24 HEURES · COURSE 24H Race⏱ 11h15

On 19 September 2026, the Circuit de l'Europe in Sotteville sous le Val hosted a 24-hour karting endurance race on its 1,200-metre circuit (normal direction), bringing together 30 competing teams for 674 minutes of racing.

ERK TEAM (kart #18) crossed the finish line in first place after completing 498 laps, taking the victory by a margin of one lap over ARNAGE (kart #47, 537 laps). Despite finishing with fewer total laps, ERK TEAM secured the win on classification — a reflection of how the race's timing and lap-count rules applied across the field. Third place went to T.O.M – RS1 (kart #40, 531 laps), nine tours down on second place, while NOOPY TEAM (kart #30, 538 laps) came home fourth, ten laps off the podium. INFINY TEAM (kart #2, 528 laps) rounded out the top five.

The fastest lap of the entire race was set by ARNAGE (kart #47) with a time of 1:09.480, the benchmark of the event. ERK TEAM posted the second-best individual lap at 1:09.530, and T.O.M – RS1 clocked a best of 1:09.927 for third on that metric.

The analysis of pure pace tells a different story from the final standings. ARNAGE led the field on median race pace (1:10.553, 1st in pure rhythm), and also recorded the best regularity among the top ten — an écart-type of 0.96 seconds across their stint, with a stable tendency throughout. ERK TEAM, classified winner, ran a median pace of 1:10.658 (2nd in pure rhythm) with very solid consistency (écart-type: 1.09 s, stable tendency), confirming their performance was both rapid and controlled over the race distance.

NOOPY TEAM (4th in the final standings) held the 3rd-best median pace at 1:11.013, ahead of HAROLD [3:48] (4th in pure rhythm, 1:11.023), who appeared in the analysis as a kart within a classified entry. T.O.M – RS1 ranked 5th in pace (1:11.160) with excellent regularity (écart-type: 0.98 s).

The most consistent team of the race was HANDOVER 24 (kart #21, 9th overall), who recorded the lowest écart-type of all analysed entries at just 0.92 seconds — remarkable regularity across 531 laps, with a stable pace tendency. BROUETTE RACING TEAM (8th overall) also stood out with an écart-type of 0.97 s and a median pace of 1:11.249.

Among the notable contrasts between pure pace and final classification, THÉOPHILE [4:24] (kart #3) finished 5th in their classified entry yet ranked only 17th in pure rhythm (median 1:11.879), suggesting strategy or timing played a decisive role in their result. On the other end of the spectrum, FULLREP RACING (kart #4, 19th overall) showed a pure rhythm ranking of 16th — meaning their final position reflected their actual race pace more faithfully, with no significant gain or loss from other factors.

Key takeaways for teams: At Circuit de l'Europe, pure pace alone does not guarantee classification — ARNAGE held the best median rhythm and the fastest lap of the race yet finished second. Regularity was a decisive weapon: HANDOVER 24's écart-type of 0.92 s and ARNAGE's 0.96 s demonstrate that lap-to-lap consistency over a 674-minute race is just as important as outright speed. Teams looking to progress should monitor their median pace rather than their single fastest lap, and prioritise stable, repeatable lap times across long stints.