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Mercedes takes the E2 constructors' title by a single point

Rizla's third place at Spa supplied the final contribution to a 224-223 team verdict over Aston Martin—the narrowest championship margin of Season 5.

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Mercedes Formula 1 car on track at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
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Championship secured

How the title was sealed

E2 · WCCMercedesSeason 5 champion
Points at seal
224
Nearest rival
223
Margin
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Still available
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Crowned at the Spa season finale.

Mercedes won the Season 5 E2 constructors' championship by one point over Aston Martin, 224-223. Rizla finished third from pole in the Spa finale to complete the winning total.

Gennaro1173 won for Alpine and HackoDK finished second for Kick Sauber. Neither of the leading constructor teams won the final race, leaving P3 as the decisive recorded contribution.

One point survives eleven rounds

A 224-223 final score gives every earlier result retrospective weight without requiring invented turning points. The complete campaign separated the teams by the smallest whole number available.

Rizla also won the drivers' championship on 216 points, 64 ahead of BBLDRiZZY6523. Mercedes therefore paired a comfortable individual title with a constructor crown secured by almost nothing.

Comfort for the driver, tension for the team

The contrast is the season's E2 signature. Rizla had 64 points of personal daylight; Mercedes had one point of collective daylight.

Spa ended with Mercedes first by the width of a single championship point. No flourish improves that number; the table already supplies the drama.

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