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Thirty-point Las Vegas score sends xAQxFr to D2 summit

A move from fourth to first put the Ferrari driver 13 points clear, while Ferrari kept an 18-point constructors' advantage.

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xAQxFr left Las Vegas at the top of the D2 standings after adding 30 points and climbing three championship positions. A 35-point pre-round total became 65; fourth became first.

CONNOROCE, the leader entering Round 4, added five points to reach 52 and slipped to second. The resulting gap was 13 points.

The table moved more than the total suggests

Thirty points is a race-sized number; three gained positions reveal its championship force. xAQxFr did not edge past one rival. The Las Vegas return carried the Ferrari driver beyond three places in a single update.

xAQxFr also won the D2 race from second on the grid, ahead of Webbah87 and Kaтю́shа Snowstorm. Las Vegas therefore aligned the round result and the championship lead around the same Ferrari driver.

Ferrari preserves the other lead

Ferrari added 37 D2 constructor points and remained first on 105. Williams collected 36, climbed from fourth to second and sat 18 points behind.

The D2 picture was therefore unusually direct: xAQxFr owned the race win and the drivers' lead, while Ferrari retained the constructors' advantage. One result moved both individual and team pressure in the same direction.

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