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The Lyon&Valence Karting Circuit (1100m) hosted an 11-team endurance race on July 24, 2026, with 71 minutes of racing that delivered a clear hierarchy from start to finish — though the pure pace analysis reveals a more complex story beneath the surface.

EQUIPE 4 (kart #28) took a dominant victory, completing 51 laps and finishing a full lap ahead of second place. Their median pace of 58.684 s ranked first in the field, and their consistency was equally impressive with a standard deviation of just 0.98 s — the best of the entire race. They also set the fastest lap of the race: 57.131 s, and completed the entire race without a single pit stop. A flawless performance across every metric.

EQUIPE 7 (kart #14) claimed second place with 50 laps completed, crossing the line 36.252 s behind the winner. Their median pace of 1:00.989 placed them 3rd in pure rhythm, with stable consistency (σ = 1.34 s). EQUIPE 5 (kart #4) rounded out the podium in 3rd with 49 laps, despite holding only the 7th-best median pace (1:03.130) — a result that highlights how lap count and race management can outweigh raw speed over the distance.

EQUIPE 9 (kart #20) finished 4th, also on 49 laps but 37.890 s behind EQUIPE 5, with a solid 4th-best median pace of 1:01.102. EQUIPE 3 (kart #24) came home 5th with 47 laps, two laps down on the leader, showing a median pace of 1:02.132 and a standard deviation of 1.71 s.

The most striking gap between pace and result belongs to EQUIPE 2 (kart #5). Despite posting the 2nd-best median pace in the entire field (1:00.671, σ = 1.44 s), they finished only 7th with 48 laps — two laps behind the leader. This is the clearest underperformance of the race in terms of pure speed versus final classification. Meanwhile, EQUIPE 11 (kart #30) finished 6th with 48 laps and a median pace of 1:02.484, but displayed the least consistent rhythm of the frontrunners (σ = 2.17 s).

Further down the order, EQUIPE 8 (kart #29) finished 8th with 45 laps, while EQUIPE 1 (kart #31) came in 11th — also on 45 laps but 52.409 s behind EQUIPE 8. EQUIPE 10 (kart #26) took 9th with 43 laps and the widest pace gap (1:04.842, σ = 2.15 s), and EQUIPE 6 (kart #1) rounded out 10th with 44 laps and the least consistent lap times overall (σ = 2.35 s). Notably, no team made a pit stop throughout the entire race.

Key takeaways for teams: EQUIPE 4 demonstrated that combining the fastest median pace with the best consistency is the winning formula — pace alone is not enough, as EQUIPE 2's 7th-place finish despite 2nd-best rhythm clearly shows. EQUIPE 5's 3rd-place result with only the 7th-best median pace confirms that laps completed and race management matter greatly in endurance formats. For teams targeting improvement, reducing lap time variability (σ) should be a priority — the gap between EQUIPE 4 (0.98 s) and the midfield (1.59–2.35 s) is significant and directly reflected in the final standings.