Williams turns victoriesIMS story

Three wins pull Williams to within 12 BOTT points in Austria

The round-leading 129-point score joined a select historical group, but Red Bull retained the championship lead after two events.

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Williams Formula 1 car on track at Red Bull Ring
S7 · R2Austria

Williams won three of Austria's five divisions and scored 129 BOTT points, the highest total of Round 2. That reduced the championship picture to Red Bull on 261 and Williams on 249.

Three wins in one team round matched the third-highest total in the IMS comparison through Season 7 Round 2. Only Ferrari at the Season 3 Mystery Race and McLaren at Season 6 China had reached four.

Different grid slots, identical reward

HPJones won D1 from fourth on the grid, kyotonic converted second on the D2 grid into victory, and JDJT3593 recovered from sixth to win D4. Williams did not need one repeated template to score heavily.

The round table put Aston Martin second on 115 and Red Bull third on 94. Williams gained 35 points on Red Bull across the event, although the opener's deficit meant the championship lead remained elsewhere.

The benchmark has company, not an equal

The historical table explains the scale without pretending all three-win rounds were identical. Williams paired 129 points with four podiums; Ferrari's Season 2 Imola entry carried 178 points, while Red Bull's Season 2 Texas effort had 164.

Austria changed the early argument from whether Red Bull could be caught to how quickly. Twelve points after two rounds is less a cushion than a loose coin rattling around the cockpit.

Historical proof · Through S7 R2

Most wins in a team round in IMS history

This result: T#3

The comparison uses IMS results available at the end of this round. The highlighted row is the result cited by this article.

TopRankEntryEventSupporting detailValue
1T#1FerrariS3 R7Mystery Race266 points · 4 wins · 5 podiums4 wins
2T#1McLarenS6 R8China248 points · 4 wins · 7 podiums4 wins
3T#3WilliamsThis storyS7 R2Austria129 points · 3 wins · 4 podiums3 wins
4T#3FerrariS2 R2Imola178 points · 3 wins · 4 podiums3 wins
5T#3Red BullS2 R6Texas164 points · 3 wins · 3 podiums3 wins
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Williams' Austria scoring routes

Three wins · three routes

Selected official grid and finishing positions

D1
HPJonesWilliams
P4P1
+3
D2
kyotonicWilliams
P2P1
+1
D4
JDJT3593Williams
P6P1
+5
Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

D0 · Austria[TRT] Karl VergheseAston Martin · 30 pts
D1 · AustriaHPJonesWilliams · 30 pts
D2 · AustriakyotonicWilliams · 30 pts
D3 · AustriaTullo_Formula1Red Bull · 31 pts
D4 · AustriaJDJT3593Williams · 30 pts
1
Williams3W · 4 podiums
129
2
Aston Martin1W · 3 podiums
115
3
Red Bull1W · 1 podiums
94
Official IMS broadcast coverage

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3 division broadcasts · Season 7 Round 2

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