places, it is also not typical of the rest of the race, and so,
for the purpose of comparing races with other races and seasons with other seasons,
it is simpler to exclude lap one completely. I do summarise the changes on lap one
later in the post.
For the purposes of this analysis a "pit stop" encompasses the slowing down lap and the
out lap, since any passes during those laps MIGHT be due to the driver slowing down or
speeding up.
Passes are not counted in these stats UNLESS the gained position is held until the
start/finish line is next crossed and so gets recorded onto the lap chart. I try to
ignore anything that isn't recorded in the lap chart, even if it was seen on TV.
These are the passes I read for the 2009 Hungarian GP:
Lap Place Passer (Passed) KERS
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2 8 Button (Nakajima) -/-
5 3 Hamilton (Webber) K/-
13 13 Heidfeld (Buemi) -/-
That's 3 passes in total, the same number as in 2008.
The Last 10 Seasons
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To save space I have removed the columns for 1997-98 from this table, but I have included
the data from those two seasons in the Total & Avg. columns. The number of passes for each
GP in 1997-98 is summarised following the main table.
1997-2009
Grand Prix 2009 '08 '07 '06 '05 '04 '03 '02 '01 '00 '99 Total Avg.
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1. Australia 10 11 11 23 5 9 38 19 18 13 41 208 17.3
2. Malaysia 17 11 12 16 7 20 16 27 47 31 11 216 19.6
3. China 61 9 40 51 20 17 -- -- -- -- -- 198 33.0
4. Bahrain 13 14 20 39 14 15 -- -- -- -- -- 115 19.2
5. Spain 4 3 5 7 3 7 19 10 10 4 4 124 9.5
6. Monaco 5 21 2 19 10 5 0 9 6 2 5 117 9.0
7. Turkey 10 11 15 25 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- 91 18.2
8. Britain 9 44 16 6 8 11 49 47 7 8 13 269 20.7
9. Germany 18 25 -- 21 9 29 14 25 15 42 16 238 19.8
10. Hungary 3 3 5 32 12 6 25 1 5 10 7 148 12.3
11. Europe-3 -- 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 4.0
12. Belgium -- 29 15 -- 28 22 -- 5 8 16 15 200 20.0
13. Italy -- 33 10 12 14 38 5 20 19 18 14 215 17.9
14. Singapore -- 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 12.0
15. Japan-2 -- 26 46 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 72 36.0
16. Brazil -- 21 20 18 6 41 48 30 26 22 27 295 29.9
17. Abu Dhabi -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0.0
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-- Austria -- -- -- -- -- -- 20 18 17 20 30 155 22.1
-- Canada -- 17 21 9 12 19 8 15 13 14 14 174 14.5
-- Europe-2 -- -- 18 13 24 11 8 27 7 28 33 186 16.9
-- France -- 9 6 5 5 14 12 3 8 17 43 146 12.2
-- Japan-1 -- -- -- 13 12 21 20 2 17 8 4 125 12.5
-- San Marino -- -- -- 4 7 6 4 6 13 7 11 71 7.1
-- USA -- -- 14 5 0 16 36 21 21 51 - 164 20.5
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Totals 150 303 276 318 226 307 322 285 257 311 288 3615 16.7
No. GP 10 18 17 18 19 18 16 17 17 17 16 216
Race Avg. 15 17 16 18 12 17 20 17 15 18 18 17
1997-98
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Year Tot AUS BRA ARG RSM MON ESP CDN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA AUT LUX JPN Eur
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1997 331 3 32 39 5 29 36 22 7 7 14 28 51 4 21 11 9 13
1998 240 7 13 11 8 4 12 10 17 44 10 11 11 28 29 6 19 --
Note: In 1997-98 the Luxembourg GP [LUX] was held at the N�rburgring, and is
considered as equivalent to the European GP (1999-2007) - Europe-2. Europe-3 is
the Valencia venue. The 1997 European GP took place at Jerez (Europe-1), and is
a one-off event in the era covered by this table.
