The 2023 Las Vegas GP had 99 Overtakes, 54 of these were shown in the live broadcast. This is the highest amount of overtakes in a dry race since China 2016 which had 170. Lewis Hamilton did 15 overtakes this race which is the highest amount in a single race this season.

With 1 event remaining this season the top 5 drivers this season for most overtakes and most overtaken are shown below. Perez comfortably leads the ‘overtakes championship’ this season so will almost certainly win 1 million jellybeans as Sebastian Vettel suggested back in 2021. The race to be the most overtaken driver this season is much tighter with Hulkenberg on 96, Bottas on 92 and Magnussen on 91. These totals do not include sprint races to keep consistent with years before sprints races.

Top 5 most Overtakes 2023

• Perez – 86
• Russell – 69
• Verstappen – 63
• Hamilton – 60
• Norris – 60

Top 5 most Overtaken 2023

• Hulkenberg – 96
• Bottas – 92
• Magnussen – 91
• Zhou – 79
• Tsunoda – 65

2023 Las Vegas GP Overtakes

• Lap 7 Piastri overtook Tsunoda for P 10
• Lap 7 Zhou overtook Ricciardo for P 13
• Lap 7 Alonso overtook Sainz for P 17
• Lap 7 Sainz overtook Alonso for P 17
• Lap 7 Alonso overtook Sainz for P 17
• Lap 8 Piastri overtook Hulkenberg for P 9
• Lap 8 Hamilton overtook Tsunoda for P 11
• Lap 9 Ocon overtook Magnussen for P 7
• Lap 10 Piastri overtook Magnussen for P 8
• Lap 10 Magnussen overtook Piastri for P 8
• Lap 10 Piastri overtook Magnussen for P 8
• Lap 10 Hamilton overtook Hulkenberg for P 10
• Lap 10 Zhou overtook Tsunoda for P 12
• Lap 10 Ricciardo overtook Tsunoda for P 13
• Lap 10 Perez overtook Stroll for P 14
• Lap 11 Hamilton overtook Magnussen for P 9
• Lap 11 Zhou overtook Hulkenberg for P 11
• Lap 11 Perez overtook Ricciardo for P 13
• Lap 11 Sainz overtook Alonso for P 16
• Lap 12 Perez overtook Hulkenberg for P 12
• Lap 12 Stroll overtook Ricciardo for P 14
• Lap 13 Sainz overtook Ricciardo for P 14
• Lap 13 Alonso overtook Ricciardo for P 15
• Lap 14 Ocon overtook Sargeant for P 6
• Lap 14 Piastri overtook Sargeant for P 7
• Lap 14 Hamilton overtook Sargeant for P 8
• Lap 14 Zhou overtook Magnussen for P 10
• Lap 14 Magnussen overtook Zhou for P 10
• Lap 14 Perez overtook Zhou for P 11
• Lap 15 Stroll overtook Zhou for P 10
• Lap 16 Leclerc overtook Verstappen for P 1
• Lap 16 Ocon overtook Albon for P 4
• Lap 16 Hamilton overtook Piastri for P 6
• Lap 16 Sainz overtook Zhou for P 10
• Lap 17 Sargeant overtook Piastri for P 15
• Lap 18 Perez overtook Ocon for P 2
• Lap 18 Alonso overtook Zhou for P 6
• Lap 18 Piastri overtook Sargeant for P 13
• Lap 18 Hamilton overtook Ricciardo for P 18
• Lap 19 Russell overtook Zhou for P 7
• Lap 19 Piastri overtook Bottas for P 12
• Lap 20 Verstappen overtook Zhou for P 8
• Lap 20 Sargeant overtook Bottas for P 13
• Lap 21 Magnussen overtook Bottas for P 14
• Lap 21 Hamilton overtook Tsunoda for P 17
• Lap 22 Russell overtook Alonso for P 5
• Lap 22 Piastri overtook Albon for P 10
• Lap 22 Hulkenberg overtook Bottas for P 15
• Lap 23 Verstappen overtook Alonso for P 6
• Lap 24 Russell overtook Sainz for P 4
• Lap 24 Verstappen overtook Sainz for P 5
• Lap 24 Gasly overtook Zhou for P 8
• Lap 24 Ocon overtook Albon for P 11
• Lap 25 Leclerc overtook Stroll for P 2
• Lap 25 Verstappen overtook Russell for P 4
• Lap 25 Piastri overtook Zhou for P 9
• Lap 25 Ocon overtook Zhou for P 10
• Lap 29 Piastri overtook Gasly for P 3
• Lap 29 Albon overtook Stroll for P 7
• Lap 29 Alonso overtook Sargeant for P 11
• Lap 29 Zhou overtook Sargeant for P 12
• Lap 29 Hulkenberg overtook Ricciardo for P 15
• Lap 30 Hamilton overtook Ricciardo for P 16
• Lap 31 Verstappen overtook Gasly for P 4
• Lap 31 Hamilton overtook Hulkenberg for P 15
• Lap 32 Perez overtook Leclerc for P 1
• Lap 33 Verstappen overtook Piastri for P 3
• Lap 33 Hamilton overtook Magnussen for P 14
• Lap 34 Ocon overtook Gasly for P 5
• Lap 34 Gasly overtook Ocon for P 5
• Lap 34 Ocon overtook Gasly for P 5
• Lap 34 Hamilton overtook Sargeant for P 13
• Lap 35 Leclerc overtook Perez for P 1
• Lap 35 Stroll overtook Albon for P 7
• Lap 36 Verstappen overtook Perez for P 2
• Lap 36 Tsunoda overtook Bottas for P 18
• Lap 37 Verstappen overtook Leclerc for P 1
• Lap 37 Hamilton overtook Zhou for P 12
• Lap 39 Russell overtook Albon for P 8
• Lap 40 Sainz overtook Albon for P 9
• Lap 40 Alonso overtook Albon for P 10
• Lap 40 Hamilton overtook Albon for P 11
• Lap 40 Magnussen overtook Sargeant for P 14
• Lap 41 Stroll overtook Gasly for P 6
• Lap 42 Hulkenberg overtook Sargeant for P 15
• Lap 43 Russell overtook Gasly for P 7
• Lap 44 Sainz overtook Gasly for P 7
• Lap 44 Alonso overtook Gasly for P 8
• Lap 44 Hamilton overtook Gasly for P 9
• Lap 44 Albon overtook Piastri for P 11
• Lap 44 Piastri overtook Albon for P 11
• Lap 45 Ricciardo overtook Sargeant for P 16
• Lap 46 Hamilton overtook Alonso for P 8
• Lap 46 Magnussen overtook Zhou for P 13
• Lap 48 Russell overtook Stroll for P 5
• Lap 48 Piastri overtook Gasly for P 10
• Lap 49 Ricciardo overtook Zhou for P 14
• Lap 50 Leclerc overtook Perez for P 2
• Lap 50 Russell overtook Ocon for P 4

