Cloud won Japan D1 from P3 and left Round 10 first in the standings on 156 points—zero ahead of Tratracer23, also on 156. Victory converted the prior deficit into exact equality.
Demaiko finished second from pole and Sammy278 third from P6. Cloud gained two positions, Sammy three and the pole-sitter lost one.
P3 supplies the points for parity
The race win supplied the maximum available result while Tratracer finished outside the retained top three. The standings capture the consequence without requiring an unsupported exact finishing position for the previous leader.
Cloud appears first in the official order and Tratracer second, but the gap field reads zero. No additional tiebreak mechanism is inferred from the compact record.
First place without points daylight
Japan reduced a live championship contest to its simplest possible arithmetic. Two drivers held 156 points, the official table still required an order, and the displayed leader held no numerical margin.
This time the race winner also became the listed championship leader. Cloud's P3-to-P1 result ended with two firsts—Japan and the D1 table—and a 156-156 tie behind the latter.
Career ledger for cloud: win number 5
For cloud, career start 9 gave cloud a 5th IMS victory at Japan. Through that flag, cloud had 5 wins, 5 podiums, 2 poles, 3 fastest laps and 205 points across S6. Below, Japan stays in cloud's season table.
