Course SJ · Course Race⏱ 1h08

Nineteen teams lined up on the Indoor 900m circuit at Karting Payerne for a 68-minute endurance race held on August 16, 2026. With no pit stops recorded across the field, the race came down to raw pace, consistency, and the ability to sustain a rhythm over the full distance.

MAYSSANE#28 (kart #11) took the victory after 65 laps, finishing one lap ahead on the road when the chequered flag fell at lap 67. Despite completing one fewer lap than the second-place finisher, the gap confirms that MAYSSANE#28 led the race comfortably, with IL_PULCINO (kart #22) crossing the line just 0.348 seconds behind in second place after 66 laps. MORANN#449 (kart #23) completed the podium, also on 66 laps but 23.308 seconds adrift of IL_PULCINO. BENJIMENOUD (kart #2) finished fourth, a further 2.911 seconds back, while LENNY05 (kart #9) and RKE_MAT55 (kart #3) rounded out the top six, both on 66 laps.

The fastest lap of the race was set by BENJIMENOUD with a time of 54.074 seconds, edging out MORANN#449 (54.113 s) and IL_PULCINO (54.156 s). MAYSSANE#28 recorded a best lap of 54.175 s, confirming the top four were separated by little more than a tenth in outright speed.

From a pace analysis perspective, MAYSSANE#28 held the best median lap time of the race at 54.758 s — ranking first in pure race rhythm — and was also the most consistent team on track, with a lap-time standard deviation of just 0.4 s over 65 laps. That combination of speed and regularity proved decisive. IL_PULCINO ran a median of 54.794 s (2nd in pure pace, σ = 0.43 s), making them the closest challenger in both dimensions.

BENJIMENOUD showed the fastest single lap but a median of 54.799 s with a notably higher dispersion (σ = 1.13 s), ranking 3rd in pure pace — suggesting peak speed was there, but maintaining it consistently over the race distance was more difficult. LENNY05 (median 55.102 s, 4th in pace) and MORANN#449 (55.121 s, 5th in pace) were the next two in rhythm, yet MORANN#449 finished third on the road, outperforming their pace ranking by two positions — a sign of efficient race management.

Further down, REXSTRIX (kart #21) stands out as the unluckiest entry of the day: ranked 7th in pure race rhythm with a median of 55.391 s, they finished only 12th overall having completed just 36 laps — a significant shortfall compared to competitors on similar pace. -AGRC- ZAAK (kart #1), who retired after just 25 laps, showed a progressive slowdown of 0.18 s per lap during their single stint, the steepest degradation recorded in the field.

Key takeaways for teams: On a circuit where no pit-stop strategy is available, consistency over 68 minutes is what separates winners from the rest. MAYSSANE#28 demonstrated that the perfect combination of best median pace and lowest lap-time variance (0.4 s) is the winning formula at Karting Payerne Indoor. Teams with strong single-lap speed but high dispersion — such as BENJIMENOUD and REXSTRIX — would benefit from focusing on building and sustaining a stable rhythm across the full race distance.