Top 30 Races for Overtaking (1997-2009)
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# Year GP Wet SC
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1. 61 2009 - China Wet SC (2)
2. 51 1997 - Belgium Wet SC (1)
51 2000 - USA Wet
51 2006 - China Wet
5. 49 2003 - Britain SC (2)
6. 48 2003 - Brazil Wet SC (4) Race stopped
7. 47 1999 - Australia SC (2)
47 2001 - Malaysia Wet SC (1)
47 2002 - Britain Showers
10. 46 2007 - Japan Wet SC (2)
11. 44 1998 - Britain Wet SC (1)
12. 43 1999 - France Wet SC (1)
13. 42 2000 - Germany Wet SC (2)
14. 41 2004 - Brazil Wet track
15. 40 2007 - China Wet
16. 39 1997 - Argentine SC (1)
39 2006 - Bahrain
18. 38 2003 - Australia SC (2)
38 2004 - Italy
20. 36 1997 - Spain
36 2003 - USA Wet
22. 33 1999 - Europe Wet
23. 32 1997 - Brazil
32 2006 - Hungary Wet SC (1)
25. 30 1999 - Austria
30 2002 - Brazil
30 2005 - Turkey
28. 29 1997 - Monaco Wet
29 1998 - Austria SC (1)
29 2004 - Germany
Top 20 'Dry' Races (Not wet & no Safety Car)
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1. 39 2006 - Bahrain
2. 38 2004 - Italy
3. 36 1997 - Spain
4. 32 1997 - Brazil
5. 30 1999 - Austria
30 2002 - Brazil
30 2005 - Turkey
8. 29 2004 - Germany
9. 28 1997 - Hungary
28 1998 - Italy
28 2005 - Belgium
12. 27 1999 - Brazil
27 2002 - Malaysia
27 2002 - Europe
15. 25 2002 - Germany
25 2003 - Hungary
17. 24 2005 - Europe
18. 22 2000 - Brazil
19. 21 1997 - Austria
21 2001 - USA
21 2002 - USA
21 2004 - Japan
21 2006 - Germany
Drivers' Season Total
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AUS MAL CHN BRN ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN Eur
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17 Hamilton 4 1 6 - 1 1 1 2 - 1
16 Glock 1 5 6 - - 1 2 - 1 -
15 Alonso 1 1 7 1 1 - - 2 2 -
11 Sutil 1 1 7 - - - 2 - - -
11 Fisichella - - 1 1 - 1 - 3 5 -
10 Kubica - - 8 - 1 - - 1 - -
9 Barrichello 1 2 - 2 - - 4 - - -
9 Button - - 2 1 - - - 1 4 1
7 Webber - 2 2 3 - - - - - -
7 Buemi - 1 3 1 - - 1 - 1 -
6 Heidfeld 1 - 1 - - 1 - - 2 1
5 R�ikk�nen - 1 4 - - - - - - -
5 Vettel - 3 1 - 1 - - - - -
4 Kovalainen - - 4 - - - - - - -
4 Bourdais - - 4 - - - - - - .
4 Massa - - 3 1 - - - - - .
4 Nakajima - - 1 1 - - - - 2 -
2 Piquet - - 1 1 - - - - - -
2 Rosberg - - - 1 - 1 - - - -
2 Trulli 1 - - - - - - - 1 -
0 Alguersuari . . . . . . . . . -
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150 10 17 61 13 4 5 10 9 18 3
No. of Times Overtaken
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AUS MAL CHN BRN ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN Eur
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19 Heidfeld - 4 7 3 - 1 1 1 2 -
13 Trulli - 1 7 1 - 1 1 - 2 -
12 Fisichella 2 1 6 3 - - - - - -
11 Hamilton - 2 3 1 - - 3 2 - -
11 R�ikk�nen - 1 8 - - - 1 - 1 -
9 Piquet 1 1 2 1 1 - 2 1 - -
9 Bourdais 4 - 1 1 - - 1 - 2 .
7 Sutil - - 5 - - 2 - - - -
7 Massa - 1 - 1 2 1 - 1 1 .
7 Alonso 1 3 - - - - - 2 1 -
7 Kubica - - 4 - - - - 2 1 -
7 Buemi 1 - 1 - - - - - 4 1
7 Nakajima - 2 3 - - - - - 1 1
6 Rosberg 1 - 5 - - - - - - -
5 Kovalainen - - 2 1 1 - 1 - - -
5 Glock - - 1 1 - - - - 3 -
3 Button - - 3 - - - - - - -
3 Webber - 1 1 - - - - - - 1
2 Barrichello - - 2 - - - - - - -
0 Vettel - - - - - - - - - -
0 Alguersuari . . . . . . . . . -
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150 10 17 61 13 4 5 10 9 18 3
Gains/Losses on Lap One
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Plus 4: Kubica
Plus 3: R�ikk�nen, Piquet
Plus 1: Webber, Hamilton, Nakajima, Trulli, Glock
No change: Alonso, Rosberg, Kovalainen, Heidfeld. Alguersuari
Minus 1: Button, Fisichella
Minus 4: Buemi, Barrichello
Minus 5: Vettel
Note: Adrian Sutil pitted (and retired) at the end of lap one.
Gains/Losses on Lap One in 2009
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Driver Total (ASP) AUS MAL CHN BRN ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN Eur
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Rosberg +12 (7.6) -1 +4 - -1 - 0 +4 +1 +5 0
Massa +11 (8.7) +3 +2 - -1 - 0 +1 +3 +3 .
