Kangaroo closes season by defeatingIMS story

Kangaroo1205 beats the champion from second for a first IMS victory

The Williams driver won Japan D2 ahead of ForestalWaif1 and supplied the team's only podium and top-five finish in the season finale.

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Suzuka Circuit from trackside
S2 · R11Japan

Kangaroo1205 won Japan D2 from second on the grid to claim a first IMS victory for Williams. Pole-sitter ForestalWaif1 finished second and FTR Button took third from fourth.

The one-place gain put Kangaroo ahead of the driver who finished the season leading D2 by 70 points. Forestal took the championship; Kangaroo kept the final race win.

Thirty-one of Williams' 86 points

Williams scored 86 BOTT points from eight starts, with one win, one podium and one top-five finish. Kangaroo's 31 points supplied the complete set of team countback highlights.

The total placed Williams outside the top three led by McLaren, Ferrari and VCARB. Its Japan success was concentrated in one D2 result rather than spread across the five divisions.

Forestal finishes 70 points clear

Forestal ended on 275 points to PerfectPaulie88's 205 after leading from Round 2 onward. Kangaroo's victory therefore supplied a finale upset within a championship whose broader direction had been established for months.

Season 2 closed with Kangaroo added to the winners' list and Williams carrying one sharply defined highlight from Japan. The champion was beaten on the day; the season record remained his.

Career at the flag

Kangaroo1205's career at the flag

First IMS win

Every eligible IMS race start through S2 R11. No later result is included.

Starts
1
Wins
1
Podiums
1
Poles
0
Fastest laps
1
Points
36

DebutS2 R11 · Japan · D2Williams

Career rangeS2D2

Teams representedWilliams1 starts to win number one

SeasonTeamsDivisionsStartsWinsPodiumsPolesFLPoints
S2WilliamsD21110136
Win-by-win
#1S2 R11 · JapanD2 · Williams · Grid P2
Grid to flag

Kangaroo beats the D2 champion

P2 → first IMS win

Japan grid and finishing positions

D2
Kangaroo1205Williams
P2P1
+1
D2
ForestalWaif1VCARB
P1P2
-1
D2
FTR ButtonMercedes
P4P3
+1
After the round

Championship picture

Drivers
1
ForestalWaif1
275
2
PerfectPaulie88
205

70 points between first and second

Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

1
McLaren1W · 4 podiums
194
2
Ferrari1W · 3 podiums
170
3
VCARB1W · 3 podiums
157
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