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VCARB wins the Spa team round without winning a division

Four podiums and six top-five finishes produced 130.2 points, allowing VCARB's depth across the five classifications to beat two-win Ferrari by 24.4.

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VCARB led the Spa BOTT round on 130.2 points without winning any of its five divisions. Four podiums and six top-five finishes from ten starts put the team 24.4 ahead of Ferrari, which won E1 and E2.

Piastrigoat supplied second place in D1 and E1, JPThaJoker finished third in D3 and BBLDRiZZY6523 took second in E2. The top step kept changing colour; VCARB kept returning to the podium beneath it.

Five winners, one points pattern

Jonno won D1 for Mercedes, FTR Button D2 for Alpine, JDJT3593 D3 for Williams, Darth Ussh E1 for Ferrari and sirspinsal0t E2 for Ferrari. No VCARB name appears in that list, which is precisely why the team result is more revealing than a winner count.

The accumulation came from repeat high finishes. Two second places for piastrigoat alone connected different divisions, while third places in D3 and another E2 runner-up kept the score moving. Six top-five results meant the podiums were not isolated spikes.

Depth narrows the BOTT deficit

Ferrari remained first overall on 457 points after Spa, with VCARB second on 402.4. The round did not change the leader, but VCARB's 24.4-point advantage established which team had made the strongest use of the five classifications.

Spa's lesson is not that wins were unimportant. It is that BOTT rewarded ten-car breadth as well as five separate victories. Ferrari owned two races; VCARB owned enough of everything immediately behind them to own the round.

Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

D1 · SpaJonnoMercedes · 25 pts
D2 · SpaFTR ButtonAlpine · 26 pts
D3 · SpaJDJT3593Williams · 25 pts
E1 · SpaDarth UsshFerrari · 25 pts
E2 · Spasirspinsal0tFerrari · 25 pts
1
VCARB0W · 4 podiums
130.20000000000002
2
Ferrari2W · 3 podiums
105.8
3
Mercedes1W · 3 podiums
82.2
Race classification

D1 podium

Full result ↗
PosDriverTeamGridGainPts
1JonnoMercedes3+225
2piastrigoatVCARB1-121
3Emdiska HDAston Martin4+117
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