300 TOURS DE BRESSE · Finale Race⏱ 5h25

The Circuit de Bresse in Frontenaud hosted the Finale of its endurance championship on 26 September 2026, bringing together 26 teams on the 1,100-metre karting circuit for a 324-minute race. With entries split between the GP1 and GP2 categories, the event delivered a closely fought battle at the front and a wealth of strategic lessons throughout the field.

Team du Bugey GP1 (kart #29) took the overall victory with 290 laps completed, ahead of Les Bruleurs de Gomme GP1 (kart #14, 295 laps) by a margin of 23.206 seconds. Third place went to AG Racing Team GP1 (kart #15, 291 laps), one lap down on the runners-up. The top three were separated by a single lap on the road, making for a competitive conclusion at the sharp end of the order. CNP GP1 (kart #16) and Les Cyclopes Loucheurs GP1 (kart #2) rounded out the top five, both on 289 laps.

The fastest lap of the entire race was set by the winners, Team du Bugey GP1, with a benchmark of 56.245 seconds — the quickest time posted by any team across the 324 minutes of competition.

Delving into the pace analysis, the picture at the front is particularly instructive. AG Racing Team GP1 produced the best pure median lap time of the analysed field at 59.307 s, yet finished third — a reminder that race pace alone does not decide the outcome over long-distance events. Team du Bugey GP1 posted the second-best median rhythm at 59.347 s, while Les Bruleurs de Gomme GP1 recorded the third-best at 59.391 s. The three podium finishers were thus separated by less than one tenth of a second in median lap pace — an exceptionally tight convergence across more than five hours of racing.

In terms of consistency, Tic Tac Toc GP1 (kart #20, 7th) stood out as the most regular team in the analysed group, with a standard deviation of just 0.71 s — the lowest recorded. Despite finishing seventh, their lap-time discipline throughout the race was exemplary. Steelmen GP1 (kart #1) also merit mention: classified 11th, they ranked only 14th in pure pace (median 1:00.837 s), yet managed to outperform their rhythm ranking by three positions — a sign of effective race management on the day.

Further down the order, Fathers and Sons GP1 (kart #27) is an interesting case: finishing 19th overall, the analysis places them 11th in pure pace, suggesting that factors beyond raw speed had a significant impact on their final classification. In the GP2 category, BKC GP2 (kart #23) led the class home in 9th overall with 286 laps, followed by Les Traces de Pneus GP2 (kart #3) in 10th.

Key takeaways for teams: At Circuit de Bresse, the gap between the fastest median pace and the winner's median pace was minimal (0.040 s). Consistency — as demonstrated by Tic Tac Toc GP1's 0.71 s standard deviation — proved at least as decisive as outright speed. Teams with strong pure pace but weaker race management, such as Fathers and Sons GP1 (8 positions lost versus pace ranking), have the clearest margin for improvement heading into future rounds.