E 45 · Finale Race⏱ 40 min

The 39-minute endurance final held on 16 September 2026 at MKRACING in Saint-Christophe-du-Bois (815 m circuit) brought together 11 teams for a competitive race decided by pace, consistency, and pit strategy alike.

PORSCHE (kart #16) took the overall victory with 48 laps completed, crossing the line ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (#9) by 24.747 seconds. The gap to third place, BMW (#12), was one full lap. Each of the top three teams made 3 pit stops over the course of the race, as did every team in the field.

PORSCHE also set the fastest lap of the race with a 45.161 s, recorded during their third stint. Their median pace of 45.975 s placed them first in pure pace — a ranking that perfectly matched their position on the results sheet. Their consistency was also notable, with an overall standard deviation of 0.83 s across 48 laps and three stints all rated as stable.

VOLKSWAGEN were the most consistent team of the race, posting the lowest standard deviation of any competitor at 0.61 s. Their three stints were all stable, and their median pace of 46.349 s ranked them second in pure speed — a result that aligned precisely with their final position. BMW, third in pace (46.382 s median), also finished third, completing their 49 laps with a solid second stint despite a slightly higher variability of 1.01 s in that segment.

AUDI (#2) in fourth place matched their pace ranking exactly (4th in pure rhythm at 46.729 s median), while RENAULT (#5), fifth on the road, showed a stronger opening stint — a 46.412 s median over 24 laps — before slipping to a 47.375 s median in their second stint. Their pure pace rank was 6th, one position behind their race result.

FERRARI (#18) finished 6th but held the 5th-best median pace (47.001 s), showing they had slightly more in hand than their classification suggests. At the opposite end of the spectrum, BUGATTI (#19) came home 9th but ranked 7th in pure pace (47.146 s median), suggesting that time lost somewhere in the race cost them positions that their raw speed would otherwise have warranted.

A notable strategic story came from TOYOTA (#14), who finished 7th on the road despite ranking only 11th in pure pace — the largest positive gap between race position and pace ranking in the field. Their 47.602 s median was the slowest of any top-10 finisher, yet their result speaks to effective management of the race.

MERCEDES (#4) closed the classification in 11th place with the highest consistency variability of all teams (1.17 s standard deviation), a second stint at 48.779 s median contrasting with a much sharper opening (46.628 s) and a strong recovery to 47.104 s in the final stint. LOTUS (#11) similarly showed a difficult middle stint (48.552 s median) before recovering in the third.

Key takeaways for teams: At MKRACING on 16 September 2026, the final classification matched pure pace closely for the top four finishers — underlining that raw speed was decisive in the leading group. VOLKSWAGEN's exceptional consistency (0.61 s standard deviation) demonstrated that lap-time regularity is a genuine performance lever in endurance. BUGATTI's case (7th in pace, 9th in result) is a reminder that pace alone is not enough; race management and clean laps throughout all three stints are equally critical.