BUSINESS CUP · Finale Race⏱ 1h38

The Final endurance race at Circuit de Bresse in Frontenaud took place on September 3, 2026, bringing together 17 teams on the 1,100-metre karting track for a 97-minute battle. The event delivered a competitive spread of results across the full field, with several notable gaps between the front-runners and the rest of the pack.

GROUPE BOUILLIER 2 (kart #6) claimed the overall victory, completing the race to the 79-lap mark. LOPES TP (kart #23) crossed the line one lap behind in second place, while MARTIN 1 (kart #31) secured third, finishing three laps off the lead with 75 laps completed and a best lap of 57.168 s. GROUPE BOUILLIER 3 (kart #27) took fourth with 76 laps and the fastest lap of the entire race — a 56.860 s — while SD MENUISERIE (kart #2) rounded out the top five at 75 laps.

Further back, GROUPE BOUILLIER 1 (kart #24) finished sixth with 74 laps, 14.250 s ahead of LM CHARPENTE (kart #18, also 74 laps). PLATTARD INDUSTRIE (kart #19) took eighth at 73 laps, 6.637 s clear of PRAXIS (kart #16, 72 laps). SANIDEAL 1 (kart #5) completed the top ten. The rest of the field — FRERES ALAGOZ (11th), GROUPE BOUILLIER 4 (12th), SANIDEAL 2 (13th), ATEC (14th), MARTIN 2 (15th), MARTIN 3 (16th) and GROUPE BOUILLIER 5 (17th) — completed the classification.

Turning to the pace analysis, GROUPE BOUILLIER 3 stood out as the undisputed benchmark of the race in pure performance terms. Despite finishing only fourth, the team posted the best median race pace at 59.914 s (1st in pure pace ranking) and the strongest consistency of the entire field, with a lap-time standard deviation of just 0.99 s — the lowest recorded. Their 69-lap stint was stable throughout. The gap between their raw speed and their finishing position is a clear indicator that factors beyond outright pace shaped the final classification.

MARTIN 1, who finished third, ran the 2nd-best median race pace at 1:00.143 with solid consistency (σ = 1.41 s) over 67 laps, also trending stable. SD MENUISERIE held 3rd-best race pace at 1:00.535, though their consistency figure of 1.96 s was the weakest among the front-runners. GROUPE BOUILLIER 1 showed excellent regularity (σ = 1.18 s) for a median pace of 1:00.716.

PRAXIS (9th) is the most notable case of pace-to-position mismatch in the lower half: ranked 5th in pure race pace at 1:01.030, they were the least consistent team in the analysed group (σ = 2.47 s), which likely cost them positions in the final standings. SANIDEAL 2 (13th overall) also deserves mention, posting the 8th-best median pace — a performance significantly better than their finishing position suggests.

Key takeaways for teams: At Circuit de Bresse, consistency proved as decisive as outright speed. GROUPE BOUILLIER 3's combination of the fastest median pace and lowest lap-time variation set the performance standard for the day. Teams like PRAXIS and SANIDEAL 2 demonstrated that raw pace without regularity translates poorly into final positions over 97 minutes. Managing lap-time variance throughout a stint remains a critical lever for any team targeting the podium on this 1,100-metre track.