ENDURANCE 2H · COURSE Race⏱ 1h14

On 24 July 2026, the Ouest Circuit International d'Essay in Aunay-les-Bois hosted a 74-minute endurance race on the 1,220-metre Piste 1200m Horaire layout, with 14 teams on the grid. At the end of 79 laps, MECA 9 (kart #29) claimed overall victory ahead of CARROSSERIE MELOISE and GARAGE LEBLANC.

MECA 9 crossed the line first with 79 laps completed, finishing 59.620 seconds clear of CARROSSERIE MELOISE, which also completed 79 laps. GARAGE LEBLANC took third place one lap down, edging out GARAGE TANGUY by 12.057 seconds on the same lap count (78). ADNM and GARAGE PROVOST rounded out the top six, also on 78 laps. All 14 teams completed exactly five pit stops.

The fastest lap of the race was set by ADNM (kart #18) with a time of 1:05.225.

Turning to the pure-pace analysis, the picture is more nuanced. GARAGE TANGUY posted the best median race pace of any team at 1:06.816, yet finished only fourth — a gap between raw speed and final position that points directly to consistency issues: their overall standard deviation of 1.79 seconds was the highest among the analysed teams, and their final stint showed a drift of 0.19 s/lap. Despite two solid stints in the middle of the race, the squad could not maintain that pace for the full distance.

MECA 9, the winner, ran the second-best median pace (1:06.887) with a very solid overall consistency (σ = 0.91 s). Five stints were all flagged stable except the fifth, which recorded a natural fade of 0.24 s/lap — the steepest such drift recorded in the analysis. Nevertheless, their pace reserve proved sufficient to hold off the field throughout.

The standout strategic story belongs to CARROSSERIE MELOISE. Ranked only fourth in pure pace (1:07.911 median), the team converted that into second place overall — a gain of two positions — thanks to exemplary consistency across all five stints (σ = 0.84 s overall, every stint flagged stable) and a flawless pit-stop sequence.

At the other end of the consistency spectrum, GARAGE 2000 (9th overall) was the most regular team on track, recording a remarkably low standard deviation of just 0.56 seconds across their race — the best of any team in the field. Their median pace of 1:08.016 placed them 7th in pure speed, meaning pace rather than regularity was the limiting factor.

GARAGE LEBLANC (3rd, pace rank 3rd) and GARAGE ALIX (8th, pace rank 5th) both demonstrated that pace and position can diverge significantly over 74 minutes. GARAGE ALIX in particular, with a median of 1:07.962 and a 5th-best pure pace, ended up eighth — a reflection of a wider regularity spread (σ = 1.29 s).

Key takeaways for teams: at Essay on 24 July 2026, raw pace was not enough on its own — GARAGE TANGUY's case proves it emphatically. The race rewarded teams able to combine competitive median times with low lap-to-lap deviation across all five stints. Pit strategy, when executed without incident over five identical stops, played a levelling role; it was the teams that managed tyre and mechanical degradation in the final stint that ultimately controlled their finishing position.