Gara 7 Race⏱ 12 min

The Circuito di Pomposa in San Giuseppe di Comacchio (Ferrara) hosted Gara 7, a 12-minute endurance race on the 1,213-metre kart track, with 14 teams on the grid. The event produced a clear hierarchy from lights-out to chequered flag, with pure pace and consistency rewarding the frontrunners.

KART 3 took a dominant victory, completing 10 laps and crossing the line an entire lap ahead of third place. The winning team also set the fastest lap of the race — 57.507 s — and backed it up with the best pure pace of the field, a median race lap of 57.566 s. With a standard deviation of just 0.03 s, KART 3 delivered the most consistent performance of the day and made 11 pit stops, the highest among the leading group, without compromising their lead.

KART 11 finished second, also on 10 laps but 49.117 s behind the winner. Their median race lap of 1:05.235 placed them second in pure-pace terms, and their 0.03 s regularity figure matched KART 3's consistency — a solid, controlled run with 10 pit stops and a best lap of 1:05.189.

Positions three and four went to KART 10 and KART 8, both completing 9 laps and separated by a mere 0.04 s difference in median pace (1:06.488 vs 1:06.578). Their on-track rhythms ranked them 3rd and 4th in pure speed respectively, meaning the final classification faithfully reflected their relative performance. Both crews recorded 0.04 s regularity and 9 pit stops.

KART 14 rounded out the top five at 9 laps, with a median lap of 1:09.094 and an equally solid 0.04 s regularity — 5th in both race result and pure pace.

The most notable strategic story of the race was written by KART 12, who finished 6th in the standings despite ranking only 10th in pure pace (median 1:12.032, regularity 0.05 s). With just 8 pit stops — fewest among the nine-lap finishers — KART 12 clearly gained positions through pit-stop management, turning a raw-speed deficit into a final-classification gain of four places.

Moving in the opposite direction, KART 13 finished 10th despite holding the 8th-best pace on track (median 1:11.256). With 9 pit stops and a regularity of 0.05 s — slightly less consistent than the karts ranked above them — the team left performance on the table and could not convert their speed into a higher finishing position.

At the back of the field, KART 5 and KART 4 both made 13 pit stops — the most of any team — and finished 12th (7 laps) and 13th (6 laps) respectively. KART 2 completed 6 laps with only 7 pit stops and took 14th place.

Key takeaways for teams: At the Circuito di Pomposa over 12 minutes, the gap between raw pace categories is decisive — KART 3's 57.5 s median was simply untouchable. However, KART 12's result proves that disciplined pit-stop management can bridge a significant pace deficit, gaining four positions over faster rivals. Conversely, KART 13's case illustrates that speed without strategic efficiency goes unrewarded: eighth-best pace, tenth-place finish. Regularity (σ ≤ 0.04 s) was a common trait of every team finishing in the top eight — a benchmark worth targeting at this venue.