Lord Mahaveer finished third in D1 and AlexCaruGOAT769 second in E1 at Imola, giving both drivers a first IMS podium. Their results came in separate classifications and for separate teams.
Lord Mahaveer slipped one place from P2 behind the Mercedes one-two. AlexCaruGOAT769 also started P1 and finished P2, behind Darth Ussh's P2-to-P1 E1 result.
Breakthroughs do not require matching routes
Both drivers ended on the rostrum, but their positions and classifications differed. The shared story is the career threshold, not a false suggestion that their races followed the same pattern.
VCARB's D1 podium contributed to a 212.7-point team round; Williams' E1 runner-up contributed to 81.2. The same personal achievement sat inside sharply different team weekends.
The championship leaders remain elsewhere
Websey led D1 by 32 and Darth Ussh led E1 by 60. The two first podiums mattered because they added substance beyond those familiar title leaders, widening Imola's cast without exaggerating its effect on first place.
Canada followed with Lord Mahaveer and AlexCaruGOAT769 no longer waiting for a first top-three result. Imola had answered that question for both.
