endurance · Les 4Heures Race

The Les 4 Heures endurance race at CRKART took place on 26 July 2026 on the AXS One Shot circuit (1.200 km), bringing together 21 teams for a highly competitive four-hour battle. All 21 starters completed the race with exactly 7 pit stops each, making strategy a near-universal constant and putting the emphasis squarely on pace and consistency.

RED KRONOS (kart #17) took the overall victory with 189 laps, holding off RK7 TEAM PRO (kart #7) by 23.6 seconds and RACING UP ALPHA (kart #9) by 44.1 seconds — both also on 189 laps. The top three were separated by less than three quarters of a lap in time, illustrating just how tight the fight was at the front throughout the race.

In terms of pure pace, RED KRONOS confirmed their win was well deserved: they posted the best median lap time in the field at 1:08.850, ranking first in pure-pace classification. Their consistency was equally impressive, with an overall standard deviation of just 0.81 s across all stints. Each of their seven stints showed a stable trend, reflecting a measured and controlled race management throughout the four hours.

RK7 TEAM PRO set the fastest lap of the entire race — 1:08.245, recorded during their third stint — and held the second-best median pace at 1:08.934. Despite the raw speed, a notably slower fourth stint (median 1:09.395) and a final stint at 1:09.455 ultimately cost them the win by 23.6 seconds. RACING UP ALPHA rounded out the podium with the third-best median pace (1:09.018) but experienced a degradation of 0.16 s per lap in their seventh stint before recovering in the eighth — the most significant pace drop recorded among the analysed teams.

One of the most notable discrepancies between speed and result came from FORZA RACING TEAM (kart #18), who finished 17th on track yet posted the 5th-best pure pace in the field — a gap that underlines how costly time losses outside of on-track performance can be in endurance racing. On the opposite side, SUPERNOVA (kart #14) finished 12th despite ranking only 17th in pure pace, demonstrating how effective race management can more than compensate for a modest median lap time.

The award for the most consistent team goes to MG RACING (kart #2), who achieved the lowest standard deviation in the field at 0.51 s, finishing 6th overall. Their seven stints were remarkably stable, with no degradation trend observed — a textbook display of regularity over a long race distance.

Key takeaways for teams: At CRKART on the AXS One Shot layout, the top three finishers on 26 July 2026 all combined a sub-1:09.0 median pace with strong overall consistency (σ ≤ 0.81 s). With all 21 teams making identical 7-stop strategies, there was no margin to be gained in the pits — pace over a full stint was the true differentiator. Avoiding even a single slow stint proved decisive: RK7 TEAM PRO's faster absolute lap time was not enough to overcome a weaker fourth and seventh stint. Conversely, SUPERNOVA and MG RACING showed that consistency and smart race execution can significantly outperform raw speed on the classification sheet.