BUSINESS CUP · Finale Race⏱ 1h38

Groupe Bouillier 2 claimed victory in the endurance final held on 3 September 2026 at the Lyon Valence Karting Circuit (1,100 m), ahead of 17 competing teams over a 97-minute race. Kart #6 crossed the finish line a full lap clear of Lopes TP (kart #23), who secured second place, while Martin 1 (kart #31) completed the podium, three laps down on the leaders.

Fourth place went to Groupe Bouillier 3 (kart #27), who finished 49.297 seconds behind Martin 1 despite completing 76 laps — the highest lap count among the teams for which that data is available. SD Menuiserie (kart #2) rounded out the top five, also on 75 laps. Groupe Bouillier 1 (kart #24) and LM Charpente (kart #18) both completed 74 laps to claim sixth and seventh respectively, while Plattard Industrie (kart #19) took eighth on 73 laps, 6.637 seconds behind seventh.

The fastest lap of the race was set by Groupe Bouillier 3 with a time of 56.860 s — a benchmark that underlines the team's overall pace throughout the afternoon.

Analysis of the pure race rhythm reveals a particularly instructive picture. Groupe Bouillier 3 posted the best median lap time of the classified runners at 59.914 s and the best consistency figure with a standard deviation of just 0.99 s over 69 counted laps. Despite those numbers, the team finished fourth — a gap between raw pace and final result that points to the complexity of endurance racing. Martin 1 held the 2nd-best pace (median 1:00.143, σ = 1.41 s) and converted that into third place on the road. SD Menuiserie ranked 3rd in pace (1:00.535) but showed the greatest variability of the podium contenders (σ = 1.96 s), ultimately finishing fifth.

Groupe Bouillier 1 (4th in pace at 1:00.716, σ = 1.18 s) drove a tidy, consistent race for sixth place. Praxis (kart #16), despite a respectable median of 1:01.030 that places them 5th in pure pace, recorded the widest spread of the analysed runners (σ = 2.47 s) and finished 9th — consistency clearly proved costly. Further down, Sanideal 2 (kart #22) is the most notable example of under-classification relative to pace: 8th-best rhythm (median 1:02.373) but only 13th at the finish, suggesting that factors beyond raw lap times shaped their final result.

All ten analysed runners showed a stable trend across their main stint, with no recorded lap-time degradation detected in the data — a testament to generally well-managed efforts across the field on the Lyon Valence circuit.

Key takeaways for teams: At Lyon Valence, pure pace alone does not guarantee a high finishing position, as illustrated by Groupe Bouillier 3's combination of best rhythm and best consistency yet only a fourth-place result. Consistency (low standard deviation) appears to be a decisive asset — Praxis's σ of 2.47 s compared to Groupe Bouillier 3's 0.99 s over a similar race distance is a meaningful differentiator. Teams like Sanideal 2, whose race pace significantly outran their classification, should investigate the non-rhythm factors — such as on-track incidents or time lost elsewhere — that may have cost them positions.