ENDURANCE 2H BOULAY · COURSE Race⏱ 1h28

Ouest Circuit International d'Essay, Aunay-les-Bois – 87-minute endurance race, 14 teams. On August 29, 2026, the 900-metre track hosted a tightly contested endurance event that saw three teams finish on 103 laps and the top four separated by less than one full lap. In the end, it was Adrian G / Thibault N (kart #1) who took the victory, edging out François C / Thomas B (kart #37) by 14.344 seconds and Francis P / Emmanuel B (kart #15) by 47.686 seconds.

The race's absolute fastest lap was set by Jean Geoffrey / Jean Arthur (kart #12) with a stunning 49.027 s, the sharpest single lap of the entire event. The same pairing also posted the best pure pace median of the field at 49.830 s per lap – yet they crossed the line in 14th place, finishing 27 laps down on the leaders. Their race pace could not be sustained over the full distance, making them the clearest illustration of the gap that can exist between raw speed and endurance consistency.

At the front, the three podium finishers were remarkably close in terms of pure race rhythm. Francis P / Emmanuel B held the 3rd-best pace median (50.758 s), while the winners Adrian G / Thibault N ranked 2nd (50.752 s) and runners-up François C / Thomas B 4th (50.770 s) – a spread of barely 0.018 s between 2nd and 3rd in pace. All six stints from the winning duo were rated stable, with a consistency figure of 0.77 s standard deviation across their 97 counted laps. François C / Thomas B were slightly more consistent overall (0.71 s), closing with a strong 19-lap final stint at a 51.050 s median.

The standout regularity award belongs to Alexandre C / Jean Yves B (kart #46), the most consistent team of the day with a standard deviation of just 0.69 s across all their stints – all rated stable. They converted that discipline into 4th place (102 laps), one lap behind the podium trio despite ranking only 7th in pure pace median (51.559 s).

Further back, Etienne C / Didier L (kart #24) offered the race's most striking strategic story: ranked only 13th in pure pace (52.544 s median), they finished 6th overall on 100 laps, outperforming their raw speed by seven positions. Valentin G / Nathan H (kart #29) posted the 3rd-fastest best lap of the race (49.752 s) yet finished 7th, their consistency of 0.99 s standard deviation reflecting a more variable output across their six stints.

At the back of the field, Sylvain B / Daniel B (kart #27) experienced the sharpest pace degradation in the race, losing 0.23 s per lap through their fifth stint, contributing to a 13th-place finish on 93 laps. Thierry M / Philippe C (kart #16) and Alain L / Alexandre G (kart #17) both held strong pure pace (5th and 6th respectively) but could only manage 10th and 9th in the final standings, their overall regularity (above 1.00 s standard deviation) leaving points on the table.

Key takeaways for teams: This race confirmed that consistent lap times across all six stints matter more than isolated fast laps. The three podium finishers shared nearly identical pace medians – victory was decided in the details of regularity and race management over 87 minutes. Teams with genuine pace but high variability (kart #29, #17, #16) lost multiple positions to more measured rivals, while kart #24 demonstrated that disciplined, repeatable performance can overcome a raw pace deficit of over 1.5 seconds per lap.