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Ten top-five finishes let winless Ferrari lead Bahrain round

Four podiums and an extraordinary 10 top fives from 12 starts produced 182 points, beating three-win VCARB despite Ferrari not winning any division.

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Ferrari Formula 1 car on track at Bahrain International Circuit
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Ferrari won the Bahrain BOTT round on 182 points without winning any of the six divisions. Four podiums and 10 top-five finishes from 12 starts put the team 18 ahead of VCARB.

VCARB won E1, E2 and E3 through Techubi, Rickk116 and Elias_endale, yet finished second on 164. Ferrari's breadth across the card outweighed a rival's three victories.

Five sixths of the starts reach the top five

Ten top-five results from 12 starts meant Ferrari missed that threshold only twice. The four podiums formed the highest layer, but the six additional fourth- and fifth-place finishes created the scoring density.

Dom supplied second place in both D1 and E1 from P8 and P6, two deep-grid podiums within the total. Ferrari's result was not faceless depth; individual recoveries gave the distribution visible peaks.

The weekly win does not restore first overall

VCARB remained first in BOTT on 1645, Ferrari moved to 1600 and McLaren stood on 1594. Bahrain compressed second and third to six points while leaving Ferrari 45 from the lead.

Bahrain demonstrated the scoring system at its broadest. VCARB owned half the race wins; Ferrari owned nearly every top-five position available to its entries and, through that depth, owned the round.

Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

D1 · Bahrain[VA] cloudMcLaren · 32 pts
D2 · BahrainHPJonesMcLaren · 31 pts
D3 · BahrainBabbaKick Sauber · 31 pts
E1 · BahrainTechubiVCARB · 30 pts
E2 · BahrainRickk116VCARB · 30 pts
E3 · BahrainElias_endaleVCARB · 31 pts
1
Ferrari0W · 4 podiums
182
2
VCARB3W · 4 podiums
164
3
McLaren2W · 3 podiums
127
Grid to flag

Dom's two Ferrari Bahrain podiums

Two runner-up recoveries

Official grid and finishing positions

D1
DomFerrari
P8P2
+6
E1
DomFerrari
P6P2
+4
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