IRON MAN SERIES · Finale Race⏱ 57 min

The Finale endurance race at Lignano Circuit FPV in Precenicco took place on 6 September 2026 over 57 minutes on the Lignano Circuit short layout (950 m), with 20 starters battling it out for the top honours. The field was tight, the racing intense, and the gaps at the front remarkably small after 86 laps.

ROCCO ANDREA (kart #20) took the victory, completing 86 laps to claim the win ahead of CAH RENDY (#9) by 3.805 seconds and GRASSOTTO MATTEO (#18) by 4.967 seconds. LO SARDO ANTONINO (#14) and BELLO' KRISTIAN (#3) completed the top five, all five separated by only 5.4 seconds after nearly an hour of racing — a remarkably compressed finish. GEO ANDREA (#12) and ZACCARON ERIC (#11) followed in 6th and 7th, just over 11 seconds off the lead, with DALLA VAL ANDREA (#13) 8th at 13.894 s. MARROCCO ALBERTO (#17) and FURLANIS MATTIA (#5) rounded out the top ten, both lapping 86 times but falling back to roughly 43 seconds adrift. All top-ten finishers made 4 pit stops.

The fastest lap of the race was set by GRASSOTTO MATTEO in a time of 51.404 seconds — the sharpest single lap of the entire event. Among the classified finishers outside the top ten, SEMPLICI EMANUELE (11th, 85 laps), PEGORARO GIORGIO (12th, 85 laps) and ZANETTE MATTIA (13th, 85 laps) led the chase, all on 4 pit stops. BERTINELLI MAURIZIO (19th) was the only driver to make 5 pit stops, completing 83 laps. RAUSA ALESSANDRO (20th) finished last on 82 laps.

The pace analysis reveals a fascinating story beneath the results. CAH RENDY, who finished 2nd, posted the best pure race pace of the entire field with a median race lap of 51.746 s — and also stood out as the most consistent driver, with an overall standard deviation of just 0.55 s. Despite this, he could not convert raw speed into victory, finishing 3.8 seconds behind ROCCO ANDREA, whose median pace of 51.830 s ranked only 3rd overall. Strategy and execution across 4 stints proved decisive for the winner.

BELLO' KRISTIAN (5th on the road) delivered the 2nd-best pure pace at 51.792 s median — a strong performance that hints at potential left on the table, given his 5th-place finish. LO SARDO ANTONINO (4th) matched the winner almost identically on pace at 51.840 s with solid consistency (σ 0.63 s), keeping the pressure on throughout all four stints.

Further down, SEMPLICI EMANUELE (11th) is a notable case: his pace ranked only 14th on pure merit, yet his race management lifted him three places relative to raw speed. Conversely, PEGORARO GIORGIO suffered the sharpest degradation of any analysed driver — losing 0.21 s per lap in his third stint — before recovering in his fourth, ultimately finishing 12th.

Key takeaways for teams: At Lignano Circuit short, pure pace alone does not guarantee victory — ROCCO ANDREA won with only the 3rd-best median rhythm in the field. Pit stop timing and in-stint consistency (σ below 0.60 s) were the real differentiators. Teams targeting the podium must manage tyre life carefully across all four stints: even small degradation in a single relay, as seen with PEGORARO GIORGIO (-0.21 s/lap in stint 3), can cost multiple positions over the course of 57 minutes.