7H ENDURANCE · Finale Race⏱ 2h27

The Finale endurance race at Lignano Circuit FPV (Precenicco, 1187 m) took place on 27 September 2026 over 147 minutes, with 15 teams on the grid. It was a demanding and closely fought contest that saw the lead trio separated by less than one lap at the chequered flag.

INFINITY (kart #4) claimed victory after completing 124 laps, edging out PFV (kart #13) by just 0.099 seconds — a photo-finish margin that encapsulated the tension of the race. Third place went to PKI (kart #3), also on 124 laps, finishing 0.619 s behind the winner. INFINITY also set the fastest lap of the race with a time of 1:02.296. R.A.V. RACING TEAM (kart #11) finished fourth, one lap down, while LUBING ITALIA (kart #7) and EURORACING ASD (kart #1) completed the top six on 121 laps each.

From a pace analysis perspective, the story of the race is more nuanced. LUBING ITALIA posted the best pure median pace of the entire field at 1:02.915, yet finished only fifth. Their six pit stops, combined with degradation in the final stints — losing 0.33 s/lap in stint 5 and 0.28 s/lap in stint 6 — cost them dearly in overall lap count. INFINITY, by contrast, ranked 2nd in pure pace (1:02.980 median) but managed their five pit stops efficiently and maintained a remarkably stable rhythm across all six stints (regularity: 0.7 s standard deviation), a combination that proved decisive.

PFV, the runners-up, showed very similar characteristics to INFINITY: 3rd in pure pace (1:02.987), five stops, and equally consistent stints, with only a brief slowdown of 0.22 s/lap in stint 5 before recovering in the final relay. PKI in third place ran six stops and ranked 4th in pure pace (1:03.049), experiencing late-race degradation of 0.22 and 0.25 s/lap in their final two stints, which ultimately kept them from challenging for the lead.

R.A.V. RACING TEAM was the most consistent team of the race in terms of regularity (standard deviation of 0.63 s), and managed their five stops with very stable stints throughout. However, their median race pace of 1:03.358 — 7th fastest — limited their overall lap count and left them a lap adrift of the podium trio.

One of the most notable strategic performances came from SKART WORKING FASTER (kart #14, 7th): ranked only 11th in pure pace with a median of 1:03.693, they gained ground through disciplined consistency (regularity: 0.67 s) to finish 7th overall. At the other end of the spectrum, BRG (kart #2, 15th) had the 6th best pure pace on paper but suffered the steepest degradation of the race, losing 0.34 s/lap in their 6th stint, which contributed to their final position at the bottom of the standings.

Key takeaways for teams: This Finale confirmed that at Lignano Circuit FPV, raw pace alone is not enough. INFINITY's victory was built on a combination of strong median pace (2nd overall), exemplary consistency over six stints, and efficient pit stop management with only five passages. Teams carrying extra stops or suffering late-stint degradation — even those with the fastest median lap times — paid a significant toll in lap count. Regularity and stint management are at least as important as outright speed on this 1187 m circuit.