IRON MAN SERIES · Finale Race⏱ 1h25

The 85-minute endurance final at Lignano Circuit FPV in Precenicco brought together 29 starters on the 1,187-metre Lignano layout on 9 August 2026. At the end of 70 laps, it was PINTON ALESSIO (kart #2) who took the win by the slenderest of margins, crossing the line just 0.221 seconds ahead of BELLO' KRISTIAN (#11) and 0.305 s ahead of DALLA VAL ANDREA (#23) — a photograph finish that kept the entire field on edge right to the chequered flag.

The top three were separated by less than a third of a second after 85 minutes of racing, a result that reflects both the competitiveness of the field and the precision demanded by the Lignano layout. Fourth-placed ROCCO ANDREA (#17) set the fastest lap of the race — a 1:02.934 — yet lost ground to the leading trio in the final standings, finishing 11.788 s off the lead. MIKLAVCIC PRIMOZ (#6) and DUREGON FEDERICO (#1) completed the top six, both finishing within 12.6 s of the winner. All 17 front-runners completed 70 laps and each competitor made exactly 4 pit stops throughout the race.

The pace analysis tells a nuanced story. PINTON ALESSIO recorded the best median pace of the race at 1:03.383 per lap (pure-pace rank 1st), combining speed with a consistency figure of 0.66 s standard deviation across all race laps. DALLA VAL ANDREA (1:03.416, pure-pace rank 2nd) and BELLO' KRISTIAN (1:03.437, rank 3rd) pushed him hard throughout. Notably, ROCCO ANDREA's pure-pace rank of 5th (median 1:03.552) illustrates that raw single-lap speed does not always translate into outright position, as the overall result was ultimately shaped by tyre management and pit-stop execution across five stints.

In terms of consistency, MARROCCO ALBERTO (#28, rank 7th in pace) stood out with a regularité of just 0.63 s — the tightest of any top-10 finisher — reflecting very even lap times across all five stints. BELLO' KRISTIAN (0.75 s) and DALLA VAL ANDREA (0.69 s) also showed strong regularity. MIKLAVCIC PRIMOZ, for his part, carried the highest variance among the top six (0.99 s), pointing to a more aggressive but less even driving style.

The end-of-stint degradation pattern was universal: virtually every competitor showed a slowdown in the final laps of each stint, with most drivers losing between 0.16 and 0.38 s per lap. The most pronounced degradation in the race was recorded by OMETTO DIEGO, who lost 0.82 s per lap during his fourth stint — a factor that contributed to his 29th-place finish on 64 laps. Further down the field, ZORKO ALJAZ (25th) carried the 19th-best median pace but was unable to convert that raw speed into position, finishing two laps down.

Key takeaways for teams: Winning this final required the rare combination of best overall pace and controlled degradation — PINTON ALESSIO achieved both. The data confirms that late-stint management was decisive: teams who limited their slowdown in the final laps of each stint (Marrocco, Dalla Val) held position, while those with sharper degradation surrendered ground despite competitive raw pace. With all 29 starters making exactly 4 pit stops, strategic differentiation was minimal and the race was ultimately decided on pure tyre conservation over 70 laps.