What Are The Overtaking Rules In F1?

What are the do's and don'ts for F1 drivers when overtaking and defending during a race?

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[tdgray]

"Dive bombing doesn't deserve space"

me on F1 2020: I make my own space.

[lightning]

Video idea: top 7 races that had the most overtakes

[Arsenic]

Just follow the Alonso rule: You have to leave the space, all the time you have to leave the space.
Actually that would fix F1 overtaking.

[fairrodthecapacitor]

"ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE SPACE!!!!"
Fernando Alonso

[wilseph]

The F1 grid themselves are still trying to figure out the overtaking rules.

[achyuthachandra]

Rule 1: Never let Albon overtake Hamilton

[carloumbertocucchi]

"Dive bombing doesn't deserve space"

Daniil Kvjat: we don't care

[akosrex]

Finally someone acknowledges the fact that perez was acutally entitled to a carwidth of space and lando didn't left him any. And it's the same with both perez v leclerc incidents. The problem is that the FIA let incidents like these slide in the past years, and olny gave penalties a few times. So i get it when someone says they weren't penalizing this in the past years so these penalties were undeserved. And i somewhat agree, BUT forcing other drivers off track should not be allowed. I'm very happy they handed out these penalties and i hope they will keep doing this. Because these rules are exactly what encourage wheel to wheel racing. Imagine if lanod and perez would have kept the battle on in turn 5 and 6.

[KimiButNoDrink]

Simple version:
✅Car go round on track
❎Car go round off track

[amitdawar]

You can watch Kimi vs Fernando on the same corner in the same race on how you avoid the penalty.

[Nanorisk]

I remember there was one race at Monza, Alonso left space on the outside for Kimi at turn 3 or 4, while Vettel or somebody else didn’t do likewise. Alonso were praised for sportsmanship in the post-race analysis.

[juang.kontigo]

Overtaking rules be like: An overtake is allowed. But illegal

[huntermiller]

As a relatively new fan it would be nice to have simple rules. Also I’m too lazy to read the rule book lol

[briannfs]

Dom would say: “There’s no space for overtaking. There’s family….”

[eddybouh]

the Norris-Perez incident is pretty clear, they were next to each other and it's not like Norris "didn't leave enough space", he even used the kerbs pushing Perez off the track like nobody was there. if this is just a racing incident, overtaking in F1 will become very difficult...

[mikelitoris]

According to Masi, its whatever he chooses each weekend...

[ThemeParkJake]

Love how this is in my recommended after the Brazilian GP 2021 😂

[TBG.]

Truth: there aren’t rules, they just put 5 second penalties when ever they feel like it

[famura]

I think penalty is deserved. Go and check Kimi vs Schumi 2012 Brazil battle both of them leave enough space to another. Then go check 2019 Austrian Gp Max overtaking Charles, Leclerc didn't had any chance to defend, Max just pushed him off. This kills racing. I still think that Max had to given penalty in 2019 and Lando's or Perez's moves are should be illegal. Another example to this is Mick vs Mazepin at France this year. Mazepin just pushed Mick off so he can't defend, I think this is unfair.

[theglitchguardian]

One of the things I find interesting is when the driver "has the line". I think it's an unspoken thing in F1 (someone correct me if I'm wrong, a gentlemans agreement persay) but one of the dependencies on these incidents is who reaches that corner ahead of the over taking or defending driver. Usually in respectful racing we usually see the driver thats behind yield to the driver ahead going into the turn, usually to compensate or prepare for if the car ahead oversteers. I think it should've just been a noted incident with no further action being taken.