2 uurs race · 2 uurs race Race⏱ 2h04

The Kartcentrum Lelystad 735-metre circuit in Lelystad hosted its 2-hour endurance race on 29 August 2026, with 23 teams on the starting grid for 123 minutes of racing. The event produced a clear hierarchy at the front but also several interesting stories further down the order.

KORENBERG RACING (kart #18) took a convincing victory, completing 136 laps — a full lap ahead of second-placed DJI RACING (kart #6, 135 laps). Third place went to BDE RACING (kart #14) with 99 laps, 7.540 seconds clear of fourth. WELLCITY RACING (kart #23) also completed 135 laps but finished fourth, 19.998 seconds behind DJI RACING. All four frontrunners made 5 pit stops each.

The fastest lap of the entire race was set by KORENBERG RACING with a 42.703-second lap — a benchmark that no other team could match. DJI RACING came closest with a best lap of 43.093 s, while WELLCITY RACING posted 43.299 s and FAST&FURIOUS RACING (kart #3) 43.208 s.

From a pure pace standpoint, the race analysis confirms the result at the top: KORENBERG RACING led the field with a median race pace of 44.563 s, followed by DJI RACING (44.623 s) and BDE RACING (44.632 s). Crucially, KORENBERG RACING matched their pace ranking with their finishing position — a sign of complete control over the race distance. Their opening stint even showed a progression of 0.32 s per lap, the drivers finding grip and rhythm early on.

DJI RACING showed excellent management across their stints: after an opening stint during which they accelerated by 0.39 s/lap, they settled into a stable second relais at a 44.015 s median — their most consistent segment of the race, with a regularity of just 1.32 s standard deviation. Their overall consistency rating of 1.58 s made them the most regular team among the top finishers.

WELLCITY RACING is a notable case: they posted the 4th best median pace (44.766 s) and matched their finishing position, but their second recorded stint showed a degradation of 0.24 s per lap, which likely cost them ground on DJI RACING in the closing stages.

One of the sharpest pace-versus-result contrasts belongs to NOREL TEAM 1 (kart #24), who held the 7th best pure pace in the field yet finished only 16th. Their second stint revealed the steepest degradation of any team in the analysis: a loss of 0.43 s per lap, illustrating how tyre or physical management issues can drastically affect a final position. On the other end of the spectrum, ANYTYME HET CENTRUM (kart #36) finished 6th despite ranking only 27th for pure pace, demonstrating that strategic execution and consistency can compensate for an absence of outright speed.

The most consistent team across the entire race — measured by the lowest lap-time standard deviation — was NOLIFE RACING, recording an impressive 0.76 s, despite finishing 14th. Meanwhile, FAST&FURIOUS RACING made 6 pit stops — one more than most rivals — and finished 9th with a pace that warranted a top-8 result.

Key takeaways for teams: at Kartcentrum Lelystad, pure pace alignment with race management is decisive — as KORENBERG RACING demonstrated. Stint degradation above 0.2 s/lap proves costly over 2 hours, as seen with NOREL TEAM 1. Strategic consistency, even without top raw speed, can gain several positions, as ANYTYME HET CENTRUM proved. Regularity over outright lap time is a credible weapon in endurance formats of this length.