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Ferrari's 180-point Miami round turns 38 behind VCARB into 18 ahead

Two wins and five podiums produced a 56-point swing in one event, delivering the fourth change of BOTT leader in six rounds.

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Ferrari and Red Bull Formula 1 cars on track at Miami International Autodrome
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Ferrari scored 180 BOTT points in Miami against VCARB's 124, changing a 38-point deficit after Mexico into an 18-point lead. It was the fourth change of leader across Season 3's first six rounds.

Wadz51 won E1 and TheIceman729 won E2 for Ferrari. Five podiums and six top-five finishes from ten starts supplied the depth behind the 56-point swing.

Two wins sit inside five podiums

Piastrigoat added D1 second place, CapnBlkbrn81 D2 second and the remaining podium came from Ferrari's cross-division return. The 180 was not a two-winner total with empty space behind it; six of ten starts ended in the top five.

VCARB still won D3 through uijyl and placed five cars in the top five, but two podiums against Ferrari's five left the round scores 56 apart. That exact difference exceeded the entire 38-point lead VCARB brought to Miami.

The BOTT lead crosses for the fourth time

VCARB led after Singapore, Ferrari after Qatar, and VCARB again from Bahrain through Mexico. Miami moved Ferrari to 861 and VCARB to 843, the latest reversal in a line that had refused to stay on one side.

The result created an 18-point advantage, not a settled season. At Miami, its significance was narrower and more useful: Ferrari had converted one weekend of five-podium scoring into a full BOTT lead change.

Season progression

Six rounds, four changes of BOTT leader

38 behind → 18 ahead

Cumulative Ferrari and VCARB points through Miami. Each bar shows the cumulative total after that round.

FerrariVCARB
R1
Ferrari126
VCARB134

VCARB+8

R2
Ferrari269
VCARB258

Ferrari+11

R3
Ferrari385
VCARB420

VCARB+35

R4
Ferrari483
VCARB571

VCARB+88

R5
Ferrari681
VCARB719

VCARB+38

R6
Ferrari861
VCARB843

Ferrari+18

Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

D1 · MiamiBULLDOGGER47Aston Martin · 30 pts
D2 · Miamiquenooo29McLaren · 31 pts
D3 · MiamiuijylVCARB · 31 pts
E1 · MiamiWadz51Ferrari · 31 pts
E2 · MiamiTheIceman729Ferrari · 30 pts
1
Ferrari2W · 5 podiums
180
2
McLaren1W · 3 podiums
145
3
VCARB1W · 2 podiums
124
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