Course SJ · Course Race⏱ 1h08

Nineteen karts took the start of this 68-minute endurance race on the Karting Payerne Indoor 900m circuit on August 16, 2026, with no pit stops required — a format that placed consistency and raw pace at an absolute premium from the very first lap to the last.

MAYSSANE#28 (kart 11) claimed victory by completing 65 laps — one fewer than the chasing group — yet crossed the line ahead of IL_PULCINO by just 0.348 seconds, a margin that illustrates the tightness of the fight at the front. The winner held the lead through lap 67, ultimately finishing one lap down on the scoring sheet while remaining ahead on time. IL_PULCINO, second with 66 laps, was followed by MORANN#449 and BENJIMENOUD, separated by only 2.9 seconds after more than an hour of racing, both also on 66 laps.

LENNY05 and RKE_MAT55 rounded out the top six, both completing 66 laps, with gaps of 37.6 and 51.3 seconds to the leader respectively. From seventh place onwards, the field dropped to 65 laps: DONOVAN., 4 DOIGTS, -AGRC- SAM, OLIVIER S., and CEDRIC BENEY occupied positions 7 to 11 in that order. The overall fastest lap of the race was set by BENJIMENOUD at 54.074 seconds.

The pace analysis reveals that MAYSSANE#28 delivered the strongest all-around performance of the day. With a median race pace of 54.758 s (best in the field) and a standard deviation of just 0.40 s — the lowest consistency figure across all analysed karts — the winner combined raw speed and remarkable regularity throughout the single, unbroken stint. IL_PULCINO was close behind with a median of 54.794 s and an equally stable standard deviation of 0.43 s, confirming a genuine head-to-head battle between the top two.

BENJIMENOUD signed the outright fastest lap at 54.074 s and posted a median pace of 54.799 s (3rd in pure pace), but a standard deviation of 1.13 s — the highest among the top-six analysed — indicates greater lap-to-lap variation, which prevented the kart from converting its raw speed into a higher finishing position. MORANN#449 finished third on the road yet ranked only 5th in pure pace (55.121 s median), benefitting from strategic consistency over pure outright speed.

REXSTRIX stands out as the sharpest contrast of the race: 7th in pure pace (55.391 s median) but classified 12th overall with only 36 laps completed — less than half the race distance — a factor that cost the team dearly in the final standings. -AGRC- ZAAK, finishing 19th with 25 laps, showed a progressive slowdown of 0.18 s per lap during their stint, the steepest degradation trend recorded across the field.

Key takeaways for teams: On a no-stop format at Karting Payerne, consistency proved more decisive than peak pace. MAYSSANE#28 demonstrated that a sub-0.40 s standard deviation over 65 laps is championship-grade regularity on this circuit. Teams posting standard deviations above 1.00 s — such as BENJIMENOUD and CEDRIC BENEY — left positions on the table despite genuine single-lap speed. Completing the full race distance without mechanical interruption was, as underlined by REXSTRIX's result, the most basic and unforgiving requirement of the day.