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Ferrari breaks the IMS team-round record with 207 points in Baku

Wins for Her Wet Cat and TheIceman729 led a four-podium, seven-top-five return that emphatically cleared Red Bull's previous benchmark by 19 points.

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Ferrari and Red Bull Formula 1 cars on track at Baku City Circuit
S2 · R8Baku

Ferrari scored 207 BOTT points in Baku, setting a new IMS team-round record through Season 2 Round 8. Nine starts produced two wins, four podiums and seven top-five finishes.

Her Wet Cat won D3 with RobbySimps44 third, while TheIceman729 won E1. Murts9691's E2 second place completed the four Ferrari podiums.

The record rises by 19 points

Red Bull's 188 in Portugal had led the historical table. Ferrari's 207 moved ahead, followed by its own 182 in Jeddah, 178 at Imola and 166 in Portugal.

Baku was the first supplied team total above 200. Ferrari reached it with one fewer podium than at Jeddah but the same two victories and seven top-five finishes.

Twenty-five points clear on the weekend

Red Bull scored 182 and McLaren 141, leaving Ferrari 25 points clear in the round table. The cumulative BOTT advantage over Red Bull grew to 302 points, 1,293 to 991.

Brazil came next with 207 as the number every team had to chase. Ferrari had already occupied much of the top five; Baku finally moved the ceiling beyond everybody else's best.

Historical proof · Through S2 R8

Highest-scoring team rounds in IMS history

This result: #1

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#1FerrariThis storyS2 R8Baku2 wins · 4 podiums207 points
2#2Red BullS2 R5Portugal1 wins · 4 podiums188 points
3#3FerrariS2 R7Jeddah2 wins · 5 podiums182 points
4#4FerrariS2 R2Imola3 wins · 4 podiums178 points
5#5FerrariS2 R5Portugal1 wins · 4 podiums166 points
Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

1
Ferrari2W · 4 podiums
207
2
Red Bull1W · 3 podiums
182
3
McLaren1W · 3 podiums
141
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