The 2023 Belgian GP had 72 overtakes, 50 of these were shown in the live broadcast. This is the highest number of overtakes this season so far. The Sprint had 15 overtakes, 7 of these were shown in the live broadcast. Last years race had 74 overtakes, 2021’s ‘race’ had 0, 2020 had 32 and 2019 had 63. The circuit average in the hybrid era (ignoring 2021) is 48. The circuit record is 99 in 2011.

2023 Belgian GP Overtakes

• Lap 2 Albon on Stroll for P 9
• Lap 3 Tsunoda on Norris for P 7
• Lap 3 Ocon on Bottas for P 12
• Lap 3 Sargeant on Zhou for P 14
• Lap 4 Alonso on Sainz for P 5
• Lap 4 Albon on Norris for P 8
• Lap 4 Stroll on Norris for P 9
• Lap 4 Sargeant on Bottas for P 13
• Lap 5 Tsunoda on Sainz for P 6
• Lap 5 Albon on Sainz for P 7
• Lap 5 Russell on Norris for P 10
• Lap 5 Gasly on Zhou for P 14
• Lap 6 Verstappen on Hamilton for P 3
• Lap 6 Stroll on Sainz for P 8
• Lap 6 Russell on Sainz for P 9
• Lap 6 Magnussen on Ricciardo for P 18
• Lap 7 Sargeant on Sainz for P 10
• Lap 7 Gasly on Sainz for P 11
• Lap 7 Magnussen on Norris for P 15
• Lap 8 Ocon on Norris for P 13
• Lap 8 Albon on Ocon for P 13
• Lap 8 Albon on Ocon for P 14
• Lap 9 Verstappen on Leclerc for P 2
• Lap 9 Albon on Magnussen for P 11
• Lap 10 Albon on Tsunoda for P 10
• Lap 10 Ocon on Magnussen for P 12
• Lap 10 Ricciardo on Norris for P 14
• Lap 11 Hulkenberg on Alonso for P 8
• Lap 11 Tsunoda on Albon for P 10
• Lap 11 Zhou on Sainz for P 17
• Lap 12 Alonso on Hulkenberg for P 8
• Lap 14 Bottas on Norris for P 14
• Lap 15 Alonso on Russell for P 6
• Lap 15 Alonso on Gasly for P 7
• Lap 16 Alonso on Stroll for P 5
• Lap 16 Ocon on Albon for P 10
• Lap 16 Zhou on Norris for P 15
• Lap 16 Sargeant on Sainz for P 17
• Lap 16 Hulkenberg on Sainz for P 18
• Lap 17 Verstappen on Perez for P 1
• Lap 17 Russell on Stroll for P 6
• Lap 18 Hulkenberg on Sargeant for P 16
• Lap 19 Gasly on Stroll for P 7
• Lap 19 Norris on Sainz for P 18
• Lap 20 Tsunoda on Stroll for P 8
• Lap 22 Albon on Ocon for P 9
• Lap 22 Bottas on Ricciardo for P 12
• Lap 22 Norris on Sargeant for P 15
• Lap 23 Tsunoda on Gasly for P 6
• Lap 23 Hulkenberg on Zhou for P 12
• Lap 23 Norris on Zhou for P 13
• Lap 23 Sargeant on Russell for P 15
• Lap 23 Russell on Sargeant for P 15
• Lap 24 Russell on Zhou for P 10
• Lap 25 Russell on Norris for P 7
• Lap 25 Ricciardo on Hulkenberg for P 16
• Lap 26 Hulkenberg on Ricciardo for P 15
• Lap 29 Hamilton on Alonso for P 4
• Lap 29 Ocon on Gasly for P 11
• Lap 30 Ocon on Albon for P 10
• Lap 32 Gasly on Albon for P 11
• Lap 33 Zhou on Sargeant for P 17
• Lap 38 Ocon on Tsunoda for P 9
• Lap 39 Zhou on Ricciardo for P 15
• Lap 40 Albon on Ricciardo for P 16
• Lap 40 Zhou on Hulkenberg for P 14
• Lap 40 Albon on Hulkenberg for P 15
• Lap 41 Ocon on Stroll for P 8
• Lap 42 Zhou on Magnussen for P 13
• Lap 42 Albon on Magnussen for P 14
• Lap 42 Ricciardo on Hulkenberg for P 16
• Lap 43 Sargeant on Hulkenberg for P 17

