Summer Series 26 (Prova 04/05) · Finale Race

The Finale of the endurance race at the Circuito di Pomposa (Pista Kart, 1,213 m) in San Giuseppe di Comacchio, Ferrara, brought together 28 teams on 29 August 2026 for a gripping battle across two categories: PRO and AMA.

PFV PRO (kart #19) claimed victory with 183 laps completed, edging out VENETO KORSE PRO (kart #15) by just 1.769 seconds — a knife-edge margin after hours of racing. LUBING ITALIA PRO (kart #10) rounded out the podium, also on 183 laps, 4.501 seconds behind the leader. RED RACING SPIRIT PRO (4th) and SVK SILVER PRO (5th) completed the top five, both on 183 laps within 35.5 seconds of the winner. The top nine in the PRO category all finished on either 183 or 182 laps and made 9 pit stops each, underlining the strategic uniformity at the front of the field.

The fastest lap of the race was set by VENETO KORSE PRO with a time of 1:12.382, despite finishing second on the road. In fact, the gap between pure pace and final result tells one of the most compelling stories of this event.

In terms of pure median pace, SVK RACING PRO (kart #9, 7th place) posted the best race rhythm at 1:13.920… while another entry under the same name (kart #2, classified 9th) recorded the overall best median pace of the event at 1:12.956 — yet both finished well off the podium. Kart #2 held 1st place in pure pace but classified only 9th, having completed 133 laps with 6 pit stops — a stark illustration of how race management and pit stop strategy can outweigh raw speed over a long distance. Kart #9 (7th place) was identified as the most consistent team of the entire field, with a standard deviation of just 0.41 seconds, and simultaneously the team that outperformed its pace ranking the most through strategy, moving from 20th in pure pace to 7th at the flag.

The race winner, PFV PRO, held the 2nd best overall median pace (1:13.108, σ = 0.88 s), demonstrating that combining solid pace with disciplined race management was the key to the top step. Their relais were notably stable throughout, with the bulk of their stints showing median times between 1:12.7 and 1:13.7. LUBING ITALIA PRO (3rd, median 1:13.132, 3rd best pace) maintained a similar profile of consistency across seven stints. VENETO KORSE PRO (2nd, median 1:13.178, 4th best pace) was the most regular team overall (σ = 0.77 s) and produced the fastest single lap, yet a slightly slower overall median ultimately cost them the victory.

In the AMA category, the leading teams — PURA TEAM AMA, GR39 EVO AMA, ROMAGNA RENTAL KARTING ACADEMY AMA and CINISIO RACING AMA — all completed 179 laps with 11 pit stops, finishing 4 laps down on the PRO leader. At the back of the field, CARLONI RACING ACADEMY AMA (28th, 174 laps) was the only team to finish more than 8 laps off the pace.

Key takeaways for teams: This finale confirmed that at Pomposa, raw lap time alone does not decide the outcome. The SVK RACING PRO entries demonstrated peak pace but could not convert it into podium results. In contrast, PFV PRO and LUBING ITALIA PRO combined competitive median pace with excellent consistency and identical pit stop counts to the field, proving that regularity and race management over a long distance remain decisive at this circuit.