ENDURO RACE 6H M3 · 6 HEURES Race⏱ 5h44

The Circuit de l'Europe in Sotteville-sous-le-Val hosted a demanding 6-hour endurance race on 30 August 2026, run over the 1,200-metre normal-direction layout. 31 teams took the start, and the race ran for 344 minutes of racing, producing a tight battle at the front and an absorbing mid-field fight across the entire field.

ERK (kart #40) claimed overall victory with 274 laps completed, holding off TEAM CADIF (#39) — also on 274 laps — by a margin measured at lap 286 on the road. T.O.M – RS1 (#18) rounded out the podium, likewise on 274 laps, finishing just 2.182 seconds behind second place. Fourth went to T.O.M – RS3 (#5, 274 laps, +25.414 s), making it an exceptionally tight top four all on the same lap count. TEAM MARY (#12, 272 laps) came home sixth, with ESR B2M (#29) and NTK (#15) completing a trio on 272 laps in seventh and eighth respectively.

The fastest lap of the race was set by TEAM CADIF with a time of 1:10.693, the sharpest single lap recorded across the entire event.

The pace analysis reveals that ERK held the strongest median race pace of the top 12 analysed teams at 1:11.501 per lap — the best pure pace figure in the field — and backed it with excellent consistency (standard deviation of 0.85 s). That combination of speed and regularity proved decisive in building the overall victory.

T.O.M – RS1 delivered the second-best pure pace (median 1:11.712 s, σ = 0.84 s — the most consistent team in the analysis), yet crossed the line third. TEAM CADIF, third in pure pace at 1:11.746, converted their raw speed — including the outright fastest lap — into the runner-up position. T.O.M – RS3 held fourth in both the race and the pace standings (1:11.961 s), while LH RACING 1 (#10, median 1:12.034 s) was the most consistent team overall with a standard deviation of just 0.81 s, a figure that translated directly into fifth place.

LH RACING 2 (#22, 12th overall) stands out as the race's clearest example of a team that deserved better: their median pace of 1:12.224 s ranked sixth among the analysed teams, yet they finished twelfth — a gap suggesting that factors outside pure lap-time performance cost them ground over the course of the race. In the opposite direction, NTK (#15) finished eighth despite ranking only 12th in pure pace, illustrating how consistent execution across a long race can compensate for a natural speed deficit.

All relay tendencies across the 12 analysed teams were rated stable, and no significant lap-time degradation was recorded for any outfit — a testament to the physical demands of the 1,200-metre Sotteville layout and the preparation level of the leading teams.

Key takeaways for competing teams: At Circuit de l'Europe, the 6-hour format rewards a combination of sustained median pace and low lap-time variability above all else. ERK's victory was built on exactly that balance. Teams with genuine speed — as shown by LH RACING 2 — must also manage their race execution carefully over the full distance to convert pace into positions. The NTK example confirms that regularity alone can gain several places against faster but less consistent rivals.