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Red Bull and Williams leave Great Britain split by one BOTT point

Aston Martin won the round, Williams finished second and Red Bull did just enough in third to retain the narrowest possible championship lead.

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Red Bull left Great Britain on 353 BOTT points. Williams left on 352. The one-point championship split arrived after neither team won the round.

Aston Martin scored 113 to lead the event, ten more than Williams and 21 more than Red Bull. Its single victory, three podiums and five top-five finishes made the weekend belong to green even as the title headline stayed red and blue.

Williams finds ten points; Red Bull keeps one

Zak Styler supplied Williams' D0 win from sixth on the grid, gaining five places to reach the top step. OnlineGuy99 added a second victory in D3 from the front row, helping Williams outscore Red Bull without quite dislodging it.

Red Bull's points came without a victory. McBeth655 and Ceetee19 recovered from ninth and 11th to finish second and third in D4, while the team's accumulated work from Texas and Austria preserved the smallest possible advantage.

Aston Martin wins the present tense

WilierBread2885 delivered Aston Martin's win from tenth on the D4 grid. The team also occupied third overall after the round on 283, so the event victory improved its own campaign rather than merely refereeing the leading pair.

Great Britain produced three distinct truths: Aston Martin scored the most now, Williams closed fastest, and Red Bull remained first by one. A championship table can be brutally economical when a weekend is this complicated.

Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

1
Aston Martin1W · 3 podiums
113
2
Williams2W · 2 podiums
103
3
Red Bull0W · 2 podiums
92
Grid to flag

Two recovery drives behind the BOTT squeeze

BOTT · 353–352

Official grid and finishing positions

D0
Zak StylerWilliams
P6P1
+5
D4
McBeth655Red Bull
P9P2
+7
D4
Ceetee19Red Bull
P11P3
+8
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