Hamilton +10 (12.0) +2 +1 - +2 - +1 0 +3 - +1
Fisichella +9 (17.2) +2 0 - +4 - -2 +1 +2 +3 -1
R�ikk�nen +9 (8.1) +2 0 - +3 - -1 -3 +4 +1 +3
Kubica +8 (12.3) 0 - - -2 - 0 +2 -1 +5 +4
Piquet +7 (14.1) +3 +2 - +4 - +1 +2 -2 -6 +3
Webber +4 (5.8) - -2 - +4 - 0 +1 0 -1 +1
Bourdais +3 (17.1) +2 -2 - +1 - +1 0 0 +1 .
Heidfeld +2 (12.5) - 0 - +2 - 0 -2 +4 -2 0
Alguersuari 0 (19.0) . . . . . . . . . 0
Sutil -2 (16.5) - 0 - +1 - +1 -2 - -2 -
Alonso -3 (7.6) -5 +4 - -1 - 0 +1 -2 0 0
Buemi -5 (14.9) +1 0 - -4 - -1 -1 +1 +3 -4
Trulli -6 (8.7) - 0 - -1 - -1 +1 -3 -3 +1
Glock -6 (12.4) - -5 - +1 - 0 -1 -2 - +1
Button -7 (3.2) 0 -2 - 0 - 0 +1 -3 -2 -1
Kovalainen -7 (11.3) - - - -6 - 0 +3 -6 +2 0
Vettel -8 (3.4) +1 +1 - -2 - 0 -1 0 -2 -5
Nakajima -10 (10.8) +1 -4 - -4 - 0 +2 +1 -7 +1
Barrichello -14 (4.5) -5 +2 - 0 - +1 -9 0 +1 -4
Note: The number in brackets (ASP) is the average starting position in 2009 (final
grid position after any penalties have been applied).
Obviously, a driver who often starts from pole position has very little chance to
gain places while one who usually starts at the back of the grid has a good chance
of gaining places.
Most Passes 1998-2009
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Using only the data from my statistics these are all drivers who have achieved
50 or more passes.
* Current drivers
Tot Driver Starts Avg.
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206 R Barrichello * 196 1.051
154 M Schumacher 146 1.055
154 R Schumacher 163 0.945
146 D Coulthard 188 0.776
135 J Button * 163 0.828
133 G Fisichella * 197 0.675
108 J Villeneuve 130 0.831
103 O Panis 98 1.051
102 J Trulli * 195 0.523
101 F Massa * 114 0.886
95 JP Montoya 94 1.011
93 K R�ikk�nen * 148 0.628
92 F Alonso * 131 0.702
89 J Alesi 66 1.348
78 N Heidfeld * 160 0.488
77 M Webber * 131 0.588
76 T Sato 90 0.844
73 H-H Frentzen 91 0.802
67 E Irvine 80 0.838
63 R Kubica * 50 1.260
58 L Hamilton * 45 1.289
54 J Verstappen 58 0.931
52 N Rosberg * 63 0.825
50 M Salo 59 0.847
Two other drivers who didn't quite make the cut - Mika H�kkinen & Pedro de la Rosa
(both 49). Mika 65 starts (0.754), Pedro 71 starts (0.690).
Other current drivers:
45 H Kovalainen 45 1.000
37 A Sutil 45 0.822
30 T Glock 32 0.938
22 S Vettel 36 0.611
21 K Nakajima 29 0.724
14 N Piquet 28 0.500
7 S Buemi 10 0.700
0 J Alguersuari 1 0.000
Sorted by best average passes per race
89 J Alesi 66 1.348
58 L Hamilton * 45 1.289
63 R Kubica * 50 1.260
154 M Schumacher 146 1.055
206 R Barrichello * 196 1.051
103 O Panis 98 1.051
95 JP Montoya 94 1.011
45 H Kovalainen # 45 1.000
154 R Schumacher 163 0.945
30 T Glock # 32 0.938
54 J Verstappen 58 0.931
101 F Massa * 114 0.886
50 M Salo 59 0.847
76 T Sato 90 0.844
67 E Irvine 80 0.838
108 J Villeneuve 130 0.831
135 J Button * 163 0.828
52 N Rosberg * 63 0.825
37 A Sutil # 45 0.822
73 H-H Frentzen 91 0.802
146 D Coulthard 188 0.776
49 M H�kkinen 65 0.754
21 K Nakajima # 29 0.724
92 F Alonso * 130 0.708
7 S Buemi # 10 0.700
49 P de la Rosa 71 0.690
133 G Fisichella * 197 0.675
93 K R�ikk�nen * 148 0.628
22 S Vettel # 36 0.611
77 M Webber * 131 0.588
102 J Trulli * 195 0.523
14 N Piquet # 28 0.500
78 N Heidfeld * 160 0.488
It's not unusual for me to make an occasional mistake or to omit something in
the above. I do, of course, take full responsibility for any errors. I would
be grateful to anyone for pointing them out, and will incorporate any
corrections in later posts.
--
Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawre...@msn.com
