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Ferrari scores 60 without a win and misses Red Bull by three

Two podiums and three top-five finishes carried the six-car entry to second in Las Vegas, behind a rival whose score rested on two victories.

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Ferrari and Red Bull Formula 1 cars on track at Las Vegas Strip Circuit
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Ferrari accumulated 60 BOTT points at Las Vegas without winning any of the three divisions. Red Bull scored 63 with two victories, leaving just three points between sharply different weekends.

SomaticCoast375 finished third in D1 and zoolander83 finished second in D3, giving Ferrari two podiums. Three of its six starters reached the top five.

Red Bull wins twice; Ferrari scores twice as wide

Red Bull's 63 came from four starts, two wins and two podiums. Ferrari needed six starts and did not lead a classification, yet its two podiums and extra top-five result kept the deficit to three.

It was not a moral victory — those remain notably absent from the points system. It was a useful demonstration that a round can be nearly won in aggregate by repeatedly finishing near the front.

The divisional tables pull in opposite directions

Red Bull led Ferrari's nearest D1 comparator, Mercedes, by 35 points. In the new D3 constructors' table, Red Bull and Ferrari were level on 26, with Red Bull listed first on countback.

Silverstone came next with both models intact: Red Bull's concentrated winning power and Ferrari's broader scoring net. Las Vegas had separated them by only three points, which was less verdict than invitation.

Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

1
Red Bull2W · 2 podiums
63
2
Ferrari0W · 2 podiums
60
3
VCARB1W · 1 podiums
35
After the round

Championship picture

Constructors
1
Red Bull
26
2
Ferrari
26

0 points between first and second

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