Red Bull enters Ferrari-dominated scoringIMS story

Red Bull's 128-point Mystery Race round ranks fourth in IMS history

One victory and four podiums ended Ferrari's three-round hold on the weekly team table and cut its cumulative advantage to 193 points.

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Red Bull scored 128 points in the Mystery Race, the fourth-highest team round total in IMS history through Season 2 Round 4. Its eight starts produced one win, four podiums and four top-five finishes.

TheMekanic17 won D1, Ranga20063239 finished third in the same division, qwAsey reet rose to second in D3 and Tedoi6974 took second in E1. Those four results supplied every Red Bull podium in the aggregate.

Ferrari occupies the first three rows

Ferrari's 178 points at Imola remained the record, followed by 154 in Canada and 142 at Silverstone. Red Bull's 128 entered fourth, with Kick Sauber's 117-point Silverstone round fifth.

That made Red Bull the first team other than Ferrari to enter the leading four historical scores. It did so without matching Ferrari's two- and three-win peaks: the Mystery Race was built from one victory and four podiums.

Nineteen points gained on Ferrari

Ferrari scored 109 and McLaren 93, so Red Bull won the round by 19 points. Ferrari still led the cumulative BOTT standings 583-390, with VCARB third on 349.

Portugal came next with a 193-point task still facing Red Bull. The Mystery Race had not erased the season deficit; it had produced the first weekly answer strong enough to enter the historical top four.

Historical proof · Through S2 R4

Highest-scoring team rounds in IMS history

This result: #4

The comparison uses IMS results available at the end of this round. The highlighted row is the result cited by this article.

TopRankEntryEventSupporting detailValue
1#1FerrariS2 R2Imola3 wins · 4 podiums178 points
2#2FerrariS2 R3Canada1 wins · 3 podiums154 points
3#3FerrariS2 R1Silverstone2 wins · 4 podiums142 points
4#4Red BullThis storyS2 R4Mystery Race1 wins · 4 podiums128 points
5T#5Kick SauberS2 R1Silverstone1 wins · 3 podiums117 points
Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

1
Red Bull1W · 4 podiums
128
2
Ferrari1W · 2 podiums
109
3
McLaren1W · 1 podiums
93
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