Analysis

The 2023 event safely put to bed any fears that the Las Vegas track couldn’t produce much overtaking. Four long ‘straights’ into reasonably heavy braking zones made for plenty of overtaking opportunities this race. A key factor in these producing good racing is that all these passing opportunities were connected making it very difficult to break the tow. The section between T5 and T9 was the only section where a driver could really make a gap. This lead to there being much less field spread than usual so drivers were much more likely to be in competition with eachother. The two safety cars will have helped overtaking particularly the first one which brought drivers caught up in the first corner incident back into the race. The unique challenge of the colder conditions and green track with no support races may have also helped but it wasn’t really that much colder than Silverstone and Nurburgring have been occasionally in the past. 99 overtakes will likely prove to be an outloier but iI’d say the Las Vegas circuit should reliably produce good racing, largely because of the connected overtaking opportunities making it hard to break the tow.

Some Stats

• Hamilton did the most overtakes this race with 15 which is also the most by 1 driver in a single race this season.
• Zhou was the most overtaken driver this race with 13.
• This is the highest ever total for a debut F1 race and has the 6th highest number of overtakes of all time.

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 – 75 (Sprint – 13)
• Netherlands – 188
• Italy – 31
• Singapore – 42
• Japan – 29
• Qatar – 48 (Sprint – 31)
• USA – 47 (Sprint – 19)
• Mexico – 48
• Brazil – 25 (Sprint – 35)
• Las Vegas – 99

Please see the rules and FAQ’s sections for more info on how this data is put together.