Charlotte climbed from P7 to third in E1 and RyeHZ3 from P9 to third in E2 at Baku. Each result was a first IMS podium.
Darth Ussh won E1 from pole for Ferrari; JPlanteX did the same in E2. Behind those orderly victories, the final podium place in each race travelled from deeper on the grid.
Four places in E1, six in E2
Charlotte's route measured P7 to P3; RyeHZ3's measured P9 to P3. The shared finishing position makes the different starting depths visible without pretending the two races unfolded in the same way.
Williams and Kick Sauber gained separate breakthroughs from those climbs. Neither team needed the race win for the podium to matter; both left Baku with a new driver on the career top-three list.
The leaders stay familiar; the cast expands
Ussh led E1 by 51 points and JPlanteX led E2 by 23. Charlotte and RyeHZ3 supplied another way to read the weekend: Baku strengthened the leading names while widening the set of drivers with consequential results.
Before Imola, both drivers had crossed the same career threshold by different distances. That paired fact stands without borrowing any knowledge from what happened next.
