24 Brilliantly Opportunistic Racing Overtakes

We all love a good racing overtake and there are so many incredible examples out there. Of course, the more opportunistic the move, the better and more impressive it is – here are just a few epic on-track passes
24 Brilliantly Opportunistic Racing Overtakes

1. Quite a recovery

24 Brilliantly Opportunistic Racing Overtakes

That’s one way to save a slide.

Talk about a brave move!

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Ricardo Zonta had quite a surprise!

4. Pitlane passes!

24 Brilliantly Opportunistic Racing Overtakes

Cheeky Sebastian Vettel!

As you can imagine, the young star Max Verstappen features on this list more than once…

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It wasn’t even in a F1 car!

8. Magic Monaco pass

24 Brilliantly Opportunistic Racing Overtakes

This is how we’ll remember Jules Bianchi - as a hard, feisty, talented young racer. RIP Jules.

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11. Bravery at Eau Rouge

24 Brilliantly Opportunistic Racing Overtakes

Kimi was probably cool as ice in the cockpit of his Lotus, too.

12. Surprise motherf...

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15. More Verstappen madness

24 Brilliantly Opportunistic Racing Overtakes
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Nice one, Romain!

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18. Sneak MotoGP attack

24 Brilliantly Opportunistic Racing Overtakes

19. Finding a space

24 Brilliantly Opportunistic Racing Overtakes
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There is some good racing in GP3, occasionally!

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22. Late on the brakes

24 Brilliantly Opportunistic Racing Overtakes

23. Just a little nudge

24 Brilliantly Opportunistic Racing Overtakes

Well, that one is more accidental. But it’s still quite a passing move!

What other great opportunistic overtakes have you spotted? Let us know in the comments!

Comments

Nick Philippo

More like Verstappen’ best overtakes

07/24/2016 - 16:36 |
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scuderia

How about Mansell’s daring pass on Senna at the 1991 Spanish Grand Prix, creating one of the most iconic images in all of F1?

07/24/2016 - 22:03 |
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Jun Kaile Yamauchi

Am I the only one who thought No.2 was a GIF and waited so long?

07/25/2016 - 14:18 |
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Tropical13

And here I thought mulit-car overtakes weren’t realistic. Guess me setting the AI on easy is realistic after all!

07/25/2016 - 16:12 |
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