IRON MAN SERIES · Finale Race⏱ 1h25

The 85-minute endurance final at Lignano Circuit FPV in Precenicco brought together 11 drivers on the 950-metre Lignano Circuit short layout on 26 July 2026. At the chequered flag, ROCCO ANDREA (kart #3) claimed victory with 81 laps completed, edging out MARROCCO ALBERTO (#11) by 10.097 seconds and ZACCARON SIMONE (#4) by 10.476 seconds — a remarkably tight podium separated by less than half a second between second and third place.

From a pure pace perspective, the race told a more nuanced story. ZACCARON SIMONE posted the best median race pace of the field at 52.168 s/lap (1st in pace ranking) and also set the fastest lap of the race in 51.740 s, yet had to settle for third on the road. SABETTA ALESSANDRO (#7) ranked 3rd in pace (52.271 s) but finished 5th, while SCHUTZ CARLO (#5) was the most consistent driver of the entire race, recording the lowest lap-time standard deviation at 0.54 s — four stints at a steady 52.4–52.6 s median, all trending stable — and finishing 6th despite holding the 4th-best pace ranking.

The victory of ROCCO ANDREA rested on solid execution: a 2nd-best pace ranking (52.245 s median) across four stints, all four of which trended stable through the opening 59 laps. Only the final short stint of 10 laps showed a slight drift of 0.17 s/lap, the mildest degradation among the frontrunners. Four pit stops — the standard strategy shared by all 11 competitors — were managed cleanly throughout the race.

The standout strategic performance came from MARROCCO ALBERTO, who converted a 5th-best pace (52.487 s median) into a 2nd-place finish — the clearest over-performance of the race relative to raw speed. With a regularity index of 0.60 s and all four stints trending stable until a modest 0.20 s/lap fade in the closing laps, MARROCCO capitalised efficiently on every lap available.

At the other end of the spectrum, MICHELETTO MATTEO (#9) illustrated the cost of tyre or physical degradation: ranked 6th in pace (52.722 s), he completed a fifth stint that deteriorated by 1.10 s/lap, the steepest rate of decline in the race, contributing to a 9th-place finish and a total of 80 laps in the data against the 81 of the frontrunners. Similarly, VASCELLARI DANIEL (#1) was penalised by the highest variability on the grid (σ = 1.12 s) and an erratic second stint peaking at a 54.424 s median, ending 10th with 76 laps. DE BETTIN ALESSIO (#2) closed the order at 11th, 11 laps down, despite a progressive improvement in pace across stints one to three.

Key takeaways for teams: At Lignano Circuit FPV, outright pace alone does not decide the outcome — ZACCARON SIMONE's best pace and fastest lap converted into only third place. Consistency across all stints (SCHUTZ CARLO, σ = 0.54 s) and disciplined tyre management in the final stint proved decisive. Teams should pay particular attention to degradation in closing stints: the gap between ROCCO ANDREA's mild 0.17 s/lap fade and MICHELETTO MATTEO's collapse at 1.10 s/lap was the single largest differentiator in this 85-minute race.