Evidence-led analysis of IMS title fights, standings shifts and championship-defining performances.
Williams can clinch the team championship by outscoring Red Bull by 41 points in Japan—but its leading drivers are separated by only five points in their own title fight.
The Williams Team Principal has built championship-winning teams and now holds a commanding BOTT lead—but the biggest prize missing from his own driver record remains under threat from Walter9500.
The championship leader sits second on the IMS all-time wins list, while piastrigoat arrives after ending a victory drought that stretched back to Season 4.
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.
A 31-point Azerbaijan maximum moved the Ferrari driver from fourth to second in D0, although 95 points still separated the top two.
