Tratracer23 won China's E1 race from P3, beating pole-sitter Darth Ussh by 0.073 seconds. Only one finish in the IMS historical comparison was closer at the event cutoff.
Her Wet Cat advanced from P5 to third for VCARB. The podium placed a two-position winner, a pole-starting runner-up and a two-position climber inside a result whose smallest gap belonged at the very front.
P3 reaches P1 by a fraction
Tratracer's gain was modest compared with the deep-grid recoveries elsewhere in the season, but the finishing precision was extreme. Two places changed between grid and result; only 0.073 seconds separated victory from second.
Ussh remained far ahead in E1 on 225 points, 119 clear of piastrigoat. China therefore paired a surprise race outcome with a championship table that barely flinched: the leader lost P1 by thousandths and still held a three-figure advantage.
Second place on the all-time list
The comparison table shows the closest five finishes, with China's 0.073 highlighted in second. The one result above it and three below it give the number the context that a standalone superlative cannot.
China did not alter who controlled E1 across the season. It produced a sharper, self-contained achievement: Tratracer started behind the dominant points leader and finished ahead by the width of seventy-three thousandths.
Career ledger for Tratracer23: win number 1
For Tratracer23, career start 2 gave Tratracer23 a first IMS victory at China. Through that flag, Tratracer23 had 1 wins, 1 podiums, 0 poles, 0 fastest laps and 25 points across S4. Below, China stays in Tratracer23's season table.
