QwAsey reet beat FTR Button by 0.585 seconds in Las Vegas D2, the 10th-closest finish in IMS history through the Season 3 finale. QwAsey started P2 and Button P5.
The VCARB winner gained one place and the McLaren runner-up three. XAQxFr finished third from pole, placing the title-winning driver immediately behind the close fight for the race.
The tenth entry completes a sub-0.6-second list
TheMekanic17’s 0.111s Baku finish leads the top 10. Six more results sit below 0.305s, Rochamoya’s Mexico margin is 0.314s, and TheMekanic’s Season 1 Abu Dhabi finish is 0.438s before Vegas appears at 0.585s.
Showing all 10 locates the claim properly: Vegas is the widest margin on this particular closest-finish list, not a record confused with first place.
A race fight separate from the title fight
XAQ’s third place decided the championship comparison with PerfectPaulie88 elsewhere in the points. Ahead, qwAsey and Button supplied a different finale tension measured directly at 0.585 seconds.
Las Vegas D2 can support both stories without merging them. XAQ left with the season; qwAsey left with the race; Button finished within a top-10 historical margin of taking it away.
