24H KIP PORTUGAL 2026 · RACE 25H Race⏱ 25h02

The RACE 25H at Cronosystem2 on the KIP circuit (1,270 m) delivered 1,501 minutes of intense endurance racing on 19 September 2026, with 37 teams taking the start. At the chequered flag, BEL-AMIS PRO (kart #32) claimed the overall victory with 1,318 laps completed, edging out MATRAXPHOTIZY.COM (kart #1) by just 38.803 seconds — a remarkably tight margin over such a long race. Both winners completed the same lap count, making the final gap a matter of pure accumulated time across the entire event.

STF PERFORMANCE (kart #11) and WARMUP PRO (kart #19) rounded out the podium positions in 3rd and 4th, both finishing 2 laps down on the leaders. STF BY KARTCUP (kart #10) completed the top five, 3 laps behind. The top ten was completed by TRACK LIMITS BY SAINTS (6th, –4 laps), RODEX (7th, –4 laps), MASTER FUSION (8th, –6 laps), KMRS (9th, –6 laps) and CREATIA LTDL RACING (10th, –9 laps). All teams in the top 22 made 28 pit stops, while teams from 23rd place downward completed 34 stops — a clear strategic split that shaped the final standings.

The fastest lap of the race was set by MATRAXPHOTIZY.COM with a time of 1:03.796, despite the team ultimately finishing second overall. BEL-AMIS PRO's best individual lap was 1:03.801, while STF PERFORMANCE and WARMUP PRO recorded 1:03.859 and 1:03.870 respectively — illustrating how closely matched the leading karts were on outright pace.

Analysis of pure race pace confirms the final classification was a faithful reflection of underlying performance. BEL-AMIS PRO posted the best median pace of the race (1:04.480 per lap), ranking 1st both on pace and at the finish. They also proved the most consistent team overall, with a lap-time standard deviation of just 0.41 s across their stints — a remarkable figure over 25 hours. MATRAXPHOTIZY.COM matched this with the 2nd-best median pace (1:04.521) and 2nd-best consistency (0.43 s), confirming the extreme closeness of the battle at the front. STF PERFORMANCE (1:04.566, σ = 0.55) and WARMUP PRO (1:04.594, σ = 0.45) maintained their 3rd and 4th places in the pure pace order as well.

A notable discrepancy appeared further down the order. CREATIA LTDL RACING finished 10th despite ranking 9th on pure pace — one additional pit stop (29 vs. 28 for their rivals) cost them positions in the classification. Conversely, MICROÁGUA CIAO CUORE (22nd overall) punched above their weight in strategic terms, finishing ahead of where their pure pace (30th) would have placed them. TPC CIAO CUORE showed the sharpest pace-to-position gap, ranking 18th on median lap time yet finishing only 23rd — their higher stop count (34) being a decisive factor. The steepest pace degradation recorded in a single stint belonged to CREATIA LTDL RACING (relais 29: –1.49 s/lap), while all other top-10 stints showed stable or improving trends throughout.

Key takeaways for teams: At Cronosystem2's KIP layout, the RACE 25H confirmed that combining the best median pace with minimal variance is the winning formula. BEL-AMIS PRO's ability to sustain a 1:04.480 median with only 0.41 s of standard deviation across 29 stints set them apart. The 28 vs. 34 pit stop split proved decisive for classification: teams who contained their stop count to 28 dominated the top 22 positions. For any team targeting a top-10 result at this event, minimising lap-time scatter across every driver change is at least as important as outright single-lap speed.