Endurance Argent ROCHE · Finale Race⏱ 57 min

The endurance final at Circuit Kart Escale (706 m, Bort-l'Étang) took place on 24 July 2026, bringing together 11 teams for a 57-minute race. With no pit stops recorded across the entire field, the result was decided entirely on track pace and consistency.

Spin Team (kart #43) took the victory with 72 laps completed, finishing ahead of Out Track (#45) by just 0.164 seconds — a razor-thin margin that kept the suspense alive until the final lap. Dead Line (#41) rounded out the podium, also on 72 laps, 1.246 seconds behind Out Track. Fourth place went to Crash Team (#46), who completed the highest lap count of the race with 73 laps, crossing the line 24.441 seconds off the podium. KO Racing (#47) finished fifth, one lap down on the leaders.

The best lap of the race was set by Crash Team in a 43.523 s, the quickest single lap of the day. Yet despite this raw speed, Crash Team could only manage fourth — a reflection of the high lap-time variance that characterised their race (standard deviation: 1.30 s, the highest in the field).

From a pure-pace perspective, Spin Team held the strongest median lap time across the race at 44.490 s, which also ranked them first in pure-rhythm classification. This alignment between race result and underlying pace underlines the solidity of their performance. In stark contrast, Team Mur (#31) posted the 2nd best median pace (44.956 s) yet could only finish 6th — a significant gap between potential and final result. Their consistency was also limited (σ = 1.07 s), which may have cost them track position over the course of the race.

Dead Line stood out as the most consistent team of the day, recording the lowest lap-time standard deviation in the field at just 0.65 s, en route to their podium finish. Spin Team were a close second in terms of regularity (σ = 0.67 s), reinforcing the quality of their overall performance. At the other end of the spectrum, NO Brake (#33) also showed strong consistency (σ = 0.66 s) despite finishing 9th — their median pace of 45.594 s simply was not quick enough to challenge further up the order.

One of the notable tactical stories was KO Racing, who finished 5th despite ranking only 8th in pure rhythm (median: 45.699 s). In a race with no pit stops, this overperformance relative to their pace suggests effective management of track position across the full distance.

Key takeaways for teams: In a pit-stop-free endurance format, raw lap-time pace alone does not tell the whole story — but at Kart Escale on 24 July 2026, the fastest median pace did win. The decisive factor was the combination of speed and consistency: Spin Team delivered both. Teams with erratic lap times (Crash Team, Team Mur) failed to convert their speed into results. For future races on this circuit, aiming for a standard deviation below 0.70 s while maintaining a median pace under 44.5 s appears to be the benchmark for a race win.