Supermoto Heroes (Sterrato) · Gara Race

The Circuito di Pomposa in San Giuseppe di Comacchio, Ferrara, hosted a karting endurance race on 18 October 2026, with five teams competing on the 1,213-metre circuit. Despite the small field, the race delivered a clear hierarchy shaped by raw pace, pit-stop strategy and consistency over the full distance.

BOX TEAM (kart #1) took a dominant victory, completing 93 laps and holding off the field by a margin of four laps over the runner-up. Their winning lap was sealed with the fastest lap of the entire race: 1:14.217, also the best time recorded across all competitors throughout the event. Over 6 pit stops and 7 stints, they maintained a median pace of 1:15.871 — the sharpest in the field — and posted the best consistency figure of the race with a standard deviation of just 1.22 seconds. All seven stints showed a stable trend, highlighting an extremely controlled and repeatable driving style throughout the race.

ARROSTICINI TEAM (kart #6) finished second with 89 laps completed, 4 laps adrift of the winners. Their median pace of 1:17.806 ranked second in the field, and their best lap of 1:15.833 confirmed solid raw speed. Across 8 stints and 7 pit stops, the team demonstrated good adaptability, with several stints showing an improving trend towards the end of each run. Their overall consistency (σ = 1.27 s) was close to that of BOX TEAM, making them the legitimate second-fastest crew of the day.

GIACK19 TEAM (kart #8) crossed the line third with 86 laps, 7 laps behind the winner. Their strategy stood out markedly: only 2 pit stops, resulting in three very long stints — 40, 35 and 8 laps respectively. Despite ranking fifth in pure pace (median 1:21.381), they secured third place on the road, making them the team that outperformed their pace ranking the most through strategy. Their extended first stint of 40 laps was particularly notable for its consistency (σ = 1.41 s over that distance).

GRG PERFORMANCE (kart #3) finished fourth with 81 laps and the highest number of pit stops in the field: 8 stops across 7 stints. Their median pace ranked fourth (1:20.753), but the most striking figure was their overall standard deviation of 3.65 seconds — significantly higher than any other team — reflecting a pronounced variability in lap times across stints. In particular, relais 2 and 4 showed median times around 1:27–1:28, contrasting sharply with their faster stints in the 1:18–1:20 range. Their fourth relais also recorded the steepest pace drop of the race, losing 0.29 seconds per lap across the stint.

THE SINGLE GRG PERFORMANCE (kart #5) was classified fifth after completing only 19 laps from a single stint before retiring, 73 laps behind the leader. Remarkably, their median pace of 1:19.778 ranked third in the field — ahead of both GIACK19 TEAM and GRG PERFORMANCE — and their consistency (σ = 1.03 s) was the best of any individual stint on the grid. Their race-ending retirement meant that strong raw speed went entirely unrewarded.

Key takeaways for teams: BOX TEAM's double advantage in pure pace and consistency proved unassailable — no team combined both qualities at a competitive level. GIACK19 TEAM's minimal-stop strategy converted a fifth-fastest pace into a third-place finish, demonstrating the value of limiting time loss in the pits on this circuit. Conversely, GRG PERFORMANCE's high stop count and extreme lap-time variability (σ = 3.65 s) illustrate the cost of inconsistent driving across driver changes or kart setup swings. THE SINGLE GRG PERFORMANCE's retirement underlines that pace alone counts for nothing without race distance completed.