Indraft climbed from 14th on the Australia D3 grid to finish third and claim a first IMS podium for Alpine. QwAsey reet won from pole and jak75421 moved from fourth to second.
Eleven net places separated Indraft's start from the podium. The recovery was larger than the combined movement of the two drivers ahead, even though their final positions carried the greater rewards.
Twenty points anchor Alpine's return
Alpine scored 64 BOTT points from six starts, with one podium and two top-five finishes. Indraft supplied the sole podium and 20 points.
Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes led the team table with 144, 132 and 124 points. Alpine's result sat outside that contest, concentrated around one deep-grid D3 recovery.
Her Wet Cat keeps a 56-point lead
Her Wet Cat remained first in the D3 standings on 222 points, 56 ahead of Duxnuts69. Indraft's breakthrough changed the podium list without disturbing the supplied title top two.
Japan followed with Indraft carrying a first podium from the lowest starting position in Australia's top three. The classification cannot narrate 11 separate gains, but it leaves no doubt about the distance travelled.
