Vote for the best F1 pass of 2010
2010 F1 season review
Cast your vote for pass of the year
F1 Fanatic readers made hundreds of nominations for the best overtaking move of 2010.
Now it’s time to vote for the winner from ten passes by Rubens Barrichello, Lewis Hamilton, Kamui Kobayashi, Fernando Alonso and Robert Kubica.
Plus cast your vote for the driver who did the best overtaking in 2010.
Lewis Hamilton on Nico Rosberg
Australian Grand Prix
A terrific pass by Lewis Hamilton with several exciting ingredients: a slippery track and a brave move on the outside of a very quick corner.
Unfortunately yellow flags before the following corner meant we didn’t get to see how Nico Rosberg’s counter-attack would have played out.
Kamui Kobayashi on Jaime Alguersuari
Japanese Grand Prix
Typically robust and gutsy stuff from Kamui Kobayashi. He launched this attack on Jaime Alguersuari from a fair distance back and didn’t back down even as Alguersuari banged wheels with him on the way out of the corner.
Robert Kubica on Adrian Sutil
Singapore Grand Prix
Making his way back through the field after an unscheduled extra pit stop, Robert Kubica picks off Adrian Sutil around the outside of Memorial corner at Singapore.
Fernando Alonso on Felipe Massa
Chinese Grand Prix
There were a few occasions in 2010 when Fernando Alonso needed to stick a move on his team mate. This unorthodox attempt at Shanghai certainly worked.
Rubens Barrichello on Michael Schumacher
Hungarian Grand Prix
The history between Michael Schumacher and former team mate Rubens Barrichello added an extra dimension to this hair-raising moment.
On new tyres, Barrichello had reeled in Schumacher very quickly. After several attempts to get past Schumacher seemed to have left the inside un-defended and Barrichello made his move. Astonishingly, Schumacher almost drove Barrichello into the pit wall in a desperate attempt to keep his rival behind.
Barrichello took the place and the stewards slapped Schumacher with a grid penalty for the following race as a punishment.
Timo Glock on Michael Schumacher
Australian Grand Prix
The ultimate cheeky re-pass?
Schumacher nipped past Timo Glock at Melbourne but went too deep into the corner, allowing Glock to reverse the move in this David and Goliath battle between Mercedes and Virgin.
Lewis Hamilton on Jenson Button
Turkish Grand Prix
The strange case of the McLaren drivers at Istanbul. Not long after being told Jenson Button wouldn’t overtake him, Hamilton lost the lead to his team mate.
But he didn’t waste any time taking the place back.
Kamui Kobayashi on Sebastien Buemi
European Grand Prix
Kobayashi’s charge in the final laps of the European Grand Prix, after leaving his mandatory tyre stop late in the race, saw him pick of Sebastien Buemi at the last corner of the final lap.
Fernando Alonso on Nico Hülkenberg
Brazilian Grand Prix
This one was all about the pressure of the championship. Alonso couldn’t afford to stay stuck behind Nico Hülkenberg – but nor could he afford to tangle with the Williams driver by making a risky move.
He patiently chipped away at Hülkenberg, eventually edging him off-line and completing an important pass.
Robert Kubica on Jenson Button
European Grand Prix
Kubica dived up the inside of Mark Webber on the first lap at Valencia – and kept Button behind too.
Vote for the best overtaking move of 2010
Which of these ten passes was the best of the year? Cast your vote and have your say below.
NB: This poll is being re-run following the changes to the voting system. See here for more information.
Vote for the best F1 pass of 2010
- Lewis Hamilton on Nico Rosberg, Australia (16%)
- Kamui Kobayashi on Jaime Alguersuari, Japan (11%)
- Robert Kubica on Adrian Sutil, Singapore (3%)
- Fernando Alonso on Felipe Massa, China (2%)
- Rubens Barrichello on Michael Schumacher, Hungary (17%)
- Timo Glock on Michael Schumacher, Australia (2%)
- Lewis Hamilton on Jenson Button, Turkey (9%)
- Kamui Kobayashi on Sebastien Buemi, Europe (7%)
- Fernando Alonso on Nico Hülkenberg, Brazil (3%)
- Robert Kubica on Jenson Button, Europe (30%)
Total Voters: 353
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Other nominations
Here are the other passes which received multiple nominations but didn’t get enough to make it onto the short-list:
Lewis Hamilton: on Alonso in Canada, on Vettel in Turkey, on Vettel and Sutil in China, on Petrov in Malaysia and on Kobayashi in Japan
Jenson Button: on Alonso in Malaysia, on Alonso in Canada, on Massa and Vettel in Belgium and on Hamilton in Turkey
Mark Webber: on Kobayashi in Singapore, on Hülkenberg in Brazil and on Massa in Belgium
Michael Schumacher: on Button in Korea and on Barrichello in Japan
Vitaly Petrov: on Hamilton in Malaysia and on Rosberg in Belgium
Jaime Alguersuari: on Hülkenberg in Malayasia
Kamui Kobayashi: on Alonso in Valencia
Nico Rosberg on Alguersuari in Britain
Vitantonio Liuzzi: on Schumacher in Canada
Robert Kubica: on Kobayashi in Abu Dhabi
Felipe Massa: on Sutil in Canada
Vote for the best overtaker of 2010
Which driver did the best passes of 2010? Again, vote and explain your choice below.
