ChampionTen points cut, sixty-four remainIMS story

Gennaro wins Spa as champion Rizla finishes E2 64 clear

A P4-to-P1 Alpine victory reduced the leader's advantage by ten, but Rizla's third place completed a championship reclaimed at Mexico and retained through the final seven rounds.

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Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps from trackside
S5 · R11Spa
Champion status

The crown was already won

E2 · WDCRizlaSeason 5 champion
Points at seal
196
Nearest rival
145
Margin
+51
Still available
32

Crowned at Abu Dhabi, Round 10, with 1 round remaining.

Gennaro1173 won Spa E2 from P4, with HackoDK second from P2 and Rizla third from pole. Rizla finished Season 5 first on 216 points, 64 ahead of BBLDRiZZY6523.

Gennaro took ten points out of Rizla's advantage in the finale, but the gap entering Spa had been 74. The race narrowed the title margin without threatening the final order.

P4 reaches P1, pole reaches P3

Gennaro gained three places, Hacko held second and Rizla lost two from pole. The podium displayed the championship leader behind the final winner while still scoring enough to carry the season advantage to 64.

E2 had changed leaders earlier. Rizla led after Bahrain, BBLDRiZZY after Monza through Texas, and Rizla again from Mexico onward. Spa was the seventh consecutive snapshot with Rizla first.

The lead changes twice, then stays put

The progression chart shows BBLDRiZZY crossing ahead at Round 2 and Rizla returning at Round 5. From there the totals separated from 94-81 to 216-152.

Gennaro owned the Spa result by moving from fourth to first. Rizla owned the longer reversal, retaking E2 at Mexico and preserving that position through a third-place finale.

Season progression

Rizla retakes and retains E2

Final gap · 64

Rizla and BBLDRiZZY6523 across Season 5. Each bar shows the cumulative total after that round.

RizlaBBLDRiZZY6523
R1
Rizla32
BBLDRiZZY65230

Rizla+32

R2
Rizla32
BBLDRiZZY652344

BBLDRiZZY6523+12

R3
Rizla32
BBLDRiZZY652374

BBLDRiZZY6523+42

R4
Rizla70
BBLDRiZZY652374

BBLDRiZZY6523+4

R5
Rizla94
BBLDRiZZY652381

Rizla+13

R6
Rizla117
BBLDRiZZY652396

Rizla+21

R7
Rizla131
BBLDRiZZY652396

Rizla+35

R8
Rizla157
BBLDRiZZY6523109

Rizla+48

R9
Rizla176
BBLDRiZZY6523132

Rizla+44

R10
Rizla196
BBLDRiZZY6523145

Rizla+51

R11
Rizla216
BBLDRiZZY6523152

Rizla+64

After the round

Championship picture

Drivers
1
Rizla
216
2
BBLDRiZZY6523
152

64 points between first and second

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