IRON MAN SERIES · Finale Race⏱ 1h25

The 85-minute endurance finale 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) took the top step of the podium after 81 laps, holding off MARROCCO ALBERTO (#11) by 10.097 seconds, with ZACCARON SIMONE (#4) completing the podium just 0.379 s further back at 10.476 s. All three leaders completed the same 81 laps with identical pit-stop counts of four stops each.

The top seven finishers all covered 81 laps, making for an extremely tight race on pure lap count. FRANZO' GABRIELE (#10) finished fourth, 48.181 s off the lead, while SABETTA ALESSANDRO (#7) and SCHUTZ CARLO (#5) rounded out the top six at 1:00.311 and 1:28.062 respectively. BERLADO THOMAS (#8) crossed the line seventh at 1:36.722. SOVRANO BRUNO (#6) and MICHELETTO MATTEO (#9) each completed 80 laps, finishing eighth and ninth. VASCELLARI DANIEL (#1) ended tenth with 76 laps, and DE BETTIN ALESSIO (#2) finished eleventh on 70 laps. The fastest lap of the race was set by ZACCARON SIMONE in a 51.740 s.

Pace analysis: ZACCARON leads on pure speed, ROCCO wins on execution. Over the full 85 minutes, ZACCARON SIMONE posted the best median race pace at 52.168 s — the sharpest pure rhythm of any driver — yet converted that advantage into only third place. His four stints were all stable, with a final-stint median of 51.920 s, demonstrating he maintained his pace to the very end without degradation. ROCCO ANDREA, race winner, ran the second-best median pace at 52.245 s, backed by a commendable overall consistency (σ = 0.79 s). His first three stints were all stable; only the final 10-lap stint showed a slight slowdown of 0.17 s per lap.

SABETTA ALESSANDRO (#7) delivered the third-best median pace (52.271 s) but finished fifth — a gap that points to time lost elsewhere on track. SCHUTZ CARLO (#5) was the most consistent driver of the race (σ = 0.54 s) and held the fourth-best median pace (52.464 s), yet finished sixth; his four stints were all perfectly stable with no degradation registered.

The strategic standout was MARROCCO ALBERTO (#11), who converted only the fifth-best pure pace (52.487 s) into second place — a clear example of clean, error-free execution and well-timed pit stops outweighing outright speed. On the opposite side of the ledger, MICHELETTO MATTEO (#9) carried the sixth-best pace (52.722 s) but dropped to ninth in the final classification. His race pace deteriorated significantly: a fifth stint of just five laps already showed a degradation of 1.10 s per lap — the steepest drop of any driver in the field — which proves costly over the final phase of an 85-minute race.

Key takeaways for teams: At Lignano Circuit FPV, pure pace alone does not guarantee results, as illustrated by the gap between ZACCARON's best rhythm and ROCCO's winning consistency. Managing tyre and physical degradation across four or more stints is decisive — drivers who kept all stints stable (ZACCARON, SCHUTZ) or limited their late-race slowdown to less than 0.2 s per lap (ROCCO, MARROCCO) finished on the podium. Teams should also plan their pit-stop windows carefully: MARROCCO's second place with only the fifth-best pace confirms that clean in-laps and minimal time loss at the stops can bridge a meaningful pace deficit over 85 minutes.