The best overtakes of the 2024 F1 season

It is probably the easiest thing to get badly wrong in F1, but when it is done well, a good overtake can make a driver shine. 

Although the 2024 season did not feature an intense title fight after Max Verstappen’s strong start with seven wins from the first 10 races, overtaking was still plentiful throughout the year. 

Below, RacingNews365 has come up with five of the best overtakes of the year, and we want you to decide which is the best. Simply vote in the poll at the end of the article!

The overtakes are presented in the order in which they happened in the season, from earliest to latest.

Alex Albon vs Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon – Canandian GP

The damp conditions in Montreal made it tricky enough to keep your own car pointing in the right direction, with Alex Albon actually trying to avoid a crash into the final chicane. 

That avoidance turned into a finely executed move where he sliced past both Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon to climb two places in one corner. 

Unfortunately, he was later collected by a spinning Carlos Sainz and walked away with nothing.

Oscar Piastri vs Lando Norris – Italian GP

With Lando Norris on pole position, team-mate Oscar Piastri was expected to play ‘follow the leader’ at the Italian GP, especially with the Briton’s title rival Max Verstappen starting seventh. 

Norris led on the first lap through Curva Grande, before Piastri heard everything but the “don’t” in “don’t overtake Lando” in the pre-race McLaren meeting, where the so-called papaya rules were initiated.

Piastri drove around the outside through the second chicane, as Norris dropped to third behind Charles Leclerc, whose one-stop strategy out-foxed Piastri and Norris, who completed the podium. 

Oscar Piastri vs Charles Leclerc – Azerbaijan

The only overtake on this list which was for a race win. 

Piastri sliced past Leclerc on the brakes at Turn 1 to steal the lead from the Ferrari after hunting him for most of the race. 

The McLaren then expertly defended from the Monégasque for the remainder, claiming an excellent second career win.

Franco Colapinto vs Fernando Alonso – United States

The winner of the official F1 overtake of the year award, Franco Colapinto dived up the inside of Fernando Alonso on the brakes at Turn 12, and then held off the Aston Martin through the following sequence to climb one place and nab a point.

It was not enough for Colapinto to land a full-time seat for 2025, as he had one crash too many in the end despite a strong start to his career. 

Charles Leclerc vs Lewis Hamilton – Qatar GP

What better way to put an early marker down for 2025 than putting some manners on your future team-mate?

Turn 1 in Qatar proved the only real overtaking point through the weekend, with Leclerc hugging the inside line through the corner exit, millimetres from Hamilton as the two went wheel-to-wheel. 

Leclerc finally edged out the seven-time champion to climb one place in the sprint.