2 uurs race · 2 uurs race Race⏱ 2h03

On September 5, 2026, Kartcentrum Lelystad hosted its 2-hour endurance race on the 735-metre circuit. 19 teams took the start, competing over 123 minutes of racing in what proved to be a tightly contested event across the full classification.

SUYO-RACING (kart #20) claimed victory with 161 laps completed and 5 pit stops, edging out KUKULEKU (kart #6) by just 24.070 seconds — also on 161 laps. Third place went to ROOKIES (kart #30), one lap down at 159 laps, ahead of BABS RACING TEAM (kart #22), who finished fourth on 160 laps, 4.984 seconds behind the third-placed team. The fastest lap of the race was set by KUKULEKU with a time of 42.131 s.

From a pure pace standpoint, the analysis reveals a striking contrast at the top. SUYO-RACING posted a median race pace of 43.663 s — the 2nd best overall — and demonstrated exceptional consistency throughout, with a standard deviation of just 0.66 s across all six stints, every one of them rated stable. This blend of solid pace and relentless regularity proved to be the winning formula.

Meanwhile, KUKULEKU, despite holding the race's absolute fastest lap, ranked only 6th in pure pace with a median of 43.946 s and a higher standard deviation of 1.10 s, reflecting more variable stint-to-stint performance. Their second-place finish was built on raw speed rather than consistency.

Perhaps the most striking figure in the analysis belongs to LOST IN PACE 🐌 (kart #33), who recorded the best median race pace of all 19 teams at 43.596 s with a solid standard deviation of 0.69 s — yet finished only 5th. With 104 laps completed, the team was clearly unable to convert their pace advantage into a top result, a gap that the data attributes purely to laps completed rather than speed.

Another noteworthy case is FREELESTYNRACING (kart #42), which posted the 3rd best pure pace in the field but finished 10th with only 97 laps to their name — underscoring how race pace alone does not determine the final classification in endurance racing.

At the other end of the spectrum, RECHT ZO DIE GAAT (kart #19) finished 12th with 72 laps and 6 pit stops, while a separate entry sharing a similar name in the analysis (kart #29) ranked 21st in pure pace yet outperformed that standing through strategy, illustrating the variability that pit stop management introduces into the classification.

In terms of degradation, DEBATING KARTERS (kart #9) showed the most significant drop-off, losing 0.83 s per lap during their fifth stint — the steepest decline recorded across the field.

Key takeaways for teams: At Kartcentrum Lelystad, SUYO-RACING's win demonstrates that a combination of top-tier median pace and near-perfect consistency across all stints outweighs raw single-lap speed. LOST IN PACE 🐌's best-in-field median of 43.596 s going unrewarded highlights the critical importance of laps completed in endurance racing. Managing degradation — as illustrated by DEBATING KARTERS' 0.83 s/lap drop in stint 5 — and maintaining stable, repeatable stints remain the decisive factors over a 2-hour race at this circuit.