Pic breaks record for most times overtaken in F1 history
30 November, 2012
Nov.30 (GMM) Marussia rookie Charles Pic has entered Formula One’s history books by taking an undesirable record.
Finland’s Turun Sanomat newspaper reports that the young Frenchman, who made his debut this year with Marussia and for 2013 will switch to Caterham, broke a record held for more than 20 years by Italian Stefano Modena.
In 1989, Modena’s Brabham was overtaken no fewer than 68 times.
But this season, 22-year-old Pic broke the record by losing position to other drivers 70 times.
Indeed, in total, Marussia’s 2012 car – also raced by Timo Glock – was overtaken 134 times this year, compared to 119 for fellow backmarkers Caterham, and 114 for HRT.
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Does this include overtaking under blue flags
Wrong.
If you are last on the grid, less overtakes.. HRT.. Karthikeyan. It’s not about reliability.
That is just because he qualified better than he should have and HRT didn’t last long enough in the races.