1 uurs race · Finale Race⏱ 1h04

Twelve teams took to the 735-metre circuit of Kartcentrum Lelystad on 22 July 2026 for the 63-minute Endurance Final, delivering a closely fought battle across every position on the leaderboard.

Ferry Drent (kart #24) took a dominant victory, completing 82 laps — the highest total of the field — with a median race pace of 42.246 s and the fastest lap of the entire event: 41.849 s, set during the second stint. Their performance was consistent throughout, with a lap-time standard deviation of just 0.88 s across the race. Two pit stops were made, matching every other team in the field. The gap at the flag was a full lap over second place.

The Stroll Express (kart #10) secured second overall with 80 laps completed. They held the second-best median pace of the day at 42.740 s, and their second stint proved particularly solid: a median of 42.712 s with an impressive regularity of 0.44 s standard deviation over 28 laps. The team finished one full lap down on the winner.

Spinalla Rick (kart #2) claimed third place with 81 laps, splitting themselves from Yarno Drent in the battle for the final podium position. Despite completing more laps than The Stroll Express, a slower median pace of 43.052 s left them 16.157 s behind second on corrected time. Their second stint showed a slight pace improvement over the first (43.147 s down to 42.895 s), reflecting solid management over the race distance.

Yarno Drent (kart #28, ENL) finished fourth with 81 laps and a median pace of 43.196 s, 30.611 s behind third. The team delivered the fourth-best pure pace of the race and displayed good consistency, with a standard deviation of 1.08 s.

In the battle for fifth, Divebomb Jesse (kart #42) held off Peppep (kart #16) by 17.024 s, both completing 80 laps. Notably, the pace data tells a different story: Peppep posted the fifth-best median pace (43.577 s) and the best regularity of the entire field at 0.85 s standard deviation, yet finished sixth. Divebomb Jesse, ranked sixth on pure pace (43.644 s), gained a position thanks to superior strategy execution — a clear example of how pit-stop timing can override raw speed in endurance racing.

Tygo Drent (kart #22, ENL) took seventh with 79 laps, posting a first stint of 65 laps before a very short second stint of just 5 laps — an unusual split compared to the rest of the field, though their pace (43.794 s median) matched their final position.

Goofy Goblers (kart #37) finished eighth with 79 laps and produced the most notable within-race recovery: a first-stint median of 44.389 s gave way to a second-stint median of 43.181 s, a gain of over 1.2 s per lap. Bas Greijdanus (kart #26) and Bowser Racing Team (kart #40) rounded out the top ten, both on 79 laps. Bowser Racing Team held the ninth-best pure pace (44.167 s) but finished tenth, while Bas Greijdanus had the slower pace (44.263 s) yet crossed the line ahead.

Whaleforceone (kart #41) and Grindbak Jordan (kart #32) completed the classification in 11th and 12th respectively, both on 77 laps. Grindbak Jordan's second stint (44.354 s) was markedly quicker than their first (44.865 s), though it was not enough to make up ground in the standings.

Key takeaways for teams: At Kartcentrum Lelystad, pure pace proved decisive — Ferry Drent led on both speed and lap count from start to finish, with no gap between their pace ranking and their finishing position. Regularity mattered too: Peppep's best-in-class consistency (0.85 s) was ultimately neutralised by a strategic disadvantage, highlighting that pit-stop timing must match pace if a team is to convert rhythm into results. For novice-class competitors (ENL entries Yarno Drent and Tygo Drent), both finishes were consistent with their pace rankings, underlining solid race management.