Overtakes
F1 2026 Overtakes - On-Track Passes by Driver
Nico Hülkenberg leads 2026 with 72 on-track passes across 18 races. Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia was the most action-packed round, with 178 passes.
These are lower bounds, not a broadcast count
Counted from official lap-by-lap position data: driver A behind driver B at the end of one lap, ahead at the end of the next. That excludes the opening lap, any lap either car is in its pit cycle (strategy, not a pass), and retirements. Because positions are only recorded once per lap, a pass and a re-pass inside the same lap cancel out and are invisible here — these numbers under-count, they never over-count.
Season leader · 2026 · 18 rounds
passes made by Nico Hülkenberg
+27
Net passes
Nico Hülkenberg
178
Busiest race
Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia
946
Total passes
2026 season
By driver
Passes made and lost on track. Net is made minus lost — the column that says whether a driver actually came forward across the season, not just who was involved in the most swaps.
| # | Driver | Made | Lost | Net | Races |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Hülkenberg | 72 | 45 | +27 | 18 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | 60 | 26 | +34 | 18 |
| 3 | Gabriel Bortoleto | 57 | 47 | +10 | 18 |
| 4 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | 57 | 15 | +42 | 18 |
| 5 | Esteban Ocon | 52 | 64 | -12 | 18 |
| 6 | George Russell | 51 | 24 | +27 | 18 |
| 7 | Isack Hadjar | 49 | 20 | +29 | 15 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | 45 | 74 | -29 | 18 |
| 9 | Oscar Piastri | 44 | 41 | +3 | 18 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | 42 | 37 | +5 | 18 |
| 11 | Lewis Hamilton | 40 | 63 | -23 | 18 |
| 12 | Charles Leclerc | 39 | 33 | +6 | 18 |
| 13 | Arvid Lindblad | 39 | 47 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Oliver Bearman | 39 | 42 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Liam Lawson | 38 | 31 | +7 | 18 |
| 16 | Lance Stroll | 36 | 54 | -18 | 18 |
| 17 | Carlos Sainz | 36 | 58 | -22 | 18 |
| 18 | Franco Colapinto | 35 | 42 | -7 | 18 |
| 19 | Pierre Gasly | 33 | 36 | -3 | 18 |
| 20 | Alexander Albon | 28 | 50 | -22 | 18 |
| 21 | Sergio Pérez | 26 | 46 | -20 | 18 |
| 22 | Valtteri Bottas | 19 | 47 | -28 | 18 |
| 23 | Yuki Tsunoda | 9 | 4 | +5 | 3 |
By race
Total on-track passes across the whole field, and whoever made the most of them.
| Round | Grand Prix | Total passes | Most by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | United States Grand Prix | 45 | Gabriel Bortoleto (6) |
| 17 | Singapore Grand Prix | 30 | Isack Hadjar (9) |
| 16 | Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia | 178 | Nico Hülkenberg (19) |
| 15 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | 44 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli (10) |
| 14 | Spanish Grand Prix | 30 | Fernando Alonso (4) |
| 13 | Italian Grand Prix | 111 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli (16) |
| 12 | Dutch Grand Prix | 51 | Nico Hülkenberg (6) |
| 11 | Hungarian Grand Prix | 34 | George Russell (10) |
| 10 | Belgian Grand Prix | 48 | Isack Hadjar (10) |
| 9 | British Grand Prix | 38 | Oscar Piastri (7) |
| 8 | Austrian Grand Prix | 36 | Franco Colapinto (6) |
| 7 | Barcelona Grand Prix | 32 | Isack Hadjar (5) |
| 6 | Monaco Grand Prix | 15 | Alexander Albon (3) |
| 5 | Canadian Grand Prix | 35 | Lando Norris (7) |
| 4 | Miami Grand Prix | 60 | Max Verstappen (12) |
| 3 | Japanese Grand Prix | 43 | Nico Hülkenberg (6) |
| 2 | Chinese Grand Prix | 80 | Max Verstappen (10) |
| 1 | Australian Grand Prix | 36 | Max Verstappen (7) |
Where these numbers come from
Every lap of every classified session this season, taken from official timing. A pass counts when one driver’s recorded position moves ahead of another’s between consecutive laps, with the opening lap and either car’s pit cycle excluded, as set out at the top of this page.
Positions are recorded once per lap, so this is a lower bound on true overtaking activity, not an exact broadcast count.