Summer Race #6 · Endurance Race⏱ 1h02

On 20 August 2026, the Le Mans Karting International – Alain Prost circuit (Piste Alain Prost B, 980 m) hosted a 61-minute endurance race featuring 30 teams. The event delivered a tight battle at the front, with the top four teams separated by fewer than 51 seconds on track.

SIMULATION COURSE ÉQUIPE (kart #24) took the overall victory with 54 laps completed, crossing the line a lap ahead of second-placed S-S SPORT TEAM (kart #15), who finished at 1.743 s. Third went to LES COQUET'S COQUIN (kart #23), also on 54 laps but 23.314 s behind the winner. GARE À LA DÉFAITE (kart #9) and TEAM SYNERGIE (kart #5) rounded out the top five, both completing 54 laps as well, at 50.458 s and 1:00.666 s respectively. Notably, no team made a pit stop throughout the entire race – all 30 karts ran without a single pit lane visit.

The fastest lap of the race was set by SIMULATION COURSE ÉQUIPE with a time of 59.356 s, the only team to dip under the 59.4-second mark. LES COQUET'S COQUIN came close with a best lap of 59.362 s, while S-S SPORT TEAM posted 59.792 s.

Pace and consistency analysis confirm SIMULATION COURSE ÉQUIPE's dominance: their median race pace of 1:00.464 was the best in the field (1st in pure pace ranking), backed by a strong consistency index of 0.88 s standard deviation. S-S SPORT TEAM ranked 2nd in pure pace (median 1:00.606, σ = 0.85 s) and finished exactly where their speed placed them. LES COQUET'S COQUIN held 3rd in pure pace (1:00.674, σ = 0.88 s), again matching their on-track position – a textbook race for the podium three.

The standout consistency award goes to TEAM SYNERGIE (5th), who posted the lowest standard deviation of the entire field at just 0.78 s, with a median pace of 1:01.437. Their regularity was their defining strength in a race where no pit stop strategy differentiated the field.

One notable contrast lies in the battle between pace and result. 20 ANS D'AMITIÉ (kart #27) showed the 4th fastest pure pace in the race yet finished only 23rd, four laps off the lead – illustrating how sustained pace over a full hour ultimately separates pure speed from race results. On the other end of the spectrum, LOTTIN MOTORSPORT (8th) achieved their position despite ranking only 20th in pure pace (median 1:02.998, σ = 1.43 s), demonstrating that consistent execution, even without outright speed, can yield a competitive finish.

Further down the order, TEAM COUZ (6th) showed the highest inconsistency among the analysed teams with a standard deviation of 2.01 s, the widest spread of the top twelve – yet still managed to finish 6th thanks to a competitive median pace of 1:01.993.

Key takeaways for teams: In a no-stop endurance race of this format, pure median pace is the primary performance lever – the podium was decided entirely on this basis. Consistency is equally critical: TEAM SYNERGIE's σ of 0.78 s shows what a well-managed single stint looks like. Teams with raw speed but inconsistent lap times – like TEAM COUZ (σ = 2.01 s) – leave points on the table. Finally, the case of 20 ANS D'AMITIÉ is a reminder that peak lap times mean little without the ability to maintain that level across 50+ laps.