GECO · ENDURANCE 1H30 Race⏱ 1h34

The 1h30 Endurance race at Karting des Fagnes (Mariembourg, 1,366 m Location circuit) on 11 September 2026 brought together 20 teams for 94 minutes of racing. RAMAEKERS took a dominant victory, leading from start to finish and setting the fastest lap of the entire event.

RAMAEKERS (kart 14) crossed the line first with 71 laps completed and only 2 pit stops. Their advantage over second place was the full final lap — a margin that reflects a faultless race managed throughout. They also claimed the best lap of the race with a 1:13.423, underlining their superiority on pace as well. In terms of pure race rhythm, their median lap time of 1:15.475 ranked them first among all competitors — making them the strongest team both on raw speed and on results.

SRL PASTURE (kart 17) secured second place, also on 71 laps, 1:13.118 behind RAMAEKERS. With 3 pit stops, they opted for a different stint structure, and it paid off: their overall regularity of 0.96 s standard deviation made them the most consistent team in the field. Each of their four stints was either stable or improving, reflecting a disciplined collective performance. Their pure pace ranked 4th, meaning they punched above their rhythm on the road to the podium.

OOSMOSE GROUP (kart 13) completed the podium in third with 70 laps, while CHIMAY ASSURANCES (kart 6) finished fourth, also on 70 laps, just 6.185 s back. Notably, CHIMAY ASSURANCES posted the 3rd best pure pace in the race (median 1:15.885) but their overall regularity figure (2.48 s) was among the highest in the top ten, with their second stint significantly slower than the other two.

Places 5 through 9 were separated by less than a lap, with MCDONALD'S, CENTRE ALBATROS ASBL, SMART.COM, CBC ASSURANCES MATHIEU 1 and SRL ANDRIEU CONSTRUCTION all finishing on 69 laps. The most notable case in this group is CBC ASSURANCES MATHIEU 1 (kart 3), who ranked 2nd in pure pace (median 1:15.847) yet finished only 8th — their first stint, considerably slower at a median of 1:20.574, cost them dearly in track position. SMART.COM presents the opposite picture: ranked 11th in pure rhythm, they converted their 2-stop strategy into a 7th-place finish, gaining four positions over their pace ranking.

Further down the order, MOBILWASH (kart 12) showed the sharpest gap between pace and result: their 6th best pure rhythm (median 1:16.907) translated into only 12th place, largely due to a very slow opening stint (median 1:21.808). DESCHAMPS-MASSART SRL (kart 8) and DENONVILLE SA 2 (kart 20) made significantly more pit stops than their rivals — 7 and 6 respectively — finishing 15th and 16th. DENONVILLE SA (kart 7), 14th, was identified as the team with the steepest in-stint degradation, losing 0.36 s per lap during their second stint.

Key takeaways for teams: This race rewarded pace combined with pit-stop efficiency. RAMAEKERS demonstrated that best rhythm and fewest stops is the winning formula. However, CBC ASSURANCES MATHIEU 1 shows that a slow opening stint can negate superior underlying pace. SRL PASTURE's example proves that a clean, consistent stint-by-stint approach — even with an extra stop — can secure a podium. Regularity and a strong start to the race appear to be as decisive as outright lap time on the Karting des Fagnes circuit.