Spéciale 7h · Endurance 7h Race⏱ 7h02

The Karting de Lavilledieu hosted its 7-hour endurance race on 1 November 2026, run over the Grande Piste (1,300 m). Fifteen teams lined up at the start for a demanding 422-minute contest that would test both pace and consistency across the field.

SAUCI TEAM (kart #1) took the overall victory with 306 laps completed, holding off KR ROUSSILLON (kart #5) who finished 15.496 seconds behind on 305 laps. Third place went to SAUCI EPICE & TOUT (kart #2), also on 306 laps but classified one lap down on the leading duo. SAUCI CIRAM (kart #14) came home fourth on 303 laps, with RIKARTSSOU (kart #4, 304 laps) rounding out the top five just 10.847 seconds ahead of sixth-placed TMSCK (kart #10).

The fastest lap of the race was set by KR ROUSSILLON with a 1:15.107, the sharpest single lap of the entire event. Despite that outright speed, KR ROUSSILLON's median race pace of 1:16.714 left them fractionally behind the winner's 1:16.662 — a gap of just 0.052 s per lap over the duration of the race, illustrating how fine the margins were at the front.

In terms of pure pace, the top three in the rhythm rankings mirror the final podium exactly: SAUCI TEAM led with the best median pace (1:16.662), followed by KR ROUSSILLON (1:16.714) and SAUCI EPICE & TOUT (1:16.730). SAUCI TEAM also posted the strongest consistency figure of the entire field, with a lap-time standard deviation of just 0.85 s — a remarkable level of regularity over seven hours.

One of the most notable strategic performances came from ORIGINS RACING (kart #7): ranked only 11th by pure median pace (1:18.152), they converted that into a 7th-place finish — a four-position gain over their raw speed. At the other end of the spectrum, TEAM LE CIRCUIT (kart #3) posted the 4th-best median pace in the field yet ended the race in 15th and last position on 269 laps, 37 laps off the lead — a stark reminder that pace alone does not write the final standings in endurance racing.

Further down the order, TMSCK finished 6th despite holding the 5th-best median pace (1:16.997), while SAUCI CIRAM (4th on the road) was only 7th in pure pace terms (1:17.123), reflecting how the overall classification was shaped by more than raw lap times. TEAM SALMERON (12th, 295 laps) and TOPOLINO RACING (13th, 292 laps) completed the classified runners, with TEAM LA PISTE and TEAM LE CIRCUIT some 36 and 37 laps off the pace respectively.

Key takeaways for competing teams: At Lavilledieu over seven hours, the winner was decided by a combination of the best median pace and the highest consistency — SAUCI TEAM excelled on both counts simultaneously. KR ROUSSILLON proved the fastest in a single lap but a marginal deficit in median rhythm cost them the victory. The case of TEAM LE CIRCUIT — fast in pure pace yet last overall — underlines the critical importance of completing laps cleanly throughout the race. ORIGINS RACING's ability to convert limited raw speed into a top-seven result equally demonstrates the value of managing a race over its full duration.