NB: This poll is being re-run following the changes to the voting system. See here for more information.
Which driver did the best overtaking in 2010?
- Jenson Button (1%)
- Lewis Hamilton (35%)
- Michael Schumacher (1%)
- Nico Rosberg (0%)
- Sebastian Vettel (0%)
- Mark Webber (1%)
- Felipe Massa (0%)
- Fernando Alonso (3%)
- Rubens Barrichello (1%)
- Nico Hülkenberg (0%)
- Robert Kubica (16%)
- Vitaly Petrov (0%)
- Adrian Sutil (1%)
- Vitantonio Liuzzi (0%)
- Sebastien Buemi (0%)
- Jaime Alguersuari (0%)
- Jarno Trulli (0%)
- Heikki Kovalainen (0%)
- Christian Klien (0%)
- Bruno Senna (0%)
- Nick Heidfeld (0%)
- Kamui Kobayashi (41%)
- Timo Glock (0%)
- Lucas di Grassi (0%)
- Karun Chandhok (0%)
- Pedro de la Rosa (0%)
- Sakon Yamamoto (0%)
Total Voters: 278
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Hamish said on 9th December 2010, 11:44
Worst pass of the year definitely goes to Williams for passing up on Hulkenberg.
GeeMac (@geemac) said on 9th December 2010, 11:51
Comment of the day.
Doug said on 9th December 2010, 11:57
How about a VIP guest pass to the USF1 garage at the Bahrain Grand Prix :o
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys) said on 9th December 2010, 11:59
I’d say the worst actual pass of the year was Hulkenberg on Sutil in Canada. It started with Hulkenberg attempting a pass that everyone could see was never going to stick, and it ended with a bent front wing for him. And then a drive-through for speeding in pit lane when he went in to replace it.
It’s pretty obvious that Williams are in financial trouble. If they had kept Hulkenberg, there’s a real chance the team would have died. You might think they’re fools for giving up on him, but I think they would have been fools for keeping him. he wasn’t that great, anyway.
DougieCow said on 9th December 2010, 12:41
Worst pass of the year?
Anything by Vettel… even in Silverstone he was barging his way through, dirty by anyone’s standards.
TommyB (@tommyb89) said on 9th December 2010, 13:08
But when Kobayashi does it, it’s totally fine.
PJ said on 9th December 2010, 13:18
But he’s Japanese, with his small eyes he can’t see the other cars! :D
(His words not mine :D)
Maciek said on 9th December 2010, 15:43
Well, perhaps the fact that Kobayashi doesn’t take people out while he’s passing them is a clue that it’s not quite the same thing?
Zahir said on 9th December 2010, 18:48
Alguersuari was the one who rammed into Kobayashi at a pathetic attempt to overtake. Plus Kobayshis car wasnt 2 seconds a lap quicker…
BBT said on 9th December 2010, 19:49
Agree, Kobayashi can’t get pass of the year, too much contact
Lazzar (@lazzar) said on 9th December 2010, 21:07
But Vettel isn’t known for his overtakes (as the matter of fact, I don’t recall he made any good passes, the best one was on Button when he did us a favor and removed himself form the points, along with Jenson) he is more known for his (???) tactics… He’s not bad, thought, but he’s nothing special…
Magnificent Geoffrey said on 9th December 2010, 22:08
Vettel can’t overtake, Kobayashi can’t qualify.
Kate said on 13th December 2010, 18:17
Kobayashi has never hit anyone when getting past. The incident with Alguersuari was totally Jaime’s fault.
Vettel is a very talented driver but come on, there is no denying that overtaking is his weakest area. The fact that none of his passes got multiple nominations, even though he does have many admirers, says it all.
