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Ferrari scores 197 at Silverstone and moves within 52 BOTT points of Williams

Two wins and three podiums give Ferrari the round, while the top three tighten to 79 points after five events.

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Ferrari led the Silverstone BOTT round with 197 points from 12 starts, moving to second in the cumulative table.

The return contained two wins, three podiums and four top-five finishes. Its two victories came in D2 with BULLDOGGER47 and E3 with NesbiLeGrand.

Fifty-two points remain to first

Williams retains the BOTT lead on 681 points. Ferrari follows on 629 and VCARB on 602, placing the top three inside a 79-point window.

Ferrari is 52 behind Williams and 27 ahead of VCARB. The Silverstone round win therefore moves the team from a chase for the podium places into direct pressure on first.

Two wins carry most of the weight

Only one of Ferrari's remaining ten starts reached the podium and another reached the top five. The score was led by concentrated success rather than uniform placement across every division.

Silverstone leaves Williams first, but it gives the nearest challenger the largest number of the weekend. That is the difference between a static table and a championship beginning to lean under pressure.

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