Champion crownedThree titles, one round remainingChampionship

Three champions crowned as Australia rearranges the podiums

ForestalWaif1, quenooo29 and Her Wet Cat made their titles mathematical one round early on a day led by three very different race results.

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Albert Park Circuit from trackside
S2 · R10Australia
Championship secured

How the title was sealed

D2 · WDCForestalWaif1Season 2 champion
Points at seal
244
Nearest rival
186
Margin
+58
Still available
42

Crowned at Australia, Round 10, with 1 round remaining.

E2 · WDCquenooo29Season 2 champion
Points at seal
156
Nearest rival
97
Margin
+59
Still available
42

Crowned at Australia, Round 10, with 1 round remaining.

D3 · WDCHer Wet CatSeason 2 champion
Points at seal
222
Nearest rival
166
Margin
+56
Still available
42

Crowned at Australia, Round 10, with 1 round remaining.

Australia crowned three Season 2 drivers’ champions with one round still to run. ForestalWaif1 secured D2 on 244 points, quenooo29 secured E2 on 156 and Her Wet Cat secured D3 on 222.

None required the same route. RoydeBoy1564 won D2 from P16 while Forestal’s 58-point lead exceeded the 42 still available; quenooo29 recovered from P12 to second in E2; Her Wet Cat’s 56-point D3 margin was already beyond the finale’s reach.

Three different pieces of arithmetic

Forestal stood 58 clear of PerfectPaulie88, quenooo29 held 59 over JPlanteX and Her Wet Cat led Duxnuts69 by 56. Japan could offer 42 points to any one driver. Each leader therefore crossed the same mathematical line with a different cushion.

The classifications supplied the movement around those crowns. RoydeBoy’s 15-place D2 charge won the race, JPlanteX won E2 from pole before quenooo29 arrived from 12th, and QwAsey reet led D3 while Indraft climbed from 14th to the podium.

Japan inherits champions, not title fights

The finale could still decide races, margins and the places beneath first. It could not take D2 from Forestal, E2 from quenooo29 or D3 from Her Wet Cat. Australia had already closed those three arguments.

That is the round’s lasting shape: spectacular recoveries in the foreground, and three championship contests quietly running out of road behind them.

After the round

Championship picture

Drivers
1
ForestalWaif1
244
2
PerfectPaulie88
186

58 points between first and second

Grid to flag

Australia's four recovery drives

P16 to P1 · 15 places

Official grid and finishing positions across D2, D3, E1 and E2

D2
RoydeBoy1564Red Bull
P16P1
+15
E1
SachouYTBVCARB
P20P6
+14
D3
IndraftAlpine
P14P3
+11
E2
quenooo29McLaren
P12P2
+10
Historical proof · Through S2 R10

Biggest position gains 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
1#1Duxnuts69S2 R3CanadaP18 to P1 · D317 places
2#2Darth UsshS2 R7JeddahP18 to P2 · E116 places
3T#3RoydeBoy1564This storyS2 R10AustraliaP16 to P1 · D215 places
4T#3SideFx99S2 R1SilverstoneP20 to P5 · D115 places
5T#5Thalo4S2 R1SilverstoneP15 to P1 · D114 places
Race classification

D2 podium

Full result ↗
PosDriverTeamGridGainPts
1RoydeBoy1564Red Bull16+1531
2FTR ButtonMercedes8+624
3ttvwuwumxVCARB6+320
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