Duxnuts69 started Canada's D3 race in 18th and won it for Williams, gaining 17 positions before finishing 0.794 seconds ahead of pole-sitter tylerman00. No Season 2 winner through the first three rounds had started further back.
The classification joined two extremes: the deepest winning grid position of the season so far and a margin that ranked as the second-closest IMS finish through Canada. Duxnuts69 collected 37 points; tylerman00 took 36 after converting pole into second place.
Seventeen places resets Season 2's recovery scale
Silverstone had opened the season with Thalo4 winning from P15 and Darth Ussh from P14, gains of 14 and 13 places. Duxnuts69 began three positions further back than Thalo4 and still reached the same finishing position.
That made Canada a continuation without making it a replay. Silverstone's interest came from two recovery winners in one weekend; Canada's came from a single drive stretching the scale further and doing so with less than a second separating first from second.
One point decides the race; two points remain in D3
Duxnuts69's one-point advantage over tylerman00 on the day carried a larger championship consequence. He entered Canada fourth on 24 points and left second on 61, two behind Her Wet Cat's unchanged total of 63.
Her Wet Cat did not start the round and scored zero, so Canada compressed the gap through asymmetric weekends rather than a direct race between the championship pair. The progression is the point: 32-0 after Silverstone became 63-24 after Imola and 63-61 after Canada.
Williams scored 49 BOTT points in Canada, with Duxnuts69 supplying the team's only win, podium and top-five finish. The round's team total was modest beside Ferrari's 154, but its D3 effect was anything but.
Hungary came next with Her Wet Cat still leading and Duxnuts69 now close enough to take first place on points alone. Canada had not settled D3; it had removed almost all of the room between its leader and newest challenger.
Career ledger for Duxnuts69: win number 1
For Duxnuts69, career start 2 gave Duxnuts69 a first IMS victory at Canada. Through that flag, Duxnuts69 had 1 wins, 2 podiums, 0 poles, 0 fastest laps and 61 points across S2. Below, Canada stays in Duxnuts69's season table.
