Endurance 5min+2h · Final Race⏱ 2h02

The Karting Eupen hosted its endurance Final on 4 November 2026, with 19 teams taking the start on the 1,100-metre Circuit 1 for a 122-minute race. It proved a demanding afternoon of strategy and consistency, with the top four split by just eight laps at the flag.

MALMEDY MOTORSPORT (kart #14) took the overall victory, leading from Lap 117 and crossing the line comfortably ahead of the field. Their best lap of 58.325 s was among the sharpest of the day, and their three pit stops — the fewest in the top five — underlined a clean, well-managed race. OXYGÈNE (#35) claimed second place, four laps down, while LEASE IF YOU CAN (#1) completed the podium a further lap adrift in third. Both teams made four pit stops.

PIED AU PLENCHER (#4) and ALLIANCE NO BREAK (#11) rounded out the top five, eight and nine laps behind the winner respectively, each with four pit stops. TEAM DECLERC (#6) finished sixth with five stops, ahead of DROGEN-BOSS (#37, fourth) in seventh.

The outright fastest lap of the race — 57.997 s — was set by TEAM ROCKET (#21), who paradoxically finished only ninth. Their pure-pace median of 58.974 s was the best in the field, yet their 14-lap deficit reflects the cost of time lost elsewhere during the race. At the other end of the pace scale, LES BRULEURS DE GOMME (#5) did not complete the race and return no recorded times.

The race analysis reveals several compelling sub-plots. LEASE IF YOU CAN posted the second-best pure-pace median (1:00.871) and ran their longest stint — 55 laps — at a 59.656 s median, yet had to settle for third, suggesting time was left on the table in their shorter, slower stints. OXYGÈNE delivered their best work in their fourth and final stint, lowering their median to 59.665 s with remarkable consistency (σ = 0.72 s), after three earlier stints in the 1:01–1:02 range.

TEAM DECLERC earned the distinction of being the most consistent team in the race (σ = 1.18 s across all laps), producing two very regular stints and never straying far from their median of 1:02.510 s — rewarded with sixth place. DROGEN-BOSS, despite the 12th-best pure pace (median 1:05.855 s), climbed to seventh through strategic management, their final 29-lap stint at 1:02.449 s lifting them clear of faster rivals who lost time elsewhere.

LA TURBO TEAM (#15) is the starkest example of pace squandered: fourth-best pure-pace median (1:02.462 s) but only 13th at the flag — seven pit stops and overall race time management proved costly. LES 5 PISTONS (#2) made eight pit stops, the most among the leading group, and paid the price with an eighth-place finish despite a comparable pace median to teams finishing higher.

Key takeaways for teams at Karting Eupen: pure pace alone does not win endurance races. MALMEDY MOTORSPORT's minimal pit stop count (three stops) was central to their victory. Consistency — as demonstrated by TEAM DECLERC — can outweigh a tenth's advantage per lap. Teams like LA TURBO TEAM and TEAM ROCKET underline that converting speed into laps on track, with disciplined pit strategy, is the decisive factor over 122 minutes at Eupen.