Season 2 was the first IMS BOTT campaign, and Ferrari led after every archived round. The team finished on 1,801 points, 440 ahead of Red Bull and 578 clear of VCARB.
The championship accumulated each team's round score across the divisions on that weekend. Silverstone began with four classifications; Texas added E2, increasing the number of starts and the depth available to every team from Round 6 onward.
Round scores reward breadth as well as wins
Red Bull scored 188 in Portugal with one win and four podiums. Ferrari set the 207-point record in Baku with two wins and four podiums, while VCARB reached 204 in the second Mystery Race with two wins, only two podiums and seven top-five finishes.
Those three totals explain the scoring logic better than a slogan could. Victory matters, but so do the fourths and fifths beneath it; two teams can win the same number of races and leave with very different round scores.
Ferrari builds the lead before anyone answers
Ferrari led Red Bull by 68 after Silverstone, 144 after Imola and 212 after Canada. Red Bull's Mystery Race and Portugal responses reduced the gap to 193 and then 171, but Texas left Ferrari 162 ahead after six rounds.
The second half settled the distinction between a quick reply and a sustained pursuit. Ferrari's advantage over Red Bull grew from 277 after Jeddah to 302 after Baku, 346 after the second Mystery Race, 358 after Australia and 440 at the finish.
VCARB and McLaren still reshape the weekly order
VCARB won the second Mystery Race round by ten points over Ferrari, then McLaren topped the Japan finale on 194. Neither threatened Ferrari's cumulative title, but both proved the weekly table could change leader even after the season table had become lopsided.
VCARB finished third overall on 1,223 points, only 138 behind Red Bull. Its Mystery Race peak and strong D2 campaign narrowed the contest for second even while Ferrari moved beyond reach at the front.
That is the first BOTT season in one sentence: not a replacement for the five divisional championships, but a second reading of the same weekends. Ferrari did not need to win every round because it kept turning more of each grid into points, and cumulative arithmetic is famously unmoved by dramatic objections.
