Overtakes¶
Overtakes records on-track passing moves. One record is one
overtake: the lap, the timestamp, the driver who made the move, and
the driver who got passed.
This object is in beta in the OpenF1 API. Coverage is generally good for the obvious moves, but light contact, swaps under safety-car restarts, and very tight battles may be miscounted or missed.
What counts as an overtake¶
Overtakes records on-track passes only. A position change that
happens because one driver pits and the other doesn't will move them
in the running order, but it is not an overtake and will not
appear here. For pit-stop-driven swaps, look at Position
combined with Pit.
Fields¶
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
date |
string | Timestamp of the move, ISO 8601 UTC. |
session_key |
int | The session this overtake belongs to. |
meeting_key |
int | The race weekend. |
lap_number |
int | Lap on which the overtake happened. |
overtaking_driver_number |
int | Driver who completed the pass. |
overtaken_driver_number |
int | Driver who was passed. |
Sample record¶
{
"date": "2023-09-17T14:05:30.123000+00:00",
"lap_number": 15,
"meeting_key": 1219,
"overtaken_driver_number": 4,
"overtaking_driver_number": 63,
"session_key": 9165
}
That record is Russell (63) passing Norris (4) on lap 15 of the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix.