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Season 5 preview: 11 rounds, six divisions and a new E3 contest

Bahrain opens an expanded F125 campaign carrying five Season 4 champions as the last competitive reference—and adding a sixth classification with no inherited title order.

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Season 5 begins in Bahrain with 11 rounds scheduled through Spa and six classifications racing on F125. E3 joins D1, D2, D3, E1 and E2, expanding the championship map by one division.

The most recent completed reference belongs to Season 4: Jonno in D1, HPJones in D2, JDJT3593 in D3, Darth Ussh in E1 and JPlanteX in E2 finished first in their respective drivers' standings.

Five benchmarks, one new question

Those names establish what the paddock had most recently seen, not what Season 5 must repeat. Bahrain resets every total, and E3 begins without a Season 4 champion to defend against.

The final Season 4 round also set a broad team reference: Ferrari scored 219.8 BOTT points in Brazil and finished the season first overall on 1648.4, ahead of VCARB on 1469.

Bahrain starts the evidence again

An 11-round calendar leaves room for recoveries, reversals and failed opportunities that a shorter sprint would compress. The first weekend matters because every later lead change needs an opening number.

The agenda is therefore precise: discover who converts the new platform first, whether the Season 4 champions carry their authority forward, and which team establishes the first six-division BOTT benchmark.

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