3 HEURES · Finale Race⏱ 2h31

The 150-minute endurance final at KARTHORS (Parc d'Activité Cahors Sud, Cieurac) on 26 July 2026 brought together 17 teams on the 800-metre karting circuit, delivering a clean and demanding race — none of the finishers made a single pit stop throughout the entire event.

PRO AKCL BY TMS (kart #16) took a dominant victory, completing 191 laps and crossing the line a full lap ahead of second place. The team also set the fastest lap of the race with a 44.645 s effort — the sharpest benchmark of the day. Their performance was equally impressive in terms of consistency: with a median race pace of 45.285 s and a lap-time standard deviation of just 0.65 s, they were both the quickest and the most regular outfit on track, making them the undisputed standout of this final.

PRO AKCL RC (kart #2) claimed second place with 190 laps, 1 lap down, posting a median pace of 45.419 s and a solid standard deviation of 0.73 s — the second-best pure pace of the field. AM TURBO TEAM (kart #10) completed the podium with 189 laps, finishing 2 laps behind the winner. Notably, their best lap of 44.775 s was the third-fastest of the race despite a median pace of 45.799 s (4th in pure pace), reflecting a strong peak effort over a less even overall stint.

PRO AKCL RACING (kart #3) also totalled 189 laps in fourth, separated from AM TURBO TEAM by just 18.746 s — an extremely tight gap given the race distance. Their median pace of 45.691 s was actually the third-quickest in pure terms, meaning they were marginally underclassified relative to their rhythm. PRO AKCL TEAM MAJAC (kart #6) and PRO AKCL JDG (kart #17) rounded out the top six on 188 laps each, separated by only 4.044 s at the flag.

Further down the order, the battle for positions 8 through 12 was especially tight, with five teams — AM TEAM X, AM TEAM MENDEZ, PRO AKCL GM, AM LES LIMOUZIS 1 and AM FG34 — all finishing on 186 laps. AM TEAM MENDEZ (kart #9) stands out as the race's biggest strategic overperformer: classified 9th despite ranking only 14th in pure pace (median 46.692 s, the highest among the analysed teams), they gained five positions over their raw speed would suggest. Conversely, AM TEAM X (kart #14) finished 8th with a 9th-ranked pure pace, a near-neutral result.

PRO AKCL KDS (kart #20) suffered a difficult afternoon, completing only 124 laps and finishing 13th — a result that does not reflect their underlying speed: their pure pace ranked 10th among the analysed entries, making them one of the session's most unfortunate stories.

Key takeaways for teams: In this 150-minute no-stop format, pure pace and lap-time consistency proved decisive. PRO AKCL BY TMS demonstrated that combining the best median pace (45.285 s) with the highest regularity (σ 0.65 s) is the winning formula at KARTHORS. Teams such as AM TEAM MENDEZ showed that smart, consistent execution can outperform raw speed on a long run, while the gap between AM FG34's pure-pace ranking (8th) and final position (12th) highlights the cost of inconsistency — their standard deviation of 1.11 s was among the highest in the top half of the field.