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Ferrari turns 52-point BOTT deficit into five-point lead at Jeddah

Only one division win sat inside five podiums and eight top-five finishes, producing 174 points and a 57-point swing against Williams in a single round.

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Ferrari Formula 1 car on track at Jeddah Corniche Circuit
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Ferrari entered Jeddah 52 points behind Williams in BOTT and left five ahead. A 174-117 round-score advantage produced a 57-point relative swing and changed the season leader to Ferrari on 803.

BULLDOGGER47 supplied Ferrari's only victory in D2. Five podiums and eight top-five finishes from 12 starts created the depth behind the lead change, rather than a multi-win sweep.

One win sits inside eight top fives

Ferrari's scoring shape was broad: fewer than half the team starts reached the podium, but two-thirds reached the top five. The 174 total therefore came from repeated high finishes around the D2 win.

Aston Martin finished second in the round on 136 and Williams third on 117. Ferrari beat the prior championship leader by enough to erase the full 52-point gap and add five more.

The championship lines cross by five

Before Jeddah, Williams stood on 681 and Ferrari 629. After adding their round scores, Ferrari reached 803 and Williams 798. The chart makes the crossing line explicit.

Jeddah's team story is not a victory count. It is how one win, five podiums and eight top fives converted a large deficit into the smallest possible multi-point lead.

Season progression

Ferrari crosses Williams at Jeddah

52 behind → five ahead

Cumulative BOTT points before and after Round 6. Each bar shows the cumulative total after that round.

FerrariWilliams
R5
Ferrari629
Williams681

Williams+52

R6
Ferrari803
Williams798

Ferrari+5

Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

D1 · JeddahJonnoWilliams · 31 pts
D2 · JeddahBULLDOGGER47Ferrari · 32 pts
D3 · JeddahLord DabFootAston Martin · 31 pts
E1 · JeddahTechubiVCARB · 31 pts
E2 · Jeddah[VR] John MarcoMcLaren · 31 pts
E3 · Jeddahjazzy-draught9Aston Martin · 32 pts
1
Ferrari1W · 5 podiums
174
2
Aston Martin2W · 3 podiums
136
3
Williams1W · 2 podiums
117
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