The Formula 1 2025 season was full of competition and transitions. Although fewer in number than last year and fans and drivers not always able to enjoy the action on track, there were still plenty of genuine overtakes.

On some routes there were very few, as expected. The fewest overtakes took place in Monaco; There were only four overtakes during the entire race. And most of them were at the season finale, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – 60th.

Below is the exact number of actual overtakes on each stage; this number does not take into account position changes on pit road during the first lap as the driver exits or exits the track. The chart only reflects actual overtaking on the motorway.

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Mercedes driver George Russell received a rather unusual Christmas gift from Charles Leclerc as part of Secret Santa.

The Briton received a chart showing his overtakes at the Dutch Grand Prix, arguably one of the most exciting moments of the season.

After unwrapping the gift, Russell said: “Look at him. He’s such a nice guy. He can only overtake illegally, so that’s all he has going for him – taking people off the track. I’m speechless to be honest.”

When asked if he wanted to wish Leclerc a Merry Christmas, the British driver playfully added:

“He doesn’t deserve this. Maybe I’ll give him another photo of Kimi knocking him out of the race and remind him of what happened a few laps later. Thank you Charles. Thank you for nothing.”

🎁 | Amigo secreto!

There is no information that George Russell bought Charles Leclerc.😂

“It’s a very delicate piece. It means having a form that’s not legal. It means they’re unarmed… much better.” pic.twitter.com/O7MLLWdTtB

— Team George Russell Br🇧🇷 (@teamgeorgerllbr) December 23, 2025

Mercedes driver George Russell has admitted he cannot explain exactly where his team falls behind Red Bull and McLaren in the ground effect era in Formula 1.

The last four seasons have been difficult for the eight-time Constructors’ Championship team, with misguided developments, discredited concepts and a lack of mastery of the new rules.

While it was important to understand the rules and delicate balance between traditional aerodynamics and the car’s interaction with the underbody, this proved to be much more difficult to implement on the track, and Mercedes fell behind in this component.

The Brackley team has not challenged for the title since the start of 2022, achieving their final results of the 2025 season with third, second, fourth and second.

One of the main reasons for Mercedes’ problems was the completely different philosophy of the car at the start of the new rules in 2022; A concept without traditional side pontoons. Although other teams also considered this approach, they quickly gave up on it; Toto Wolff’s team spent more than a year making this work.

“I think it probably depends on where we start,” Russell explained.

“We probably started in the wrong place, went down the wrong path and then had to turn back.”

The driver also noted that Red Bull had a significant advantage at the start of the regulations.

“Obviously, Red Bull had the least amount of problems with dolphin hunting in 2022 and was actually six or even eight months ahead of everyone else as we tried to resolve this issue.”

“So I don’t think this regulation will have any impact on the next regulation because the issues will be completely different.”