KFT ENDURANCE CAT1 & CAT2 · Course Race⏱ 8h06

Thirty teams lined up on the 1,366-metre Location circuit at Karting des Fagnes in Mariembourg on 18 October 2026 for an endurance race lasting just over eight hours (486 minutes). After 374 laps, it was 2 – FKI RACING TEAM (kart #36) that took the chequered flag, edging out 2 – VLV19R ACADEMY (kart #35) by a mere 3.429 seconds — an extraordinarily tight finish for a race of this length. Third place went to 1 – BRG (kart #15), one lap down, followed by 1 – AMS Racing Team (#20) and 2 – VLV19R (#34), both also on 372 laps.

The top two finishers were separated by fractions of a second on both lap count and elapsed time, making this one of the closest conclusions seen at the Fagnes circuit. 1 – MVN RACING (#6) deserves a mention despite finishing 7th: they completed 372 laps — the same tally as 3rd and 4th — but lost out on countback, finishing 56.774 s behind 5th. 2 – GRAVITY RACING 2 (#32) was another notable case, crossing the line 11th with 373 laps, just one lap off the leaders, having made only 14 pit stops compared to 15 for the rest of the field.

All 29 classified teams made 15 pit stops over the course of the race, with the exception of GRAVITY RACING 2, which pitted 14 times. This strategic variation did not translate into a higher finishing position, as the team ended up 11th on the road.

Turning to the pace analysis, FKI RACING TEAM recorded a median race pace of 1:11.292 — the 2nd best among classified runners — and an excellent consistency figure of 0.63 s standard deviation. Their relais were predominantly stable throughout the race, with only two brief stints showing a slight acceleration trend. VLV19R ACADEMY posted a median of 1:11.382 (3rd best pace) with equally solid regularity (0.59 s), their final stint of 15 laps being their sharpest of the race at a median of 1:10.644.

GRAVITY RACING 2 stands out on pure pace: ranked 5th best median pace (1:11.511) despite finishing 11th, their stints 7 and 10 were among the fastest recorded (medians of 1:10.792 and 1:10.796 respectively), suggesting real outright speed that was not fully converted into positions on the classification.

The most consistent team overall was 1 – AMS Racing Team, with a standard deviation of just 0.52 s across their relais — the lowest in the entire field — despite ranking only 6th on pure pace (1:11.578 median). Their discipline across 16 stints and 372 laps secured them 4th place. By contrast, 2 – VLV19R (#34, 5th) showed the most variable pace with a regularity figure of 0.84 s, including a particularly uneven stint 8 (σ = 1.47 s).

From a strategic angle, 1 – L'Essentiel Racing (15th, kart #13) finished significantly ahead of their pure pace ranking (19th), suggesting effective pit stop management converted into positions over the course of the race.

Key takeaways for teams: At Karting des Fagnes over eight-plus hours, pace consistency (σ below 0.65 s) correlates strongly with finishing position among the leading teams. The top three all sit between 0.54 and 0.63 s standard deviation. Managing pit stop windows precisely — as demonstrated by the top two, who finished level on lap count — proved decisive. Teams with strong raw speed but higher variability (VLV19R, Gravity Racing 2) left points on the table. The fastest in-lap of the race, posted by EQUIPE TEST at 1:09.826, shows the circuit's ultimate potential but EQUIPE TEST was not classified in the main running order.