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PerfectPaulie88 and zoolander83 turn twin P10 starts into Brazil wins

Back-to-back D2 and D3 classifications each sent their tenth-place starter to P1, cutting one championship deficit and ending a victory wait that stretched to Season 1.

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PerfectPaulie88 won Brazil D2 from P10 and zoolander83 won D3 from P10. Two consecutive divisions therefore produced identical nine-place routes to victory, but the results carried different championship histories.

PerfectPaulie took 23 points out of Aban-96-'s D2 advantage and moved within eight, 97 to 89. Zoolander returned to the D3 top step for the first time since Season 1 Round 6, while NesbiLeGrand still led by 69.

The same grid number, two podium shapes

D2 pole-sitter Kaтю́shа Snowstorm finished second and geo2002 climbed from P7 to third. D3 pole-sitter Nesbi finished second and P2 starter Jtuzy third. The winners shared P10; the podium movements behind them did not.

Nine places gained is the verifiable common thread. The archive does not turn that symmetry into a common race narrative, but the paired grid comparison makes the coincidence—and the achievement—impossible to miss.

One closes a gap, one closes a drought

PerfectPaulie's result changed the live D2 fight, turning 31 behind after Silverstone into eight behind after Brazil. Zoolander's result instead reconnected the winner with a distant personal milestone: the first victory since S1 R6.

Brazil gave two P10 starters the same finishing position and two completely different meanings. One win pulled a championship closer. The other ended a wait spanning nearly four full seasons.

Grid to flag

Brazil's twin P10 winners

P10 → P1 · twice

Official grid and finishing positions

D2
PerfectPaulie88Aston Martin
P10P1
+9
D2
Kaтю́shа SnowstormWilliams
P1P2
-1
D3
zoolander83Ferrari
P10P1
+9
D3
NesbiLeGrandFerrari
P1P2
-1
After the round

Championship picture

Drivers
1
Aban-96-
97
2
PerfectPaulie88
89

8 points between first and second

Across the divisions

The weekend in numbers

D1 · BrazilFatCatBatMan465Williams · 40 pts
D2 · BrazilPerfectPaulie88Aston Martin · 36 pts
D3 · Brazilzoolander83🇮🇹 🇯🇵Ferrari · 30 pts
E1 · BrazilMacoDelVolanteRed Bull · 33 pts
E2 · BrazilJamie1547Haas · 30 pts
E3 · Brazilgeo2002Ferrari · 39 pts
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