MASTER KART ROTAX · Finale Race⏱ 1h03

The Final of the endurance race at Circuit de l'Enclos in Septfontaine took place on 19 August 2026 over 62 minutes on the 1,192-metre Competition track, with 18 teams on the grid. No pit stop was required — or taken — by any competitor, making tyre management and pure consistency the decisive factors over the entire distance.

TEAM C4 (kart #8) claimed a dominant victory, completing 58 laps and crossing the line with a margin of 23.662 seconds over second-placed DOUBLE G (kart #22), who also finished on 58 laps. LES 2 D (kart #13) completed the podium, just 1.471 seconds behind DOUBLE G at 25.133 seconds off the lead. HAMMAX (kart #5) and CORTAX (kart #6) rounded out the top five, both on 58 laps, separated by less than 10 seconds. HELICE, MOUGIN AUTO and 2 MICRO DECO completed the 58-lap group, the last three covered by barely half a second.

From the ninth position onward, teams finished on 57 laps — 1 MICRO DECO, ADPR, LES FRANGINS, D2P, ROCHE FELLER, TRANSPORT GIRARD and GDP — while PG CONSEIL ended two laps down and BAC A SABLE three laps back. BARNACHON brought up the rear on 55 laps.

The fastest lap of the race was set by TEAM C4 with a time of 55.973 seconds.

The pace analysis confirms the merit of each position among the top finishers. TEAM C4 recorded the best pure pace of the field with a median lap time of 57.119 s (1st in pure pace), while also posting the race's fastest lap — their overall dominance was therefore complete and well-founded. DOUBLE G followed with a median of 57.338 s, and LES 2 D at 57.378 s, both running stable relays throughout. The top four in pace perfectly match the top four on the results sheet.

Two noteworthy discrepancies emerge from the data. CORTAX (5th, 7th in pure pace, median 57.694 s) finished ahead of HELICE (6th, 5th in pure pace, 57.674 s) and 2 MICRO DECO (8th, 6th in pure pace, 57.692 s), meaning those two teams slightly underperformed their pace in terms of final position. Similarly, PG CONSEIL stands out as the clearest mismatch: ranked 10th in pure pace (median not shown in analysis but pace rank 10) yet classified 16th, suggesting significant time was lost on track unrelated to outright speed.

On the consistency side, ADPR (10th) was the most consistent team of the race with a standard deviation of just 0.94 s — the only team under 1 second — despite a median pace of 58.061 s that placed them 12th in pure speed. LES FRANGINS (11th, 14th in pure pace) also outperformed their raw speed rating, gaining three positions through steadiness. At the other end, LES FRANGINS also posted the highest standard deviation of the analysed teams at 1.64 s, reflecting a more erratic pace that was nonetheless managed well enough overall.

Key takeaways for teams: in a no-stop 62-minute final, outright pace proved decisive — the top four in pace finished in the top four. However, the cases of ADPR and LES FRANGINS show that consistency can compensate for a lack of raw speed and recover positions. PG CONSEIL's gap between pace ranking (10th) and final position (16th) highlights the cost of on-track time losses beyond pit strategy. With no pit stops in play, every lap counted from start to finish.