IMS opens Season 4 in Australia with 12 F1 25 rounds scheduled through Brazil. D1, D2, D3, E1 and E2 all sit inside the programme from the first weekend.
Season 3 left Ferrari first in BOTT on 1512 points, 80 ahead of VCARB. The individual reference points were TheMekanic17 in D1, xAQxFr in D2, uijyl in D3, Wadz51 in E1 and JPlanteX in E2.
Three defending margins fit inside 18 points
D2 ended 197-192, E1 ended 210-206 and E2 ended 184-177. D3's 18-point gap was wider but still compact beside TheMekanic17's 70-point D1 cushion.
Those numbers provide starting questions rather than predictions. Can D1's large advantage survive a 12-round reset? Do the three closest tables resume their arguments, or does Australia introduce entirely different contenders?
A longer route leaves more room for reversals
The calendar expands from Season 3's nine completed rounds to a 12-event route from Australia to Brazil. More rounds do not guarantee a closer season; they do provide more opportunities for a lead to be built, lost and rebuilt.
Australia must establish five new championship leaders and the opening BOTT order. Ferrari has the previous team benchmark, five drivers have the previous individual ones, and Season 4 begins by making every one of them prove relevance again.