SVettel said on 17th December 2010, 19:26
If he doesn’t lose his speed, he won’t have to overtake, as there’ll be nobody to pass. Furthermore, he overtook Alonso at China, 2007 very cleanly, he overtook Petrov at Silverstone cleanly, he overtook Massa at Britain cleanly, he overtook Hülkenberg cleanly at Brazil. He’s done many clean overtakes.
Mike said on 25th December 2010, 15:42
This Kamui conversation is getting really silly, For sure he hasn’t hit anyone and for the passes he’s done we praise him as a god amongst men.
But would you praise him if he had collided?
His moves are ambitious, with it comes considerable risk.
miguelF1O (@) said on 26th December 2010, 15:37
he usually hasnt have to pass anyone thats why redbull gives him wings
Dianna said on 10th December 2010, 17:25
PM you are right.I have recently read Mrs Williams book on Frank before and past his accident.It is an eye opener when you realise what wonderful people these are,they never give up.One thing was obvious they are not rolling in money possibly due in part to Frank needing so much medical help and facilities just to keep alive.They constntly mention the difficulties in finding suitable sponsors.A heart rending and yet uplifting story.If any team deserves to succeed next year it should be Williams.
BasCB (@bascb) said on 9th December 2010, 16:36
Really gets it spot on Hamish! COTD?
Jonathan said on 9th December 2010, 12:08
Was going for Hamilton on Rosberg until I saw the last one of Kubica. How they all got through I don’t know.
Joey-Poey said on 9th December 2010, 17:42
Y’know I almost feel like Button deserves more credit on that one for the balls he had trying to thread that needle.
m77t said on 9th December 2010, 22:44
was great inboard footage from JB, good driving – the fact that kubica appears planted at that apex proves how phenomenal that overtake was! for me that’s made me chose that
ConfusedLotusFan said on 9th December 2010, 22:45
kubica’s like a ninja. he’s not there and then BAM he’s in front of you
michal said on 10th December 2010, 5:08
lol! true that:)
mr. t said on 13th December 2010, 19:06
Had to vote for Glock on Schumi after nominating it in the original article – cheers for including it in the shortlist! (Although I thought it was Di Grassi at the time)
Fixy (@fixy) said on 23rd December 2010, 14:20
He overtook Webber and Button ion one move, and those three must have been squashed in to fit on the track but neither Kubica nor Button touched themselves or a wall.
sato113 (@sato113) said on 24th December 2010, 15:48
how are people voting for Kubica;s pass?!! it was just shuffling around amid lap 1 mayhem. nothing amazing, just opportunistic.
Patrickl (@patrickl) said on 26th December 2010, 9:52
It’s more like Webber botched things up royally and both Button and Kubica went past. Button happened to be on the wrong side and he’s usually more cautious.
miguelF1O (@) said on 26th December 2010, 15:38
please acknowledge that 2010 wasnt the year of mclaren they only made so many overtakes cause the car was really fast on straight line
judo chop said on 9th December 2010, 12:09
Good selection but where’s Hamilton’s double pass on Sutil and, I think, Alguersuari? Love the spanish commentary as well!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 9th December 2010, 12:16
As explained in the article, the selection were compiled from people’s nominations here:
Best F1 pass of 2010: make your nominations
Jonathan said on 9th December 2010, 12:09
Also why does Karun Chandhok have -1% of the votes for best overtaking?
Macca25 said on 9th December 2010, 13:17
And why does Webber only have 1%. He was one of the most prolific passes of the year.
PJ said on 9th December 2010, 13:18
Going over the top of a Lotus doesn’t count.
leon said on 9th December 2010, 15:35
Why not PJ ???
Joke !
Macca25 said on 9th December 2010, 16:00
But running into the back of a Ferrari in Monza and the front of a Red Bull in Singapore does for Hamilton. :)
BasCB (@bascb) said on 9th December 2010, 16:37
But you must admit it was one of the more memorable ones PJ!
Todfod (@todfod) said on 9th December 2010, 16:45
LOL. You had me rolling on that one
damonsmedley (@damonsmedley) said on 9th December 2010, 12:15
I didn’t have to think long and hard about this one! Kamui Kobayashi gets my vote.
TommyB (@tommyb89) said on 9th December 2010, 13:10
Best pass for me was Kubica on Webber and Button. Can’t believe he kept that move clean and without any contact, great move.
