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

The Finale of the Lyon & Valence endurance race took place on 12 September 2026 on the 1,100-metre karting circuit. Seven teams lined up for 99 minutes of racing, delivering a closely fought battle in which strategy and consistency proved every bit as decisive as outright pace.

LES MOUSQUETAIRES (kart #6) claimed victory with 89 laps completed, finishing a full lap clear of second-placed LES KIWIS (kart #4), who crossed the line with 87 laps. LES BRULEURS DE GOMME (kart #7) rounded out the podium with 84 laps, edging out KARTMOILOIGNON (kart #2) by 52.186 seconds after the same lap count. HEADERS-RACING (kart #3) finished fifth on 86 laps, three laps down on the leaders. DIEU C'T'ÉQUIPE (kart #1) crossed the line sixth on 87 laps, four laps adrift, while TEAMS MN (kart #5) completed 81 laps to take seventh, ten laps behind the winner.

The fastest lap of the race was set by DIEU C'T'ÉQUIPE with a benchmark of 57.098 seconds. LES BRULEURS DE GOMME posted the second-best single lap of the race at 57.308 s, and LES MOUSQUETAIRES recorded a best lap of 58.048 s.

The pace analysis reveals a significant gap between finishing order and underlying speed. LES BRULEURS DE GOMME held the best median race pace at 59.142 s per lap — the fastest of the field — and also proved the most consistent team of the race with a lap-time standard deviation of just 0.59 s. Despite these qualities, they could only convert that performance into third place. DIEU C'T'ÉQUIPE showed the second-best median pace at 59.217 s, yet finished sixth: a gap of four places between their pace ranking and their final position makes them the most striking example of pace going unrewarded on this day.

At the other end of the spectrum, LES MOUSQUETAIRES are the race's great strategic success story. Their median pace of 59.950 s ranked only fifth among the seven teams, yet they won the race outright — a four-place gain over their pure-pace ranking. LES KIWIS (median: 59.528 s, 3rd in pace) and HEADERS-RACING (median: 59.745 s, 4th in pace) both translated their rhythm into results that broadly reflected their speed. KARTMOILOIGNON showed the highest lap-time variability among the classified runners (standard deviation: 1.20 s), which is consistent with their finishing position not fully reflecting the laps they completed.

What teams should take away from this race: on the Lyon & Valence 1,100-metre circuit over 99 minutes, outright pace alone does not guarantee a strong result. LES BRULEURS DE GOMME and DIEU C'T'ÉQUIPE demonstrated that even the sharpest median times can be outweighed by the total laps equation. LES MOUSQUETAIRES showed that maximising time on track and managing the race cleanly can overcome a modest pace deficit. Consistency — keeping lap-time variation low — remains a key competitive lever, as the most regular teams on the day were also those who competed at the front of the pace charts.