Duxnuts69 climbed from ninth on the Imola D3 grid to finish second, earning a first IMS podium for Williams. Her Wet Cat won from third and ELITE HEAT SHOW took third from sixth.
Seven places made Duxnuts the largest mover among the podium finishers. It also brought him to within one finishing position of a winner whose final margin was 29.662 seconds.
Twenty-four points begin a Williams podium account
The result put 24 points against Duxnuts' name in D3. It did not place Williams inside the supplied top two of the constructors' standings, which Ferrari led by 60 over Aston Martin.
That separation gives the podium its proper scale. Duxnuts achieved a personal breakthrough and a substantial recovery on a weekend when another team still controlled the wider D3 table.
Her Wet Cat leaves 29 points clear
Her Wet Cat led the D3 drivers' standings on 63 points, 29 ahead of RobbySimps44 on 34. Duxnuts' first podium entered a contest whose leader had won both opening rounds.
Canada was next. Duxnuts travelled there with no borrowed claim on the championship lead, only the much cleaner fact that P9 at Imola had become P2 and a first podium.
