Summer Race · Course Race⏱ 1h02

On 30 July 2026, the Le Mans Karting International – Alain Prost circuit hosted a 61-minute endurance race on the 980-metre Piste Alain Prost B, bringing together 30 teams from the starting grid. With no pit stops recorded across the board, the race was a straight fight for pace and consistency from lights out to the chequered flag.

BBS SPORT (kart #32) took a dominant victory, completing 55 laps and crossing the line a full lap ahead of the chasing pack in the overall standings. They also set the fastest lap of the race with a 59.195s, and their median race pace of 1:00.087 gave them the best pure-speed ranking of the entire field. With a standard deviation of just 0.51 seconds, their consistency was among the strongest of the front-runners — a complete performance from start to finish.

SIMU (kart #4) secured second place, also on 55 laps, finishing 17.038 seconds behind the winner. Their median pace of 1:00.300 confirmed the 2nd-best pure rhythm in the race, with a lap-time standard deviation of 0.99s — solid, if slightly less regular than the winner. RKE (kart #19) completed the podium, likewise on 55 laps, 34.961 seconds off the lead, with a comparable median of 1:00.451 and a regularity of 0.97s.

ADB RACING (kart #15) finished 4th on 54 laps, 4th in pure pace as well (median 1:00.453), while BENJAMIN PREJENT (kart #11) took 5th on 55 laps with a notably clean regularity figure of 0.73s — the best of any driver outside the top three in the standings. LH RACING (kart #30) rounded out the top six on 55 laps, despite a higher standard deviation of 1.22s, thanks to a best lap of 59.349s.

Further back, RUSTEZE (kart #20) stands out: classified 9th, they held the 7th-best pure pace in the race (median 1:00.895), outperforming several teams ranked ahead of them on pure rhythm. Conversely, TEK72_2 (kart #16) was the most consistent team on the circuit, recording the lowest standard deviation of all 30 starters at just 0.50s, yet finished 7th — a reminder that in endurance, raw regularity must be paired with raw speed.

At the other end of the spectrum, LES TOURISTES (kart #3) showed a stark gap between pace and result: ranked only 29th at the finish, their pure rhythm placed them 17th on pace — suggesting their race was hampered by factors beyond lap-time performance. Meanwhile, ASCENITY 2 (kart #1) managed to finish 21st despite holding only the 26th-best pace in the field, a relative overperformance given the circumstances.

Key takeaways for teams: This race rewarded a combination of raw pace and lap-time consistency. BBS SPORT demonstrated that both can go hand in hand. With zero pit stops for all competitors, there was no strategic variable to exploit — positions were earned purely on track. Teams looking to progress should note that regularity alone (as shown by TEK72_2) is not sufficient without the underlying pace to match; while pace without consistency (LH RACING's 1.22s deviation) can still deliver results when the gap to rivals is large enough.