Evénement · 24H OPEN DE LYON Race⏱ 20h52

The 24H Open de Lyon took place on 26 September 2026 on the Piste Compétition (1,250 m) at Actua Circuit de Lyon, Saint-Laurent-de-Mure. Thirty teams lined up for 1,251 minutes of racing across three categories — SK1, SK2 and AM — in what proved to be a gruelling endurance battle from start to finish.

SK1 STF BY KARTCUP (kart #31) took the overall victory with 1,256 laps, crossing the line ahead of SK1 RS EVOLUTION (kart #11) by just 11.701 seconds — a razor-thin margin after more than 20 hours of racing. Third place went to SK1 TMSCK (kart #7), three laps adrift, while SK1 TEAM FDP and SK1 KRT completed the top five, seven and nine laps behind the winner respectively. All top-five finishers completed 31 pit stops each, reflecting a uniform strategic framework at the front of the field.

The fastest lap of the race was set by SK1 RS EVOLUTION in 1:05.194, making them the outright quickest team on the Piste Compétition over the weekend.

In terms of pure race pace, the analysis confirms that the classification closely mirrors the pace hierarchy at the front. SK1 STF BY KARTCUP led the field with the best median pace (1:06.509) and the lowest standard deviation (0.4 s) across all their stints — a combination of speed and consistency that proved decisive over such a long race. Their 25 analysed stints were remarkably uniform, with no degradation trend detected across any of them.

SK1 RS EVOLUTION, second in both the race and pure pace ranking (median 1:06.541), produced a standout stint 3 with a median of 1:05.505 over 96 laps — the most aggressive single stint pace of any top team in the analysed field. However, their slightly higher variability (σ = 0.53 s) over 27 stints ultimately left them just short of the winner on the road.

SK1 KRT (5th overall) deserves mention as the 4th-best pace in the field (median 1:06.880, σ = 0.48 s) despite finishing behind SK1 TEAM FDP, whose median pace of 1:06.960 ranked only 5th — a small but meaningful gap over 1,251 minutes. SK1 SAUCIFLARD TEAM (7th overall, place_au_rythme_pur 6th) and SK1 JD2R RACING TEAM (6th overall, pace 7th) show the inverse pattern: strategy or execution slightly ahead of raw lap time.

Among the broader field, AM LES FURIEUX (21st overall) punched above their pace ranking (24th in pure pace), suggesting effective strategy or pit-stop management. Conversely, AM BOUBOU KART TEAM (25th overall, 22nd in pace) left some positions on the table relative to their speed. The most pronounced pace degradation within a stint in the analysed data came from SK2 BAG TEAM, whose first stint showed a drop-off of 0.32 s per lap.

Key takeaways for teams: At the 24H Open de Lyon, the race was won on the combination of consistent median pace and low lap-time variability rather than peak speed alone. SK1 STF BY KARTCUP's σ of 0.4 s across the entire race is the benchmark to target. Teams with higher variability — even those capable of fast individual laps — lost ground lap after lap over the 1,251-minute distance. Managing stint-end degradation and maintaining regularity throughout the night will be the critical differentiators at this circuit.