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Ferrari takes BOTT by five as Season 6 reaches its first break

A 57-point swing over Williams put Ferrari first after Jeddah, while D1 recovered from a tie and E3 changed leaders for the fourth time in six rounds.

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Ferrari left Jeddah at the top of BOTT on 803 points, five ahead of Williams and 91 clear of VCARB. Six rounds had produced a new leader, but certainly not a settled contest.

Williams had arrived 52 points ahead of Ferrari. The Jeddah round added 174 for Ferrari and 117 for Williams, turning that deficit into a five-point advantage. In arithmetic terms, the handover was brutally tidy: a 57-point swing, completed in one weekend.

Williams led five rounds; Ferrari needed one to pass

Williams' BOTT total rose from 169 in Austria to 289 in Texas, 392 at Zandvoort, 511 in Spain and 681 after Silverstone. VCARB stayed second through the first four rounds; Ferrari moved into that position at Silverstone, then went one better in Jeddah.

The top three now read Ferrari 803, Williams 798 and VCARB 712. Nobody has escaped; one team has merely earned the privilege of being chased first when racing resumes in Australia.

A tie breaks in D1; E3 refuses to sit still

Jonno and Meowsy reached the end of Silverstone level on 80 points. Jeddah separated them by eight: Jonno won 31 points and moved to 111, while Meowsy's 23 took the second-place total to 103.

E3 has been less a championship table than a revolving door. Alezoo led after Austria, Elias_endale after Texas, NesbiLeGrand after Zandvoort, Elias again after Spain and Silverstone, then Nesbi again after Jeddah. The newest gap is 16 points, 129 to 113.

Two races are opening; one remains within touching distance

Jak75421 holds D3 by 74 points over ContexRL, while Techubi's E1 advantage over piastrigoat is 60. E2 offers a different shape: gennaro1173 leads Rickk116 by 11, after their Silverstone gap had been only three.

BULLDOGGER47's D2 lead sits at 45 over xAQxFr. Across six divisions, the first phase has produced two substantial cushions, two active chases, one tie already broken and one title lead that seems to change its name whenever the calendar changes its country.

Australia begins the second phase. Ferrari carries the narrowest possible useful advantage in BOTT; Williams has five points to recover; VCARB has 91. The season is not halfway complete, but it has already made complacency look like an expensive hobby.

Season progression

The BOTT lead changes hands

Ferrari +5

Cumulative points after each of the opening six rounds. Each bar shows the cumulative total after that round.

FerrariWilliamsVCARB
R1
Ferrari36
Williams169
VCARB115

Williams+133

R2
Ferrari150
Williams289
VCARB248

Williams+139

R3
Ferrari284
Williams392
VCARB377

Williams+108

R4
Ferrari432
Williams511
VCARB482

Williams+79

R5
Ferrari629
Williams681
VCARB602

Williams+52

R6
Ferrari803
Williams798
VCARB712

Ferrari+5

After the round

Championship picture

Drivers
1
Jonno
80
2
Meowsy
80

0 points between first and second

Drivers
1
Jonno
111
2
Meowsy
103

8 points between first and second

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