APEX DRIVERS · CARRERA Race⏱ 6h02

The CARRERA endurance race at Cronosystem2 on the Choqueiros circuit (1850 m) took place on 5 September 2026, with 20 teams on the grid and 361 minutes of racing. It delivered a clear dominance at the front and a rich tactical battle throughout the field.

AUTOCONTROL (kart #1) claimed an emphatic victory with 215 laps completed in five stints, finishing 3 laps ahead of second-placed MERCENARIOS (kart #2, 212 laps, 5 pit stops). XFCOMPETICION (kart #13) rounded out the podium in third with 205 laps, despite making 7 pit stops — the most of any top-three finisher. KALENTADOS (kart #22) secured fourth with 203 laps and 6 pit stops, while SWIFT SPORT (kart #14) finished fifth with 198 laps. JARI TEAM (kart #18), APEX DRIVERS (kart #34) and CGP RACING PUMA (kart #24) filled positions 6, 7 and 8 respectively. The best lap of the entire race was set by AUTOCONTROL with a 1:24.591.

Pace analysis — AUTOCONTROL's complete dominance. AUTOCONTROL posted the best pure pace of the race with a median race rhythm of 1:27.572 and a lap-time standard deviation of just 2.0 s — consistency that held across all five stints, each trending stable. Their rhythm advantage was significant: MERCENARIOS, second in pure pace, logged a median of 1:29.505, nearly two seconds adrift per lap. AUTOCONTROL's second stint (53 laps, median 1:27.204) was the backbone of their race, producing the fastest lap of the event.

TGT SPORT (kart #15) stands out as the race's most regular team, recording the lowest standard deviation at 1.61 s across 111 laps — an impressive feat of consistency. Despite finishing only 4th on the road with 112 laps, they ranked 2nd in pure pace (median 1:29.409), making them one of the stronger performers relative to their final position. EVETECH-JAICAR (kart #39) presents the sharpest contrast: ranked 4th in pure pace, they finished only 15th — a significant gap that underscores the cost of their strategic and operational difficulties (7 pit stops, only 136 laps completed).

JARI TEAM (kart #18) is the clearest strategic over-performer of the race: ranked only 14th in pure pace (median 1:36.758) but finishing 6th overall with 193 laps and just 4 pit stops — fewest among the top 10. Their approach, built on keeping time on track and limiting pit-stop losses, was textbook endurance strategy.

SWIFT SPORT (kart #14) exhibited the steepest pace drop of any team analysed: their sixth and final stint saw lap times slow by 0.56 s per lap, the largest degradation recorded in the data. Despite a solid median rhythm of 1:30.394 (5th best), their overall standard deviation of 3.62 s was the highest among the analysed teams, reflecting the uneven nature of their race.

Key takeaways for teams. Pace alone does not guarantee results: EVETECH-JAICAR's 4th-best rhythm translated into a 15th-place finish, while JARI TEAM leveraged minimal pit stops to punch well above their pace ranking. Consistency and pit-stop management proved decisive in this 361-minute race. AUTOCONTROL, however, combined the fastest pace, the best lap, and stable stints throughout — a complete performance on the Choqueiros circuit.