ENDURANCE 2H CARL · COURSE Race⏱ 1h33

The 92-minute endurance race at the Ouest Circuit International d'Essay (Aunay-les-Bois, Piste 1200m, 1220m layout) on July 31, 2026 brought together 10 teams for a demanding afternoon on track. When the chequered flag fell, Les Anti Ludo (kart #20) claimed the top step of the podium with 77 laps completed and the fastest lap of the race: 1:05.705.

La Calvace (kart #27) crossed the line second, also on 77 laps but 20.7 seconds adrift, while El Presidente (kart #25) completed the podium, likewise on 77 laps, 1 minute 09 seconds behind the leader. Les Boeufs (kart #18) rounded out the four-way 77-lap group, finishing fourth just 1.6 seconds behind El Presidente. All four top teams made exactly 5 pit stops each.

Les Satanés Baiseur (kart #6, 5th) and Les Tortues (kart #29, 6th) ended the race one lap down on 76 laps, with Les Tortues 34.4 seconds back in the group. Les Alpinistes (kart #32) finished 7th on 74 laps after making 6 pit stops — one more than most rivals. Les Surdoués (kart #26, 8th, 70 laps), Les Bouffeurs d'Éthan (kart #22, 9th, 69 laps) and SM (kart #46, 10th, 68 laps) completed the field.

Looking beyond the classification, the analysis reveals a telling contrast between pure pace and overall performance. Les Tortues posted the best median race pace of the field (1:07.080), yet finished only 6th — their high standard deviation of 2.64 s signals significant consistency issues across their stints, including a third stint where pace degraded at 0.70 s/lap and a fifth stint losing 0.33 s/lap. Raw speed alone was not enough.

El Presidente ran the 2nd best median pace (1:07.515) and earned 3rd place, showing that their rhythmic efficiency translated well into laps. However, their overall regularity figure of 1.63 s was slightly penalised by a very short opening stint (5 laps at a 1:11 median) and a final stint that degraded at 0.34 s/lap. Their middle stints — particularly stint 4 at a 1:06.024 median — were a model of consistency (σ = 0.34 s).

Les Anti Ludo, despite being only 3rd in pure pace (median 1:08.151), converted that into the race win — a strategic performance underlined by 5 well-managed pit stops. Their regularity of σ = 1.32 s was solid, and their best stints (3 and 5) were genuinely stable. La Calvace was the most consistent team in the top two, finishing with the lowest standard deviation among all top-6 teams (σ = 1.11 s) and maintaining a remarkably steady pace across all 6 stints, including a final 14-lap stint at a 1:08.182 median.

The most dramatic moment in the data belongs to Les Surdoués, whose third stint saw pace degrade at a striking 2.08 s/lap, contributing to a final tally of only 70 laps. Les Satanés Baiseur were, on balance, the most consistent team overall (σ = 1.10 s across 6 stints), which helped them to a solid 5th place.

Key takeaways for competing teams: at Essay on July 31, 2026, race pace mattered less than the ability to string together consistent, degradation-free stints. Les Tortues' fastest median went unrewarded because of regularity losses, while Les Anti Ludo and La Calvace built their podium finish on controlled, repeatable lap times. Managing the final laps of each stint — where pace degradation is most costly — proved to be the defining factor of this 92-minute race.