IRON MAN SERIES · Finale Race⏱ 1h24

The Finale of the endurance race at Lignano Circuit FPV in Precenicco took place on August 30, 2026, over 83 minutes on the short 950-metre layout. Ten drivers lined up for what proved to be a tightly contested encounter, with the top six all completing the same 86-lap distance.

GRASSOTTO MATTEO (kart #7) took the chequered flag at the end of lap 86, holding off BELLO' KRISTIAN (#2) by just 2.677 seconds and ZACCARON ERIC (#10) by 2.729 seconds. The entire top-six finishers covered 86 laps, making this a race decided in the finest of margins. ROCCO ANDREA (#8) and SCHUTZ CARLO (#4) rounded out the top five, the latter crossing the line 36.337 seconds behind the leader, while CUCCHIARA MATTIA GIANLUIGI (#9) completed sixth at 42.743 seconds. TRAINA MATTEO (#5) and PALANTONE DONATELLO (#3) both completed 84 laps in seventh and eighth respectively. DUREGON FEDERICO (#1) finished ninth on 82 laps, and BONDIO FABIO LEONE (#6) rounded out the field in tenth with 76 laps completed. All drivers made 4 pit stops, with the exception of DUREGON FEDERICO who made 5.

The fastest lap of the race was set by ROCCO ANDREA in a time of 51.534 seconds.

Looking beyond the finishing order, the pace analysis reveals a compelling story. ROCCO ANDREA posted the best pure median pace of the entire field at 52.072 s, yet crossed the line only fourth — a gap of three positions between raw speed and result. His five stints were remarkably consistent, with only a slight slowing of 0.15 s/lap in his fourth relais before recovering strongly in the final stint (median 51.846 s, 22 laps). The strategic execution did not fully capitalise on that pace advantage.

BELLO' KRISTIAN stands out as the most consistent driver of the race, recording the lowest standard deviation across all laps (σ = 0.60 s). Ranked only fourth in pure pace (median 52.207 s), he converted that regularity into a second-place finish — four positions better than his pace ranking would suggest. His five stints were all stable, with only a gentle drift of 0.17 s/lap in his fourth relais.

GRASSOTTO MATTEO, the winner, ran with the second-best pure pace (52.110 s median) and a solid overall regularity (σ = 0.69 s). His third stint showed a mild degradation of 0.18 s/lap over just nine laps, but all other stints remained stable. The combination of competitive pace and clean pit stop execution across four stops proved decisive over 83 minutes.

ZACCARON ERIC was notably the most consistent performer across his five stints — every single relais returned a "stable" trend — finishing third with a median pace of 52.133 s (third in the field). DUREGON FEDERICO had the fifth-best pure pace (52.253 s) but fell to ninth, hampered by a fifth stop and a progressive degradation that worsened through his final three stints — slowing by 0.29, 0.34 and 0.38 s/lap respectively — the steepest degradation observed in this race.

Key takeaways for teams: At Lignano Circuit FPV, pure speed alone is not enough. BELLO' KRISTIAN's result demonstrates the value of tyre management and lap-time consistency over 83 minutes. DUREGON FEDERICO's pace was in the top five, but an extra pit stop combined with mounting degradation in the closing stints cost him five positions. Keeping degradation below 0.2 s/lap in each stint appears to be the threshold separating podium finishers from the rest of the field on this technical 950-metre layout.