RoydeBoy records second-largest winning marginIMS story

RoydeBoy1564's 21.869-second Texas win ranks second in IMS history

The Red Bull driver converted D2 pole and finished clear of championship leader ForestalWaif1, missing the all-time margin record by 7.793 seconds.

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S2 · R6Texas

RoydeBoy1564 won Texas D2 from pole by 21.869 seconds, the second-largest winning margin in IMS history through Season 2 Round 6. ForestalWaif1 finished second and FTR Button third.

The margin sat 7.793 seconds below Her Wet Cat's 29.662-second Imola record and 0.430 ahead of Darth Ussh's 21.439-second Canada win.

Five margins span 10.769 seconds

Her Wet Cat led the comparison on 29.662 seconds, followed by RoydeBoy on 21.869, Ussh on 21.439, Katriel FX on 20.404 and Ussh again on 18.893.

RoydeBoy's entry was the only D2 result in that top five. It also supplied one of Red Bull's three Texas victories and 32 of the team's 164 points.

Forestal protects a 35-point lead

The beaten runner-up remained first in the D2 standings on 149 points, 35 ahead of PerfectPaulie88 on 114. RoydeBoy owned the race margin; Forestal retained the championship margin.

Jeddah followed with the historical record intact and RoydeBoy newly closest to it. A gap of less than half a second separated second and third in the table; the race itself had been considerably less crowded.

Career at the flag

RoydeBoy1564's career at the flag

First IMS win

Every eligible IMS race start through S2 R6. No later result is included.

Starts
2
Wins
1
Podiums
1
Poles
2
Fastest laps
1
Points
41

DebutS2 R5 · Portugal · D2Williams

Career rangeS2D2

Teams representedWilliams · Red Bull2 starts to win number one

SeasonTeamsDivisionsStartsWinsPodiumsPolesFLPoints
S2Williams · Red BullD22112141
Win-by-win
#1S2 R6 · TexasD2 · Red Bull · Grid P1
Historical proof · Through S2 R6

Largest winning margins in IMS history

This result: #2

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#1Her Wet Cat over Duxnuts69S2 R2ImolaFerrari · D329.662s
2#2RoydeBoy1564 over ForestalWaif1This storyS2 R6TexasRed Bull · D221.869s
3#3Darth Ussh over TheIceman729S2 R3CanadaFerrari · E121.439s
4#4Katriel FX over Tedoi6974S2 R4HungaryWilliams · E120.404s
5#5Darth Ussh over Tedoi6974S2 R2ImolaFerrari · E118.893s
Race classification

D2 podium

Full result ↗
PosDriverTeamGridGainPts
1RoydeBoy1564Red Bull1032
2ForestalWaif1VCARB2024
3FTR ButtonMercedes4+120
After the round

Championship picture

Drivers
1
ForestalWaif1
149
2
PerfectPaulie88
114

35 points between first and second

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