GP 360 ARTS · Course Race⏱ 1h07

The 66-minute endurance race held on 22 August 2026 at Karting Circuit Paul Ricard (964 m) brought together 15 teams for a demanding contest decided as much by pace as by consistency and pit-stop strategy.

LES FADOLIS (kart #25) took the chequered flag with 56 laps completed, clinching victory by a margin of 49.757 seconds over LES TRUITES (kart #3), who matched the winner's lap count. Third place went to TEAM JANO (kart #6), two laps down on the leading pair, while HELI KART (kart #17) and FLASH (kart #10) completed the top five, both finishing three laps behind the leaders.

The fastest lap of the race was set by LES TRUITES with a time of 1:02.079, edging out LES FADOLIS' best of 1:02.108 in a closely fought sprint for honours.

Analysis confirms that LES FADOLIS' win was built on solid foundations: the team posted the best median pace of the field (1:02.940) and was simultaneously the most consistent outfit on track, with a standard deviation of just 0.98 seconds across all timed laps. Their four stints were remarkably stable, with median lap times ranging from 1:02.858 to 1:03.169, never showing a significant drop-off. Three pit stops were made, in line with most of the field.

LES TRUITES finished a strong second despite only the 3rd-best median pace (1:03.831). Their race was uneven — stint 2 was notably slower at a median 1:04.451, before they bounced back to 1:02.953 in stint 3, where they clocked the outright fastest lap of the event. Greater pace variation (standard deviation 1.38 s) compared to the winners ultimately cost them any chance of a fight for the lead.

ARTS TEAM (kart #7) is the performance story of the race: they recorded the 4th-best median pace (1:04.279) but ended up 10th overall, with only two stints tracked in the data — a significant shortfall in laps completed (50) that did not reflect their underlying speed. By contrast, GRAND PRIX (kart #11) showed the 2nd-best pace in pure rhythm terms yet classified 14th, illustrating how much laps completed and race management matter in endurance.

FLASH (kart #10) stands out as the strategic overperformer: ranked 12th by median pace (1:06.929) yet finishing 5th overall, they extracted maximum value from their three pit stops and managed their race distance efficiently. At the other end of the spectrum, TIGRES (kart #16) made only one pit stop compared to the three stops completed by all other classified teams, a strategy that left them 11th despite 52 laps completed.

Key takeaways for teams: At Karting Paul Ricard, raw speed alone is not enough — LES FADOLIS proved that combining the best median pace with the highest consistency across all four stints is the winning formula in a 66-minute race. Managing pace variation between stints and optimising the timing of three pit stops are the main levers available to close the gap on the frontrunners. Teams with strong raw pace (ARTS TEAM, GRAND PRIX) must ensure they convert that speed into laps completed; otherwise, the distance deficit cannot be recovered.