Gara 1 Race⏱ 6h16

Race 1 – Circuito di Pomposa, San Giuseppe di Comacchio (Ferrara) – 20 July 2026
The 1,213-metre Pista Kart at Circuito di Pomposa hosted a 376-minute endurance race, Gara 1, with 14 karts on the grid. No pit stops were recorded for any entry, meaning the classification was decided entirely on raw pace and consistency across a single unbroken stint.

KART 2 takes a dominant victory with 351 laps completed — 22 laps ahead of second-placed KART 3 (328 laps) and 24 laps ahead of KART 1 in third (326 laps). The gap to fourth place (KART 12, 228 laps) stretched to 123 laps, reflecting a clear split in the field between a leading trio and the rest of the pack. The fastest lap of the race was set by KART 2 in 1:02.510.

Race analysis — pace and consistency

KART 2 was dominant in every measurable dimension. Its median race pace of 1:04.305 was the best of the field (1st in pure pace), supported by a consistency standard deviation of just 1.11 s over 347 analysed laps — a stable, composed performance from start to finish. Its single stint showed no signs of degradation throughout.

The standout underperformers relative to raw speed were KART 12 and KART 13. KART 12 posted the 2nd-best pure pace in the race (median 1:04.844, σ 0.81 s — the equal-tightest consistency in the field alongside KART 13), yet finished only 4th, 123 laps down on the winner. KART 13 ranked 3rd in pure pace (1:05.304, σ 0.81 s) and finished 5th. Both karts were clearly among the fastest machines on track but accumulated significantly fewer laps than the podium trio, a gap that pure speed alone cannot explain given the absence of pit stops.

KART 11 deserves a special mention: with a standard deviation of just 0.80 s, it was the most consistent kart in the entire race, ranking 4th in pure pace (1:05.393) and finishing 6th. Its lap-time regularity over 222 analysed laps was exemplary.

At the other end of the spectrum, KART 3 (2nd overall) and KART 1 (3rd overall) present a striking strategic paradox: KART 3 ranked only 11th in pure pace (median 1:08.774) and KART 1 only 13th (1:09.198), yet both finished on the podium. These results illustrate how total laps completed — driven by uninterrupted track time — can outweigh speed in long-format endurance races.

KART 6, KART 14, KART 10 and KART 5 were tightly grouped in the 7th-to-10th range, separated by less than 0.13 s in median pace and a single lap on the road.

Key takeaways for teams — At Circuito di Pomposa, the July 20 race confirmed that pace consistency and uninterrupted track time are the decisive factors in this format. KART 2 combined the best pure rhythm with solid regularity (σ 1.11 s) to win convincingly. KART 12 and KART 13 showed that raw speed without equivalent lap accumulation leaves points — and positions — on the table. For teams targeting the podium in future editions, maintaining a stable, repeatable lap time over the full duration is at least as important as peak pace.