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CONNOROCE turns P10 into P2 and bites into the E2 lead

An eight-place recovery delivered 30 points and removed 11 from quenooo29’s championship advantage, while JPlanteX’s victory tightened the leading pair to eight.

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CONNOROCE climbed from P10 to second in the Mystery Race E2 classification and took 11 points out of quenooo29’s championship advantage. The VCARB driver scored 30 points.

JPlanteX won from P2 with 40 points, while ctxVincent finished third from pole. Quenooo remained the championship leader on 140, eight ahead of JPlanteX on 132.

The largest recovery belongs to neither title leader

The headline championship gap ran between quenooo and JPlanteX, but the round’s largest positional gain belonged to CONNOROCE. Eight places carried a third driver into the middle of the pressure being applied at the front.

Ferrari led the E2 constructors on 236 points, 40 ahead of McLaren. VCARB’s runner-up result mattered individually without moving the team into that leading pair.

Pressure can arrive from third in the argument

CONNOROCE did not leave as the championship leader or runner-up. The significance was more granular: the P10 start became P2, and the points removed 11 from the space to quenooo.

The Mystery Race compressed E2 from several directions at once. JPlanteX reduced the headline gap to eight; CONNOROCE supplied the deep recovery and another measurable cut into the leader’s advantage.

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