12H00 BOCCO KART 2026 - AUNAY · Finale Race

The Final of the endurance race held on 26 September 2026 at the Ouest Circuit International d'Essay (Aunay-les-Bois, 1,220 m layout) brought together 29 teams on the 1,200 m Horaire circuit for a gruelling day of racing. At the chequered flag, PK16 Racing by Shenron (kart #16) took victory with 605 laps completed, ahead of ID Racing (#21, 603 laps, –2 laps) and Kartapulte Racing (#35, 601 laps, –4 laps). All three front-runners made 16 pit stops each.

PK16 Racing by Shenron dominated on every metric. Their median pace of 1:06.423 was the best of the entire field (1st in pure pace ranking), and their lap time consistency — a standard deviation of just 0.84 s — reflected a disciplined, error-free run across 17 stints. Most stints were rated stable, with only minor slowdowns of 0.38–0.45 s/lap at the end of two short stints. Their best lap of the race was a 1:05.427.

ID Racing matched PK16 stride for stride in pace ranking (2nd, median 1:06.775) and proved the most consistent of the top-two finishers in terms of race management, stringing together 17 largely stable stints. A slight slowing of 0.74 s/lap at the very end of stint 16 was their only notable dip. Kartapulte Racing completed the podium with a median pace of 1:06.962 (3rd in pure pace), though they showed more variability between stints — including a late-stint drop of 0.87 s/lap in stint 8 — which kept them at arm's length from the top two.

LMA Racing Sport (4th, 600 laps) and CVP Racing Team (5th, 598 laps) closed out the top five. Notably, CVP Racing Team was the most consistent team of the entire field, with the lowest standard deviation of all analysed teams (0.66 s), despite finishing 7th in pure pace ranking — a remarkable feat of regularity. LK Racing (6th, 598 laps, separated from 5th by just 0.096 s at the flag) delivered a steady performance with a median of 1:07.364 and matched CVP's pit stop count of 16.

Further down the order, Racing Perspectives by Marchand (8th) stands out with the highest overall variability (regularite_s: 1.03) despite finishing 8th — reflecting uneven stint lengths and some erratic short stints. EQUIPE MYSTERE (kart #9), classified 16th, set the fastest lap of the entire race: 1:05.075, a benchmark no other team could match. Their 4th-best pure pace ranking (though not reflected in their race result) highlights a missed opportunity — 17 pit stops and race management issues left them well off the leading pace. A Milles Tonnes (15th) outperformed their pure pace ranking (19th), suggesting solid strategy made the difference.

At the back, Easy Teams (26th) recorded the steepest performance drop of the race during stint 24, shedding 0.95 s/lap — the most pronounced degradation observed. TEST STAFF (29th, only 109 laps) did not complete the full race distance.

Key takeaways for teams: This race confirmed that combining strong pure pace with genuine consistency — as PK16 Racing by Shenron demonstrated — is the winning formula at Essay. CVP Racing Team's exceptional regularity (0.66 s std dev) shows that teams can limit lap count loss through consistency even without top-tier outright pace. EQUIPE MYSTERE's fastest lap of the race illustrates that raw speed is not enough without an efficient race strategy and controlled pit stop count. Managing late-stint degradation, particularly in shorter stints, appears to be the crucial differentiator between the podium and the chasing pack.