Season 5 altered three IMS history tables before it was five rounds old. Ferrari established a new team-round high in Bahrain, Triske043 produced the largest position gain in Texas and Mexico delivered the closest finish.
They are not three versions of the same achievement. One measures collective depth across six classifications, one measures recovery through a single field and one measures how little separated two cars at the line.
Ferrari moves the team-round ceiling to 289
Ferrari's Bahrain total combined three wins, seven podiums and eight top-five finishes from 12 starts. The resulting 289 points displaced Ferrari's 266-point Season 3 Mystery Race round at the head of the retained comparison.
Triske turns the last grid slot into second place
Triske043 started the Texas E1 race from P20 and finished P2, gaining 18 positions. That exceeded the 17-place recoveries recorded by Duxnuts69 and Techubi in the comparison beneath it.
Nine thousandths decide Mexico D2
Tofo17 beat sirspinsal0t by 0.009 seconds in Mexico. The previous closest retained finish was Techubi's 0.057-second victory over Cambell Adams, leaving a 0.048-second difference between the top two entries.
The tables make the superlatives testable: five rows for each claim, ordered against the same metric and frozen at the relevant historical cutoff. The number is the headline; the comparison is the proof.
Together, the three records capture Season 5 at its extremes—breadth across a team, distance travelled through a grid and a finish compressed almost to nothing.
