2H ART OF CART · Finale Race⏱ 2h08

Eighteen teams lined up on 24 September 2026 at Lignano Circuit FPV in Precenicco for the Final of this 127-minute endurance race on the 950-metre short layout. After 120 laps at the front, Wings for Life Raceinas (kart 5) took the chequered flag and claimed overall victory, holding off Drivers Lounge (kart 17) by a mere 0.995 seconds at the line. Cosecura x Aqendo (kart 13) completed the podium in third, 8.486 seconds behind the winner.

The top five were covered by fewer than 46 seconds after more than two hours of racing, with Digicom)) Racing Team 1 (4th, +24.405 s) and Digicom)) Racing Team 2 (5th, +45.318 s) completing a compact lead group, all having completed 120 laps. Veritas Haus Racing 1 finished 6th one lap down, followed by Mairzedt Betonboden and Solodue Scuderia Classica – the only team to record 8 pit stops – in 7th and 8th. Aqendo Germany (18th) ended 17 laps off the pace, the largest deficit of the field.

The fastest lap of the race was set by Wings for Life Raceinas with a time of 51.242 s, also the best individual lap of the entire event. Every team in the top five made exactly 7 pit stops during the race.

The pace analysis reveals a more nuanced picture at the front. Drivers Lounge posted the best pure median pace of any team in the race (52.762 s), edging ahead of Wings for Life Raceinas (52.847 s, 2nd best pace) in raw speed. Drivers Lounge was also the most consistent team overall, with a lap-time standard deviation of just 0.91 s across all stints. Despite holding the pace advantage, the runner-up's margin was not enough to overhaul the winner on the road.

Veritas Haus Racing 1 stands out as the team with the strongest pure pace relative to their finishing position: 3rd-best median pace (52.954 s) but only 6th at the flag. Their stint 7 was notably disrupted, with a degradation of 0.48 s/lap over just 7 laps and a standard deviation of 2.23 s – the most irregular single stint among the analysed teams – which cost them dearly in the final standings.

Mairzedt Betonboden finished 7th despite carrying only the 10th-best pure pace (53.762 s), suggesting that their strategy and execution on track offset their speed deficit. At the other end of the spectrum, Solodue Scuderia Classica recorded the 7th-best median pace (53.269 s) yet finished 8th, their extra pit stop compared to most rivals being a contributing factor.

ART of Cart Burgenland 2027 (11th) displayed a recurring pattern of end-of-stint degradation, dropping pace across stints 3, 5, 6, and 8, the latter seeing a loss of 0.30 s/lap. ART of Cart Vienna 2027 (12th) similarly struggled for consistency, with a third stint degradation of 0.32 s/lap and an overall regularity of 1.30 s.

Key takeaways for teams: At Lignano Circuit FPV, raw pace alone does not guarantee results – Drivers Lounge was fastest on median pace yet finished second. Consistency across all eight stints proved decisive: teams with repeating end-of-stint degradations (0.15 to 0.48 s/lap) surrendered positions that pure speed could not recover. Managing tyre life and driver changeovers without pace loss in the closing stints is the primary area of improvement for the chasing pack.