Who overtook most cars at Monaco Race where it is almost 'impossible' to do so?
It's Sebastian Vettel with 4 overtakes.
Monaco Grand Prix
Monaco is the most challenging circuit on the calendar due to its narrow characteristics where even a momentary lapse of concentration can cause the driver to lose control of the car. With the new regulations, making following cars easier, this year we had 12 overtakes as compared to 0 in the previous year, but most of them can be attributted to the weather conditions and race strategy.
Considering how rare overtaking is at Monaco, it is frustrating to know that out of the 12 on-track moves, only 2 were broadcasted in the live feed. Hopefully FOM(Formula One Management) successfully negotiates the Monaco contract to gain control over the live coverage. Full details of overtakes is shared by u/catchingisonething here.
This is the most overtakes at a Monaco GP since 2016 which had 14. Vettel’s early pit stop to inters helped him overtake 4 others, even though he dropped out of points scoring postion. Unsurprisingly, it was this year’s rookie Zhou who was overtaken most.
Spanish overtakes
7 time world champion Lewis Hamilton with the most overtakes of 7 after suffering a puncture due to lap 1 incident with Kevin. It was an unfortunate event because Lewis was the only driver to start with medium tyre compounds, running an alternate strategy to the rest of the field.
High temperatures during the race meant the tyre are losing performance quick and we had 53 pit stops, the drivers who chose to pit thrice had the fastest overall pace. Mick Schumacher was overtaken 8 times, the most of any drivers. In the end both Haas’ finished at the bottom 2 places.
Full Season overtakes after Monaco
For this chart I’ve adjusted the sorting so whenever we have two drivers with same number of overtakes, driver with least number of times overtaken is ranked above the rest. Interestingly, KMag leads both the stats of most overtakes and driver who got overtaken most. Perez still remains the driver with lowest number of times overtaken by competition. Who do you think will have the most overtakes by the end of this exciting season?