Fourth-place finale earns top-five historicalIMS story

Nexoh S1mple gains 12 places to join IMS's top five recoveries

The Alpine driver's P16-to-P4 Austria charge matched the fifth-best historical value, one place short of the four-way record at 13.

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Alpine Formula 1 car on track at Red Bull Ring
S1 · R8Austria

Nexoh S1mple climbed from 16th on the Austria D3 grid to fourth at the finish, gaining 12 places. Through the Season 1 finale, that value ranked joint fifth in IMS history.

aaAGOGE, Zoolander83 and Her Wet Cat filled the podium. Nexoh stopped one place short, giving the finale a major recovery story distinct from its winner and title deciders.

Four drivers share 13 before Nexoh's 12

MagHeXC, Jakebandy8, MilitaryMaple18 and SideFx99 occupied the first four rows with 13 positions gained. Nexoh followed on 12, the fifth row and fifth-best value in the comparison.

The ranking needs both parts: Nexoh was tied on the 12-place value, while four separate 13-place drives stood ahead. P4 in Austria was the finish; joint fifth was the historical context.

The final round ends one place beyond the podium

The D3 podium's largest gain belonged to winner aaAGOGE, who moved five places from sixth. Nexoh more than doubled that movement but finished fourth, a neat warning that recovery size and finishing position answer different questions.

Season 1 ended in Austria, freezing the comparison at that point. Nexoh left the finale without a podium and with a top-five archive mark — an entirely respectable exchange rate for starting 16th.

Historical proof · Through S1 R8

Biggest position gains in IMS history

This result: T#5

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#1MSRT MagHeXCS1 R1BrazilP20 to P7 · D113 places
2T#1jakebandy8S1 R2MonzaP16 to P3 · D113 places
3T#1MilitaryMaple18S1 R6Abu DhabiP20 to P7 · D213 places
4T#1SideFx99S1 R6Abu DhabiP17 to P4 · D113 places
5T#5Nexoh S1mpleThis storyS1 R8AustriaP16 to P4 · D312 places
Grid to flag

Nexoh's 12-place Austria recovery

P16 → P4 · joint fifth historically

Official grid and finish from the ranked fact

D3
Nexoh S1mpleAlpine
P16P4
+12
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