Gara 2 Race⏱ 25 min

Circuito di Pomposa (San Giuseppe di Comacchio, Ferrara) – Gara 2 – 22 July 2026 – 25 minutes – 15 starters

On the 1,213-metre Pista Kart of the Circuito di Pomposa, Kart 2 delivered a dominant performance to take the overall victory in Gara 2. Running 16 laps and completing 34 pit stops, the team crossed the line with a 4.183-second advantage over Kart 8, which also covered 16 laps with 33 pit stops. Kart 11 rounded out the podium in third, 9.854 seconds back, also on 16 laps and 34 pit stops. Kart 10 and Kart 6 completed the top five, both on 16 laps, at 11.939 and 17.188 seconds respectively. Kart 4 finished sixth at 27.754 seconds, also on 16 laps. From seventh place onwards, teams were classified one lap or more down: Kart 1 (7th, 15 laps), Kart 5 (8th), Kart 14 (9th), Kart 7 (10th), Kart 9 (11th) and Kart 12 (12th) all completed 15 laps. Kart 3 finished 13th on 14 laps, Kart 15 14th on 12 laps, and Kart 13 15th after completing only 2 laps.

The fastest lap of the race was set by Kart 2 with a time of 1:04.326, underscoring their outright speed advantage throughout the event.

The pace analysis fully confirms the final classification at the front. Kart 2 recorded the best pure pace of the field with a median lap time of 1:04.409 — more than 1.3 seconds per lap faster than any rival — combined with exceptional consistency (standard deviation: 0.05 s). No other team could match this combination of speed and regularity.

Kart 8 held the 2nd-best pace (median 1:05.717, σ = 0.05 s), which directly mirrors its runner-up finish. The battle for 3rd and 4th in the pace ranking was particularly tight: Kart 10 recorded the 3rd-best median (1:05.763) while Kart 11 posted the 4th-best (1:05.774), yet Kart 11 finished ahead on the road — a difference of just 0.011 s/lap in pace, where pit-stop execution and on-track positioning ultimately proved decisive. Kart 6 was the 5th-fastest in pure pace (1:05.800) and finished 5th, a perfectly consistent result.

Among the notable strategic patterns, Kart 14 (9th overall) outperformed its pure pace ranking of 11th, gaining two positions through strategy and efficient pit-stop management (31 stops). Conversely, Kart 15, which ranked 10th in pure pace despite finishing 14th overall, was clearly penalised on the result sheet — likely by its significantly reduced lap count (12 laps vs 16 for the leaders). Kart 9 also deserves mention: ranked 8th in pure pace (median 1:09.054) with one additional pit stop compared to its direct rivals, it finished 11th, suggesting that pit-stop frequency was a limiting factor.

Key takeaways for teams: At the Circuito di Pomposa, pure pace was the primary differentiator at the front — Kart 2's 1.3 s/lap advantage over the chasing pack was insurmountable regardless of strategy. In the midfield, however, pit-stop management and lap-count consistency proved decisive: Kart 14's gain of two positions over its pace ranking shows that a clean, well-timed pit strategy can make a real difference on this 1,213-metre circuit. Regularity was uniformly high across the top 12 (σ ≤ 0.07 s), confirming that tyre management is not a major variable over 25 minutes — raw pace and strategic discipline are the keys to performance here.