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Jonno wins Brazil from P13 to claim Season 4 D1 title

A 12-place charge turned the finale into a victory and completed the championship 36 points clear.

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McLaren and Mercedes and Ferrari Formula 1 cars on track at Interlagos Circuit
S4 · R12Brazil
Championship secured

How the title was sealed

D1 · WDCJonnoSeason 4 champion
Points at seal
169
Nearest rival
133
Margin
+36
Still available
0

Crowned at the Brazil season finale.

Jonno won Brazil's D1 race from P13, gaining 12 positions and finishing Season 4 first on 169 points. BULLDOGGER47 rose from P7 to second and FatCatBatMan465 from P4 to third.

Jonno had trailed Websey 112-127 after Spain, crossed ahead 133-127 in China and carried that six-point lead through Silverstone-R. Brazil replaced the narrow advantage with a 36-point final margin over Sammy278.

The finale begins thirteen places back

Every driver on the D1 podium improved from the grid, but Jonno's movement dwarfed the others: twelve places against BULLDOGGER47's five and FatCat's one. The official order fixes the recovery endpoints while the intervening lap sequence remains unspecified.

Jonno and FatCat also combined for 86.8 Mercedes points in D1, the highest driver-pair score in IMS history through Season 4 Round 12. The ranking table shows the leading five pair totals and places Brazil above the 79.8 the same duo had recorded at Imola.

A late lead becomes a large final gap

The progression line begins where the championship turned urgent. Jonno was 15 behind after Spain, six ahead after China, unchanged after Silverstone-R and then on 169 after Brazil. Websey remained on 127 across those closing snapshots.

Brazil joined the two stories cleanly. Jonno produced the finale's deepest winning recovery, and the points from that win completed a title sequence that had changed direction only three rounds earlier.

Grid to flag

Brazil's D1 recovery podium

P13 → P1

Official grid and finishing positions

D1
JonnoMercedes
P13P1
+12
D1
BULLDOGGER47Ferrari
P7P2
+5
D1
FatCatBatMan465Mercedes
P4P3
+1
Season progression

Jonno's closing D1 reversal

Final total · 169

Jonno and Websey from Spain to Brazil. Each bar shows the cumulative total after that round.

JonnoWebsey
R9
Jonno112
Websey127

Websey+15

R10
Jonno133
Websey127

Jonno+6

R11
Jonno133
Websey127

Jonno+6

R12
Jonno169
Websey127

Jonno+42

Historical proof · Through S4 R12

Highest-scoring driver pairings in IMS history

This result: #1

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#1Jonno + FatCatBatMan465This storyS4 R12BrazilMercedes · D186.8 points
2#2FatCatBatMan465 + JonnoS4 R7ImolaMercedes · D179.8 points
3#3Wadz51 + Darth UsshS3 R7Mystery RaceFerrari · E175 points
4#4Wadz51 + Darth UsshS3 R8MonzaFerrari · E172 points
5#5Darth Ussh + BULLDOGGER47S4 R9SpainFerrari · E170 points
After the round

Championship picture

Drivers
1
Jonno
169
2
Sammy278
133

36 points between first and second

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