LES 12H DE BRIGNOLES 2026 · COURSE 12H Race⏱ 8h17

On 17 October 2026, the 987-metre circuit of Brignoles Karting Loisir hosted one of the most demanding events on the regional karting calendar: an 8-hour 16-minute endurance race (496 minutes) bringing together 28 competing teams on the RN 7 in Brignoles.

PFV (kart #3) took the overall victory with 456 laps completed, edging out GAM'IT RACING (#4) by a margin listed as "Tour 679" in the official timing. Third place went to ESOTEAM (#1), who also crossed the line with 456 laps but 24.857 seconds behind the winner. PRV (#5) finished fourth with 453 laps, while SYNERGIE 7 (#7) rounded out the top five at 451 laps, six laps adrift. All five podium contenders completed the race on 19 pit stops.

The fastest lap of the entire race — 58.762 s — was set by ESOTEAM, ahead of GAM'IT RACING (58.998 s) and PRV (59.022 s). PFV's own best lap stood at 59.128 s.

From a pace analysis perspective, the picture is revealing. PFV posted the best median race pace (1:00.372) and the strongest consistency of the entire field (standard deviation: 0.30 s), a combination that proved decisive over nearly eight and a half hours of racing. ESOTEAM ranked second in pure pace (median 1:00.395, σ 0.31 s), while GAM'IT RACING sat third (1:00.407, σ 0.33 s). PRV completed the top four in pace as well (1:00.423), confirming that the classification and the pace hierarchy aligned almost perfectly at the front.

Further down the order, several teams outperformed or underperformed their pure pace. KR KING RACING SCK BY CLARTE (10th, 451 laps, 21 pit stops) held the 5th-best median pace (1:00.860) — a notable gap relative to their final position, partly explained by the two extra pit stops compared to the top-five finishers. SCUDERIA VAROISE 1 (11th) and GAM'IT RACING ASSOCIATION (12th) also carried the 7th and 8th best pace respectively, both on 21 stops. Conversely, APEX VAROIS BY SV (7th, 451 laps) achieved their result with only the 12th-best pace (1:01.116), a clear strategic overperformance relative to raw speed.

Among the most notable pace variations across stints, SYNERGIE 7 recorded the sharpest degradation of any stint in the race during their 7th relay: pace slipped by 0.23 s per lap over just 10 laps (median 1:02.465, σ 0.91 s), a difficult passage that stood out against their otherwise more stable stints. Despite this, the team recovered well in subsequent relays and secured 5th place overall.

What teams should take away: On the Brignoles Karting Loisir circuit, pit-stop strategy proved as decisive as raw pace. The top four finishers all completed 19 stops and occupied the top four slots in median pace — no coincidence. Teams running 21 or more stops, even with competitive pace, paid a tangible price in final classification. Consistency across stints (PFV's σ of 0.30 s over 12 relays is the benchmark) and the ability to avoid high-degradation passages were the other defining factors of this 12-hour race at Brignoles.