Overtaker of the year I said Hamilton, although Kubica was brilliant too.
damonsmedley (@damonsmedley) said on 9th December 2010, 13:57
@TommyB89 I am having a really blank moment! Where was that pass you speak of? (I’ll instantly know it when you say it) :P
US_Peter (@us_peter) said on 9th December 2010, 20:20
The one he’s referring to is the last video shown above, and currently winning in votes.
LewisC said on 9th December 2010, 13:32
I agree. The single best overtake was Barrichello on Schumacher for me: but for sheer kamikaze dedication and an utterly bonkers “I am going past you whether you like it or not” approach, Kobayashi is overtaker of the year.
US_Peter (@us_peter) said on 9th December 2010, 20:23
Yeah, I voted the same, Barichello for the pass of the year, and Kobayashi for overall overtaker of the year. The Kubica move on Button and Webber was a close second for me though.
karol said on 10th December 2010, 17:35
My favourite driver is Robert Kubica. He’s the best in the world. He’s fantastic overtaker and super driver.
Fixy (@fixy) said on 9th December 2010, 15:07
Kobayashi on Buemi. He was kilometres away, then Buemi brakes. Kamui doesn’t. He brakes minutes later but doesn’t go wide. Had he been behind Petrov in Abu Dhabi he’d have passed.
Macca25 said on 10th December 2010, 4:43
Barichello’s pass was nothing speacial, it was just a slip stream move. You would have seen 40 or 50 of these for the year.
JK said on 10th December 2010, 11:37
I agree. Nothing special in this one..
Lee Harrison (@lee-harrison) said on 23rd December 2010, 13:24
I picked it because he had the sheer bravery not to back down when he was inches from a huge accident, not because it was a spectacular overtake.
pawelf1 said on 9th December 2010, 12:16
@Jonathan
better question would be why not ;-)
sato113 (@sato113) said on 9th December 2010, 12:16
in light of monza and singapore, i’d definately say that HAM was not the best overtaker of 2010.
James said on 9th December 2010, 12:30
But then after Melbourne, Kobayashi cant be considered that great either. That said, my heart rate does increase everytime the camera focuses on Kobayashi as there is a good chance he is about to pull out a beaut of a movie!
US_Peter (@us_peter) said on 9th December 2010, 20:25
Melbourne wasn’t really his fault. If you remember, his front wing fell off, causing the crash. He’d already lost a front wing earlier in practice as well.
Patrickl (@patrickl) said on 26th December 2010, 9:53
According to the team, Kobayashi had several contacts before he lost his front wing.
James said on 9th December 2010, 12:31
*move
pan Kray said on 9th December 2010, 12:17
Hamilton’s passes in the first half of 2010 shouldn’t be considered as the best, because he had F-Duct advantage so it was easier for him to overtake
Ned Flanders said on 9th December 2010, 12:56
The F Duct may have given him a speed advantage but it’s not like it gave him the balls to go around the outside of Rosberg. And surely you don’t mean the pass on Button too saying as he had the exact same car?!
Steve said on 10th December 2010, 0:55
To be fair, he was already a whole car length in front of rosberg by the time the corner came up. All he really had to do was turn in. It was close and looked great, but in reality it wasn’t very special at all.
richevans123 said on 9th December 2010, 14:35
And in fairness, most overtakes in the early season were at Melbourne and China where changeable conditions brings car performance closer together.
GreyoTG said on 9th December 2010, 17:40
The reason Hamilton’s overtake was so good and not simply because of the F-Duct is the fact no-one had done it before. Many people forget how good Hamilton is at Melbourne come race day. Just remember his charge from 15th to 3rd last year (Let’s avoid ‘Lie-gate’ for that)
Kest (@kest) said on 23rd December 2010, 12:55
However he ran wide slightly and Nico was going for the counter, but was stopped by yellows.
A great overtake should stick through the overtake, not because of a flag immediately afterwards.
Had Nico retaken the place no one would have considered this a great overtake, and more likely people would have used this as an example of Lewis needed to be more calculated with his overtakes.
BasCB (@bascb) said on 23rd December 2010, 20:32
But he did give us new hope, that overtaking was actually possible in F1 2010! And many of those passes were really good stuff.
Julian said on 9th December 2010, 12:20
Had to go Kubica on button. Simply for the fact that he drives a transforming car, from red bull to renault in less then 3 seconds :D
thezevon said on 9th December 2010, 12:34
couldn’t agree more!
driftin (@driftin) said on 9th December 2010, 12:55
That was an unbelievable shot. I’d love to see a point of view from Kubica’s car, how he managed to get there….
