Best overtakes of 2009

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To those who thought this season was boring and didn't improve the amount of overtaking, at least it would be fair to say it improved what overtaking we did have:

Quality over quantity, eh?

I can't think of any its missing, maybe the scrap between Massa and Buemi at Australia at turn 3/4. There were a fair few at that section that race.
Also Rosberg's start at Malaysia should count as a good overtake.

My favourites were Kobayashi's moves, Webber's and Button's. Kobayashi and Webber for their ultra-aggressive style and Button's for his pin-point braking (except against Kobayashi :lol: )
 
Its missing when Vettel overtook Button in the wet at China down the rally long straight but the Glock vs Trulli was probably the best overtaking of the season.
 
And yet he hs no F1 drive for 2010
 
Hes with Sauber, look it up!
 
Kobayashi FTW!

It's a shame KERS was dropped. It was expensive, yes... and of dubious value... (I hated the idea at the beginning, and I hated the two-tier implementation)... but if it had been carried through to a season where all runners had KERS, ther racing would have been much more tactical.
 
KERS is still allowed in the rulebook, so theres still the chance the teams will use it at a better time when we aren't in a financial crisis.
 
^ Exactly.

My personal move the year was Rosberg on Massa in Monaco. Yes, Felipe made a mistake (2 if you include leaving a gap for Nico) but for opportunistic, inch-perfect driving from Rosberg, at Tabac of all places, it would've had my vote.

For me, Kobayashi's best move of his two races was his around-the-outside pass on Nakajima into the first corner at Interlagos. His pass on Button in Abu Dhabi was well played, but nothing special. The same applies to Raikkonen's pass on Fisichella at Spa.
 
Kobayashi's move(s) on Button wasn't special if it was a driver who had been around for a season or two...but this was a rookie in only his second race with a car he didn't know well facing down the champion who also happened to be quite good at overtaking.
It was a good display of skill and a level-head, he wasn't intimidated by Button and for a rookie that speaks volumes when compared to Alguesuari and Grosjean who made several mistakes and errors over the season.

I'm actually more impressed by the moments before the overtake, when Button first came out of the pitlane, Kamui was mega-committed around the outside and into the hairpin. It was amazing to watch. Any other rookie (or even some of the experienced guys) would have waited for the straight and tried to slipsteam but Kamui was all over Jenson, keeping him under pressure and managing to force Jenson into an error.

If that is not impressive then I think perhaps you haven't seen many rookies in F1.

And interludes, I'd love to see you drive an F1 car around the outside of the current champion and force him into an error in only your second race. Not many people have that amount of balls to go that aggressive even after 5 seasons in F1! :lol: Let alone 1 race! I fully realise there was a large difference with warm/cold tyres and fuel loads, but even so, Jenson was the one that made the mistake and Kamui was the one who went balls out all over Jenson, he didn't need to but he did.
I think perhaps you are missing why people are impressed, it isn't the fact Kobayashi overtook Button, its how he did it and the circumstances he did it in.
 
I'm actually more impressed by the moments before the overtake, when Button first came out of the pitlane, Kamui was mega-committed around the outside and into the hairpin. It was amazing to watch. Any other rookie (or even some of the experienced guys) would have waited for the straight and tried to slipsteam but Kamui was all over Jenson, keeping him under pressure and managing to force Jenson into an error.

This is pretty much the reason why its my favourite pass of the year. Yes, he had nothing to lose by going aggressive, but he managed to be assertive while keeping composure, and it was assertive enough to put Jenson-the world champion-under enough pressure to make a braking error.
 
Kobayashi looks very promising. I think he may eventually be more successful in F1 than Taku (Takuma Sato). He may even be the first Japanese driver to win a grand prix, having said that, I thought that about Taku, and the guy's struggling to find a drive, despite some excellent drives.

For anyone who doesn't remember, check out Taku (in a super aguri) overtaking Alonso in the Mclaren and Ralf Schumacher in a toyota in montreal '07.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxN94E41LvI

^ That was him overtaking alonso. Can't seem to find a vid of him overtaking Ralf.
 
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