8 HEURES DE BRESSE 20 ANS!! · Finale Race⏱ 1h39

The 99-minute endurance final at Lyon Valence Karting (1,100 m circuit) on 12 September 2026 brought together seven teams for a demanding race that saw strategy and consistency prove just as decisive as outright speed. Here is a full breakdown of the result.

Les Mousquetaires (kart #6) took the victory with 89 laps completed, finishing a lap ahead of Les Kiwis (kart #4, 87 laps) and three laps clear of the next group. Despite holding only the 5th-best pure pace in the field (median lap time 59.950 s), their race management was exemplary: a single, perfectly stable stint delivered a consistent rhythm throughout the 99 minutes. Their performance stands as the clearest illustration of strategy outweighing raw speed in endurance karting.

Les Kiwis (kart #4) secured second place with 87 laps and the 3rd-best pure pace (59.528 s median), backed by outstanding consistency — a standard deviation of just 0.67 s, the second-lowest of the race. They ran a clean, controlled event from start to finish.

Les Brûleurs de Gomme (kart #7) crossed the line third with 84 laps, but the data tells a compelling story: they posted the best pure race pace in the field (59.142 s median) and the best consistency (σ = 0.59 s) of any team on the day. Their best lap of 57.308 s further underlines their speed. The gap to the top two ultimately came from their lap count, not from their performance level.

Kartmoiloignon (kart #2) finished fourth, also on 84 laps but 52.186 s behind Les Brûleurs de Gomme, with a median pace of 1:00.413 s and the highest variability in the race (σ = 1.20 s) — a sign of a less regular rhythm across their stint.

Headers-Racing (kart #3) came fifth with 86 laps, three laps down on Les Kiwis. Their median pace of 59.745 s placed them 4th on pure speed, but a consistency index of 1.33 s — the weakest in the field — limited their final standing.

Sixth place went to Dieu C't'Équipe (kart #1), four laps behind the leaders on 87 laps. Their case is the most striking of the race: 2nd-best pure pace (59.217 s median) and the fastest lap of the entire race at 57.098 s — yet they finished sixth. The gap between their pace potential and their final classification points to a race punctuated by circumstances that cost them laps, though the precise reasons are not captured in the available data.

Teams MN (kart #5) rounded out the field in seventh with 82 laps, posting a median pace of 1:02.021 s and a best lap of 1:00.255 s.

Key takeaways for teams: At Lyon Valence, the 2026 final confirmed that pure pace alone does not win endurance races. Les Mousquetaires triumphed with only the 5th-best rhythm, while Les Brûleurs de Gomme — the fastest and most consistent team on track — finished third. Headers-Racing's high variability (σ = 1.33 s) and Dieu C't'Équipe's pace-to-result gap serve as reminders that lap-time consistency and clean, uninterrupted racing time are the true currencies of endurance karting.