Cyclops said on 9th December 2010, 14:30
same here, awesome maneuver
BBT said on 9th December 2010, 19:55
Great move, but it was Buttons greater move around the outside that made it, brilliant start never realised until watching it again, Kubica picked up on the opportunity through the distraction of Button around the outside and the Ferrari holding Button back, it was good but not the best IMO.
US_Peter (@us_peter) said on 9th December 2010, 20:33
Webber was staggeringly poor in the start of that race. None of that was shown live, and I remember them coming across the bridge and thinking “how the h*** did Webber fall so far back so quickly?!” If he hadn’t had such a terrible start they probably wouldn’t have pitted him so early to try a risky strategy that put him behind Kovaleinen and caused his epic crash…
Patrickl (@patrickl) said on 26th December 2010, 9:55
Agreed. The thing is now we only see Button’s on-board footage.
mike said on 10th December 2010, 7:29
If there was SCH instead of KUB, he wouldn`t leave BUT space to manage between the wall and the car for 100%..
Damon said on 9th December 2010, 12:22
Robert Kubica on Jenson Button, Europe! That was tight! Literally.
I don’t get why people like “Lewis Hamilton on Nico Rosberg, Australia” so much. Lewis had a huge speed overshot and the whole maneover was pretty much about going straight by Nico.
the edge said on 9th December 2010, 12:23
well that confirms who the best driver out there is…once you take away the cars differing performances.
I cant wait for next season, these new rules are gonna work 4 sure, racings gonna be racing again, decided on the curcit not during quali.
I think it will blow last year away, the idea of an equivalent 160bhp extra for the car behind using KERS & adjustable wings was one of pure genius
TED BELL said on 10th December 2010, 8:59
I have great concerns for the potential of disaster under the KERS/adjustable wing situation. Somebody is going to become victum of anothers over doing it. I hope that it is as you say but mistakes could be a PR nightmare for F1.
Rocky said on 9th December 2010, 12:43
Hamilton on Button man on man same car who blinks first.
Great stuff.
BasCB said on 10th December 2010, 16:22
I agree.
Sure, both Kubica and Kobayashi did some fantastic passing this year.
Kobayashi wins the best overtaker vote for me, Kubica is hyped out of the poll by the polish fanboys now and Hamilton stopped overtaking after the F-duct stopped being the ultimate tool for him.
Hamilton on Rosberg was amazing. It offered the first show of what the F-duct could do and as it was the first real pass we saw this year, it was an amazing one.
The passes from Alonso were very significant for the season and the WDC battle. Rubens deserves a big applause for making the move on Schumi, while Glock proved Schumacher was not going to win much this year with his pass.
But the best was seeing the McLarens dicing for the lead only a few minutes after having the RB duo disintegrate from contetion. And it was also about inner team rivalry. Had Button won that, I suppose Hamilton would have done a lot worse the rest of the year (that would have been 3:0 for Button).
Great job for fighting that out while still bringing the cars home.
driftin (@driftin) said on 9th December 2010, 12:45
Can’t believe Hamilton’s double overtake on Vettel and Sutil on the final hairpin in China didn’t make it through to the final 10.
wasiF1 said on 9th December 2010, 13:50
As Keith said the article, the selection were compiled from people’s nominations here:
Best F1 pass of 2010: make your nominations
driftin (@driftin) said on 9th December 2010, 19:40
I know… and I still can’t believe that didn’t make the final top 10.
mike said on 10th December 2010, 13:30
true
driftin (@driftin) said on 9th December 2010, 12:46
As for the worst pass of the year… Vettel somehow crashing into Button at Belgium.
Radiophonique said on 9th December 2010, 14:25
Or Webber in Istanbul.
Is there something about German F1 World Champions and an inability to overtake?
richevans123 said on 9th December 2010, 14:38
Or Webber taking Red Bull’s wings promotion slightly too literally.
Ned Flanders said on 9th December 2010, 12:51
I don’t think we should be allowed to vote on this. Surely it would make more sense to put the question to a panel of 22 people from the FIA and see what they decide.
Tactical voting and bribery of the panel is officially banned but in reality allowed if its done under the table. I suspect they will choose Robert Kubica because a Polish driver has never won the vote before…
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 9th December 2010, 12:52
I’m sure you’re referencing something but I’ve no idea what!
GeeMac (@geemac) said on 9th December 2010, 13:29
I think your confusing the FIA with FIFA…
Cyclops said on 9th December 2010, 23:56
Or any other major sporting organization which makes its choices based on money and politics…wait, it’s still FIA…