Summer Race · Course Race⏱ 55 min

On 23 July 2026, the Piste Alain Prost B (980 m) at Le Mans Karting International hosted a 55-minute endurance race that brought together 30 teams. With every kart making exactly three pit stops, strategy and consistency were as decisive as outright pace.

CRT (kart #17) took the chequered flag in dominant fashion, completing 50 laps and lapping the field before the finish. The gap to second place was a full lap on the road, with the closest challengers MERGEZ KART (#31) and SKR (#26) crossing the line 12.171 s and 13.589 s behind respectively — both also on 50 laps. The analysis confirms that CRT's victory was fully deserved: the team posted the best pure pace in the field with a median lap time of 59.918 s, and the best consistency of all 30 starters with a standard deviation of just 0.53 s. All four stints were rated stable, reflecting an exemplary management of effort across the entire race distance.

SKR recorded the 2nd-best pure pace (median 1:00.340, σ 0.78 s) ahead of MERGEZ KART in 3rd (median 1:00.424, σ 0.85 s), yet SKR had to settle for 3rd place overall — a single stint of degradation in relay 2 (slowing by 0.15 s/lap) may have cost them a few positions on the road. MERGEZ KART, for its part, gained momentum in relay 3, improving by 0.17 s/lap, which helped secure 2nd at the flag.

AGLJ RACING (#3) finished 4th overall (49 laps, +31.726 s to the lead group) but carved out a notable footnote: the team set the fastest lap of the entire race at 59.205 s, the sharpest single lap of any kart on the day. Their 4th-best pure pace (median 1:00.551 s) and strong opening stint (median 59.648 s) suggest a team with genuine speed that battled some inconsistency across the race (σ 0.95 s).

ADB RACING (#29) completed the top 5 on 50 laps, 36.505 s adrift, while LH RACING (#2) and INFINITY RACING GT1 (#32) rounded out the top 7 — both also on 50 laps, covered within two seconds of each other at the line. Notably, INFINITY RACING GT1 held the 6th-best pure pace in the race (median 1:00.986 s) despite finishing 7th, edging LH RACING which ranked 7th on pace (median 1:01.121 s) but finished ahead — LH RACING's superior consistency (σ 0.60 s vs 1.01 s) proving the decisive factor.

Among the statistical highlights, ZHOMMMME (#16) stands out as the race's biggest strategic overperformer: ranked only 25th on pure pace, the team finished 16th overall, gaining nine positions through pit stop management. At the other end of the spectrum, DIPLADENIA (#7), which held the 9th-best pure pace, ended up classified 30th — the largest gap between speed and final position in the field. KODOKA RACING TEAM 2 (#23) suffered the race's most pronounced degradation episode in relay 2, slowing by 0.23 s/lap, which pushed them down to 10th overall despite a promising opening stint.

Key takeaways for teams: At Le Mans Karting International, raw speed counts for little without the ability to maintain it across all four stints. CRT's double achievement — best pace and best consistency — is the benchmark to target. ZHOMMMME's result is a reminder that disciplined pit stop management can recover significant ground; conversely, a single high-degradation stint, as experienced by KODOKA RACING TEAM 2 and SKR, can compromise an otherwise competitive race. With three mandatory stops for all 30 starters, the window for tactical variation is real, and the teams that exploited it most intelligently filled the podium.