500 KM Italian scooter challenge · Finale Race

The Circuito di Pomposa in San Giuseppe di Comacchio (Ferrara) hosted the Finale of this endurance race on 19 September 2026, gathering 35 teams on the 1,600-metre Pista Moto. The contest delivered a gripping battle at the front, with the top two teams separated by only 1 minute 6 seconds after more than 310 laps of racing.

21 SCUDERIA PINASCO SMALL (kart #21) took the victory with 312 laps completed, crossing the line just 1:06.327 ahead of 59 ELMA FACTORY RACINFG (kart #59, 314 laps). The winning team also set the fastest lap of the entire race, a 1:05.044, while their 7 pit stops matched the strategy of most front-runners. Third place went to 05 POLINI SMALL (308 laps), 7 laps down, ahead of 34 TEAM VEZZOLA RACING (305 laps, –8 laps) and 22 SCUDERIA PINASCO LARGE (299 laps, –14 laps). 14 PARMAKIT and 08 HOTWEELS BILLO CIECO RACING TEAM completed the top seven.

From a pure-pace perspective, the race analysis reveals a fascinating contrast between speed and result. 59 ELMA FACTORY RACINFG posted the best median race pace of the entire field at 1:07.244 per lap — yet finished second. Their eight stints were consistently quick and stable (overall standard deviation: 1.07 s), but it was not enough to overhaul the leader on the road. 21 SCUDERIA PINASCO SMALL, ranked 2nd in pure pace (median 1:07.276), converted their speed into the win through equally solid consistency (1.29 s), delivering all eight stints with a stable trend.

One of the most striking stories of the race concerns 35 MAMMIS RACING TEAM, who finished 7th on the road (295 laps) despite holding the 9th best pace in the field (median 1:09.177) — but their 10 pit stops came at a cost, resulting in a higher overall standard deviation of 2.00 s. At the other end of the spectrum, 09 MORGAN RACIN VMC (35th and last) carried the 3rd best pure pace of all 35 teams, underlining a difficult race impacted by factors reflected in only 123 laps completed. Similarly, 29 ALMPOWER PERFORMANCE (15th) punched well above their pace ranking (30th in pure rhythm), suggesting effective strategic management of their 8 pit stops.

In terms of regularity, 02 ELMA FACTORY RACING recorded the most consistent race pace in the field (standard deviation: 1.06 s) despite finishing 13th. 97 CERES RACING TEAM (12th) and 11 GARAGE CROTTI (9th) showed the widest lap-time variations, at 2.61 s and 2.49 s respectively. The sharpest degradation observed in any single stint belonged to 10 COMPARI RACING TEAM, whose second stint showed a drop-off of 0.79 s per lap — the highest of the race.

Key takeaways for teams: At Pomposa, victory was built on the combination of a competitive median pace and rock-solid consistency across all stints — the two teams that led the race both sustained stable trends in every relais. Pure speed without consistency (as seen with several mid-field entries) did not translate into positions. Teams running 7 pit stops dominated the top five, while those with 10 or more stops generally fell outside the top 10, underlining the strategic weight of pit stop frequency on this circuit.