FAL Séjour 1 END · Finale Race⏱ 1h32

The 91-minute endurance final held on 9 July 2026 at Karting de Pers (Pers, 1,105-metre circuit) brought together eight teams for a demanding race that tested both pace and pit-stop strategy. When the chequered flag fell, it was MERCEDES (kart #39) who took the victory, finishing one lap clear of the chasing pack after completing 70 laps.

RED BULL (kart #32) secured second place with 71 laps covered, crossing the line 27.336 seconds ahead of LES CHAISES (kart #50), who completed the podium also on 71 laps but a further 48.779 seconds back. MARIE (kart #49) finished fourth, one lap down, while TEAM NASDAS (kart #27) came home fifth, two laps adrift, followed by BM (kart #48), LES ADIDAS (kart #47) and FERRARI (kart #41), the latter three all completing 68 laps. The fastest lap of the race was set by TEAM NASDAS in a time of 1:08.795.

The pace analysis reveals a striking contrast between outright speed and race result. TEAM NASDAS posted the best pure pace of the field with a median race rhythm of 1:09.645 — nearly two seconds per lap faster than the race winner — yet finished only fifth. Their data shows just four recorded stints, suggesting significant time was lost in the pits or on track, preventing them from converting their raw speed into a competitive result.

MERCEDES owed their victory largely to strategic execution. Their median race rhythm of 1:11.548 placed them only second on pure pace, but five well-managed pit stops and consistent stints were enough to clinch the win. Their even-numbered stints (relais 2, 4 and 6) were rock-solid, with a regularity of 0.36 s and 0.31 s respectively, while their odd stints — with medians around 1:14.5 to 1:15 — highlight a clear two-driver performance split within the team.

RED BULL were the standout story of the race in terms of strategy. Fourth on pure pace (median 1:11.754), they converted that into second place on the road — the biggest positive gap between rhythm ranking and final position in the field. Their consistency was the best of any team, with an overall standard deviation of just 1.23 seconds, and every single one of their six stints was rated stable or improving. Their final stint of 14 laps at a median of 1:11.371 was a model of endurance management.

LES CHAISES matched RED BULL on lap count and held third on pure pace (1:11.618 median), but a slightly higher variability (2.48 s) and a small degradation in stint 5 (+0.18 s/lap) ultimately cost them the fight for second. FERRARI showed the heaviest degradation of the race: their second stint dropped at 0.54 seconds per lap, the sharpest single-stint decline recorded across all eight teams.

Key takeaways for teams: at Karting de Pers, raw speed alone does not win endurance races — RED BULL's victory on strategy over pace proves that consistency and clean pit-stop execution are worth multiple lap-time seconds over 91 minutes. Teams with strong pace must also manage total pit-lane time carefully, as TEAM NASDAS's fifth-place finish with the fastest median rhythm in the field demonstrates. Controlling degradation across all stints, particularly the odd-numbered driver changes, is the area where MERCEDES still have margin to gain.