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McLaren wins Brazil round but VCARB is crowned BOTT champion by 13 points

A 164-point finale cut deeply into the lead without erasing it, completing the closest aggregate team championship of Season 6.

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VCARB Formula 1 car on track at Interlagos Circuit
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Championship secured

How the title was sealed

ALL · BOTTVCARBSeason 6 champion
Points at seal
1972
Nearest rival
1959
Margin
+13
Still available
0

Crowned at the Brazil season finale.

McLaren won the Brazil BOTT round on 164 points, but VCARB finished Season 6 first on 1972, 13 ahead of McLaren. Ferrari completed the top three on 1875.

Cloud supplied McLaren's D1 victory, with Raptorr third in the same division and Trident65 third in D3. Three podiums and seven top-five finishes supported the sole win.

One McLaren win drives the final charge

McLaren's 164 beat Williams and VCARB, tied on 142, by 22. The weekly advantage cut VCARB's 35-point pre-finale lead to 13 but could not erase it.

VCARB's title survived a round in which it won no division but placed JDJT3593 second in D3, II M4IK II third in E2 and Elias second in E3. Those podiums supplied enough resistance.

Thirteen points survive repeated lead changes

Williams led the opening season, Ferrari crossed ahead at Jeddah, and VCARB later emerged from a three-team compression. The final order placed VCARB on 1972, McLaren 1959 and Ferrari 1875.

Brazil split the honours at the narrowest team scale. McLaren owned the stronger finale by 22 points; VCARB owned the accumulated season by 13.

Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

D1 · Brazil[VA] cloudMcLaren · 30 pts
D2 · BrazilKaтю́shа SnowstormHaas · 30 pts
D3 · Brazilatmjosh15Haas · 31 pts
E1 · BrazilARM ZezinRed Bull · 30 pts
E2 · BrazilMagMagnussenAston Martin · 31 pts
E3 · Braziljazzy-draught9Aston Martin · 30 pts
1
McLaren1W · 3 podiums
164
2
Williams0W · 5 podiums
142
3
VCARB0W · 3 podiums
142
Race classification

D1 podium

Full result ↗
PosDriverTeamGridGainPts
1[VA] cloudMcLaren6+530
2[FVR] demaikoWilliams1-124
3RaptorrMcLaren3019
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