IRON MAN SERIES · Finale Race⏱ 1h25

The 85-minute endurance final at Lignano Circuit FPV in Precenicco brought together 29 drivers on the 1,187-metre Lignano track on 9 August 2026. The race produced a nail-biting finish at the top of the order, with the top three separated by just three tenths of a second after 70 laps of racing.

PINTON ALESSIO (kart #2) took the victory, completing 70 laps and crossing the line 0.221 seconds ahead of BELLO' KRISTIAN (#11) and 0.305 seconds ahead of DALLA VAL ANDREA (#23). All three finishers on the podium recorded their best laps within two hundredths of one another — 1:03.055, 1:03.060 and 1:03.063 respectively — underlining the extreme closeness of the battle throughout. A second group of five drivers, led by ROCCO ANDREA (4th, +11.788 s), formed a tightly packed quartet between 11 and 15 seconds off the lead. Every driver from 1st to 17th completed the full 70 laps with four pit stops each.

The fastest lap of the race was set by ROCCO ANDREA (kart #17) in 1:02.934, the only driver to dip below the 1:03 barrier during the event.

From a pace perspective, PINTON ALESSIO also led the field on median race pace at 1:03.383 — the best pure pace of the 29 starters. He delivered four very consistent stints, with standard deviations of just 0.21 s and 0.26 s in his second and first stints respectively, before the final two stints showed mild pace degradation of 0.21 and 0.32 s/lap — a natural tyre characteristic at the end of a stint. His overall consistency (σ = 0.66 s) was among the best in the leading group.

DALLA VAL ANDREA held the 2nd-best median pace at 1:03.416 (finishing 3rd), while BELLO' KRISTIAN ranked 3rd on pure pace at 1:03.437 despite finishing 2nd — suggesting a small strategic or traffic advantage in the closing stages. MIKLAVCIC PRIMOZ (5th) and ROCCO ANDREA (4th) held the 4th and 5th best median pace, meaning the final order closely mirrored true race pace throughout the field's top ten.

VERZELLESI SIMONE (9th overall) showed the 7th-best pace at 1:03.657, edging ahead of MARROCCO ALBERTO (7th, pace rank 8th, σ = 0.63 s) — the most consistent driver in the classified top half. Further back, ZORKO ALJAZ (25th) stood out as the fastest under-performer relative to pace, ranking 19th on pure rhythm but finishing 25th, pointing to costly time lost in traffic or at the pit stops. Conversely, SCUTTI MATTIA (19th) gained two positions over their pace rank of 21st thanks to efficient strategy execution.

At the other end of the spectrum, OMETTO DIEGO (29th) suffered the sharpest pace degradation of the race, losing 0.82 s/lap during his 4th stint, contributing to a final deficit of 6 laps on the leader. MICHELETTO MATTEO (18th) was statistically the most consistent driver across the full race with a regularity σ of 0.63 s, yet finished a lap down — illustrating that consistency alone does not compensate for an insufficient underlying pace level.

Key takeaways for teams: At Lignano Circuit FPV, the final margins are decided in tenths of a second — the top three were covered by 0.305 s after 85 minutes and 70 laps. The leaders all controlled their degradation below 0.4 s/lap in their final stints; any team exceeding that threshold visibly lost ground. Pit stop timing proved decisive for mid-field finishers, as shown by the gap between ZORKO ALJAZ's raw speed and his final position. In future editions, managing the closing stints with a consistent pace — rather than chasing fast individual laps — will remain the key differentiator at this circuit.