80 ANS MARCEAU ENDURANCE · Finale Race⏱ 1h06

The Circuit de l'Enclos in Septfontaine hosted its endurance Final on 26 September 2026, with 19 teams battling over 65 minutes on the 1,192-metre Competition track. The race delivered a tight fight at the front, with positions ultimately decided by consistency and pace management across the full distance.

JONATHAN ADRIEN (kart 26) took the victory with 46 laps completed, crossing the line ahead of ROBIN PASCAL (kart 3) by 5.892 seconds. Third place went to MATHIEU ALEXANDRE (kart 13), also on 46 laps but 43.115 seconds behind the winner. Those three teams formed a leading group clearly separated from the rest of the field, with fourth-placed ROMUALD MARTIN (kart 19) finishing one lap down.

The fastest lap of the race was set by ROBIN PASCAL with a time of 1:09.464, the only team to dip below 1:10 throughout the entire event.

From a pure pace perspective, the analysis reveals an interesting picture. MATHIEU ALEXANDRE posted the best median race pace of all teams — 1:11.965 — yet had to settle for third on the results sheet. JONATHAN ADRIEN recorded a median pace of 1:12.263 (2nd best) combined with the strongest consistency of the top three, with a standard deviation of just 1.37 seconds, making them the most regular team at the sharp end. ROBIN PASCAL, despite holding the outright fastest lap, showed greater lap-time variation (standard deviation 1.99 s), which ultimately left them 5.9 seconds short of the win.

Further down the field, JEAN CHARLES PASCAL (kart 7, 5th) stands out as the race's strongest strategic performer: their median pace of 1:14.950 ranked only 11th among all teams, yet they finished 5th — a gain of six positions over what raw pace alone would have suggested. At the other end of the spectrum, FRANCOIS KATY (kart 25, 18th) carried the 9th best median pace in the field at 1:10.907 on best lap but finished 18th, underlining that pace alone does not determine results in endurance racing. Their relais also showed a degradation of 0.17 s/lap across the stint, the most pronounced of any team in the data.

The most consistent team overall was ARNAUD LUC (kart 4, 9th) with a standard deviation of just 1.25 seconds — the tightest of the entire field — demonstrating metronomic regularity throughout their 44-lap race. SYLVAIN EMMANUEL (kart 32, 8th) was the second-most regular team with 1.40 s.

In the midfield, JULIEN VINCENT (kart 12) claimed 7th with a median pace of 1:13.528 (5th best), showing that their result closely reflected their actual speed. ROMUALD MARTIN (4th, median 1:13.343) confirmed their solid pace with a deserved top-four finish.

Key takeaways for teams: At Circuit de l'Enclos, this Final confirmed that winning an endurance race requires more than outright speed. JONATHAN ADRIEN's victory was built on a combination of strong median pace and superior lap-to-lap consistency — not the fastest single lap. Teams showing high variance in their lap times, such as JEAN CHARLES PASCAL (σ 3.02 s), can still gain places through other factors, but teams like FRANCOIS KATY demonstrate the cost of pace degradation across a long stint. Managing tyre and kart condition over the full 65 minutes, rather than chasing single fast laps, remains the decisive factor on this 1,192-metre circuit.