Gara 1 Race⏱ 50 min

Kart 2 claimed a dominant victory in Gara 1 at the Circuito di Pomposa (San Giuseppe di Comacchio, Ferrara), a 49-minute endurance race held on the 1,213-metre circuit on 17 July 2026. Eight karts took the start, and after 44 laps the top three crossed the line within the same lap count, while the field behind was spread across three and four laps down.

Kart 2 led from start to finish in every meaningful metric. After 44 laps completed and 90 pit-stop passages recorded, the winner crossed the line 12.156 seconds clear of Kart 5, which also completed 44 laps (89 stops). Kart 8 rounded out the podium, also on 44 laps but 41.766 seconds adrift (88 stops). Positions 4 through 7 — Kart 1, Kart 4, Kart 3 and Kart 6 — all finished three laps down on 41 tours, while Kart 7 brought up the rear four laps behind the leaders on 40 laps.

The fastest lap of the race was set by Kart 2 with a time of 1:05.169, the benchmark for the entire field throughout the 49 minutes of racing.

Pace analysis confirms that the final standings faithfully reflect the true performance hierarchy on this occasion. Kart 2 posted the strongest pure median lap time of 1:05.424, good for first place in pace ranking. Its consistency was also strong, with a standard deviation of just 0.40 seconds across its timed laps. Kart 5 claimed second in both pace and standings, recording a median of 1:05.611 and the best consistency figure of the entire field at 0.35 seconds — making it the most regular kart of the race. Kart 8 confirmed third place on merit as well, with a median of 1:06.192 and matching Kart 5's regularity of 0.35 seconds.

A clear two-tier structure emerged across the field. The top three karts all lapped in the 1:05–1:06 range, while the mid-pack — Karts 1, 4, 3 and 6 — operated around 1:10–1:11, representing a gap of approximately five seconds per lap to the leaders. Kart 7, at the back, recorded a median of 1:12.322 and the highest standard deviation of the session at 0.42 seconds.

In terms of pit-stop activity, the top three karts accumulated the highest passage counts (90, 89 and 88 respectively), consistent with their greater lap totals and more regular stop cycles. The mid-group hovered around 82–83 passages, and Kart 7 recorded 81.

Key takeaways for the teams: On 17 July 2026 at the Circuito di Pomposa, the final order and the pure pace order were perfectly aligned — no team outperformed its raw speed through strategy. Kart 5's exceptional regularity (0.35 s standard deviation) demonstrates that consistency is a real competitive asset even when it does not close the gap to a faster rival. The five-second-per-lap pace gap between the two groups of the field underlines the importance of kart preparation and driver calibration before the start, as no strategic element was able to bridge that performance divide over 49 minutes.