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Williams ends Ferrari's five-round BOTT streak at Silverstone

Wins for FatCatBatMan465 and Jonno, four podiums and six top-five finishes produced 150 points, making Williams the first team other than Ferrari to lead a Season 5 round.

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Williams Formula 1 car on track at Silverstone Circuit
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Williams led the Silverstone BOTT round on 150 points, ending Ferrari's run as highest-scoring team across Season 5's first five events. Two wins, four podiums and six top-five finishes from 12 starts created the break.

FatCatBatMan465 won D1 from P3 and Jonno won E1 from P3. Jonno also finished D1 second, while Williams added vHUNT3R's first IMS podium in E3.

Two wins share one driver twice

Jonno's cross-division contribution connected the Williams peaks: second behind FatCat in D1, then first in E1. FatCat gained two grid places to win; Jonno held P2 in one race and gained two positions in the other.

The remaining podium came from E3, where vHUNT3R finished third from P4. Across the round, six Williams starts reached the top five, giving the two victories enough support to beat Kick Sauber by 21 and Ferrari by 42.

The round changes, the season leader does not

Ferrari remained first overall on 1114 points, with Williams second on 756. Silverstone did not erase the 358-point season gap; it proved that the weekly scoring pattern could be broken even while the larger championship order stayed intact.

That makes the round more than another 150-point total. Five events had produced the same leading team. Silverstone produced a different one through two wins, a cross-division Jonno contribution and six top-five scores.

Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

1
Williams2W · 4 podiums
150
2
Kick Sauber2W · 3 podiums
129
3
Ferrari0W · 2 podiums
108
Grid to flag

Williams' two Silverstone wins

Williams · two wins

Official grid and finishing positions

D1
FatCatBatMan465Williams
P3P1
+2
D1
JonnoWilliams
P2P2
0
E1
JonnoWilliams
P3P1
+2
E1
Triske043Haas
P1P2
-1
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