DRIVE YOUR COM · ENDURANCE Race⏱ 3h01

On 1 September 2026, the Le Mans Karting International – Alain Prost circuit hosted a 181-minute endurance race on the 980-metre Piste Alain Prost B. 18 teams took the start, delivering a dense and closely fought contest from start to finish.

ISEO FRANCE (kart #46) claimed overall victory with 150 laps completed, crossing the line ahead of SUPER U CHANGE/ARNAGE (#3) by 47.436 seconds — both teams finishing on 150 laps. The battle for third place was equally tight: AMBROISE BOUVIER TRANSPORTS (#35) and ATELIERS 23 (#10) both ended on 148 laps, separated by just 0.810 seconds at the flag, with the podium going to Ambroise Bouvier Transports. A further lap back, ATELIER DES SAVEURS (#34), IEK GUEST (#9) and SUPER U BEAUMONTS/SARTHE (#1) were covered by less than 24 seconds across 147 laps. All 11 pit stops were recorded for the vast majority of the field, with LMEM the only team to make 12 passages and FONTENAY ENERGIES the only team to manage with 10.

The fastest lap of the race was set by ISEO FRANCE in 1:03.241 — a benchmark that underlines their dominance throughout the afternoon. AMBROISE BOUVIER TRANSPORTS posted the second-best race lap (1:03.384) and ATELIERS 23 the third (1:03.486), confirming that the podium was fought out among the quickest karts on track.

The pace analysis confirms the hierarchy. ISEO FRANCE led in pure median race pace at 1:04.310, supported by a solid overall consistency (σ = 1.22 s). Their 12 stints were largely stable, with only moderate fade of 0.15 to 0.23 s/lap on the busiest relays — a controlled performance across three hours. SUPER U CHANGE/ARNAGE recorded the second-best median pace (1:04.689, σ = 1.09 s), with a very regular last short stint before a slight fade of 0.38 s/lap at the very end.

AMBROISE BOUVIER TRANSPORTS ranked third in pure pace (1:05.032) but showed a notably higher irregularity (σ = 1.49 s), with two stints losing up to 0.74 s/lap in the final minutes — a factor that may have cost them the fight against ATELIERS 23 for third. IEK GUEST presented an interesting profile: fourth-best median pace (1:05.034) yet finishing sixth, penalised by consistency issues (σ = 1.75 s) and a marked fade of 0.78 s/lap on their penultimate stint.

Among the notable statistical points: VINCENT CARROSSERIE/FRAIS MALIN (14th) was the most consistent team of the entire field with a standard deviation of just 1.06 s, while CINERITES TRANSPORT (10th) outperformed their pure pace ranking (14th in median speed) through strategic management. At the other end, LMEM (17th) showed 12th-best pace but finished second to last, underlining that pace alone does not determine the result in endurance racing.

Key takeaways for teams: at Le Mans Karting on the Piste Alain Prost B, lap-time management across 12 stints proves as decisive as outright speed. ISEO FRANCE combined best pace with controlled degradation. Teams with higher variance — particularly in the final third of the race — consistently lost positions regardless of their peak lap times. Pit stop execution (11 stops in 181 minutes) left little room for error, and every second gained or lost in the pits counted directly on the final gap.