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Season 7 state of play: two five-point fights and a 346-point divide

Eight rounds have produced dominant D0 and BOTT leaders, a tightening D1 chase, a widening D3 gap and D2-D4 contests balanced on almost nothing.

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Williams leads Season 7 BOTT after eight rounds on 1,153 points, 346 ahead of Ferrari and 486 ahead of Aston Martin.

The five driver gaps range from five points in D2 and D4 to 95 in D0. D1 sits at 38 and D3 at 48, producing no honest way to call every division equally close—or equally finished.

D2 and D4 remain within one small swing

Webbah87 leads Walter9500 123-118 in D2. Higosh leads JDJT3593 158-153 in D4. Both contests carry the same five-point margin, but they arrived differently: Walter closed in Azerbaijan, while JDJT won from sixth and took six points out of Higosh.

Darth's lead shrinks; quenooo's grows

PolyTromp's Azerbaijan win reduced Darth Ussh's D1 advantage from 59 to 38. In D3, quenooo29 moved the other way, extending a 29-point lead to 48 despite TheMDog winning the race.

Cloud still owns the largest driver cushion

Piastrigoat's pole-to-win result promoted the Ferrari driver from fourth to second and cut 16 points from Cloud's advantage. Cloud nevertheless remained first on 197, with 95 points still separating the pair.

Ferrari wins the round; Williams owns the season

Ferrari's three victories produced a 159-point Azerbaijan round, 13 more than Williams. The gain reduced the BOTT lead from 359 to 346—progress on the weekend, perspective on the season.

The next scheduled event is Japan. It inherits two five-point fights, two medium-sized chases moving in opposite directions, one 95-point D0 cushion and a BOTT leader that can lose a round without looking remotely displaced.

That is the Season 7 narrative after eight rounds: not a wall of winners, but six competitive shapes. The useful next question is different in every table—and that is exactly why the archive should keep answering them one by one.

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