2023 Belgian Sprint GP Overtakes

• Lap 1 Piastri on Zhou for P 10 I have made an exception to include Lap 1 here as there was no standing start
• Lap 2 Hulkenberg on Alonso for P 15
• Lap 6 Verstappen on Piastri for P 1
• Lap 7 Hamilton on Perez for P 4
• Lap 7 Sainz on Perez for P 5
• Lap 7 Leclerc on Perez for P 6
• Lap 7 Russell on Stroll for P 11
• Lap 7 Sargeant on Perez for P 15
• Lap 8 Sargeant on Hulkenberg for P 14
• Lap 8 Magnussen on Hulkenberg for P 15
• Lap 8 Magnussen on Perez for P 16
• Lap 9 Russell on Ocon for P 9
• Lap 10 Russell on Ricciardo for P 8
• Lap 11 Ocon on Ricciardo for P 9
• Lap 11 Zhou on Hulkenberg for P 16

A Few Notes

• This data does not include overtakes made on Lap 1 or the first lap of a standing restart.
• On track moves for position only, not counting passes made in pits, lapped cars, cars unlapping, on cars off track or spun, team orders etc…
• Overtaking data is just interesting data it does not show how entertaining the race is
• I’ve included overtakes on Perez in the Sprint and Sainz in the GP as while they were carrying damage I did not consider either to be uncompetitive enough.
• As noted above I’ve made an exception to the Lap 1 rule for this weekend’s Sprint because there was no standing start.

Suspected Overtakes

• Unfortunately due to F1’s decision to restrict the use of certain technologies to access F1TV that they ironically advertise in their official podcasts. I now cannot check the onboards as I have been doing in the past so there are a few additional possible overtakes. I don’t think any of the below list will be overtakes but I would normally check to properly rule them out. If anyone could check these it would be appreciated.
• On lap 6 of the sprint Albon/Russell/Stroll were seen changing positions on the timing tower. A car needs to be fully ahead for me to consider it as an overtake.
• On lap 2 of the GP Zhou and Ocon briefly swapped positions on the timing tower.
• Lap 7 Ricciardo and Bottas were very close at the pit exit.
• Lap 8 Ocon and Albon were very close at the pit exit.
• Lap 12 Sargeant and Sainz briefly swapped positions on the timing tower.
• Lap 22 Zhou and Hulkenberg possibly overtook Ricciardo just before Ricciardo pitted.
• Lap 24 Ricciardo possibly overtook Sainz just before Sainz went in to the pit to retire. I think Sainz was just cruising at that point though.
• There might be some more overtakes on Lap 1 and 2 of the Sprint as drivers were exiting the pits. The timing tower was a bit slow and glitchy while all this was happening.

Some Stats

• Albon did the most overtakes this race with 11 followed by Ocon with 8.
• Sainz was the most overtaken driver this race with 11 followed by Norris with 10.
• Russell did the most overtakes in the Sprint with 3.
• Perez was the most overtaken driver in the Sprint with 5.
• Perez has done the most overtakes this season with 46, followed by Russell with 33 and Magnussen/Zhou with 28.
• Magnussen is the most overtaken driver this season with 53 followed by Hulkenberg with 39 and Bottas with 38.

Numbers for the Season so far

• Bahrain – 37
• Saudi Arabia – 36
• Australia – 29
• Azerbaijan – 23 (Sprint – 20)
• Miami – 62
• Monaco – 22
• Spain – 65
• Canada – 20
• Austria – 63 (Sprint – 46)
• Great Britain – 26
• Hungary – 16
• Belgium – 72 (Sprint – 15)