E 45 · Finale Race⏱ 14 min

The Endurance Final at MKRACING in Saint-Christophe-du-Bois (815 m circuit) took place on 17 July 2026, bringing together 16 teams over a 13-minute race. FERRARI (kart #16) crossed the finish line first, ahead of CHEVROLET and CITROËN, to claim a convincing overall victory.

FERRARI dominated from start to finish, completing 15 laps and finishing a full lap ahead of the field on the road. The team posted the fastest lap of the race: 46.609 s, and led the pure-pace standings with a median race pace of 48.015 s — the best of any competitor. Their sole stint was remarkably stable (σ = 0.89 s), reflecting excellent consistency across 12 timed laps. With five pit stops managed cleanly, FERRARI left no room for doubt.

CHEVROLET (kart #17) secured second place, also on 15 laps, 44.272 s behind the winner. Their race pace ranked only 8th overall (median 50.144 s), meaning their result was built on solid race management rather than outright speed. A slight drop-off of 0.20 s per lap was recorded during their first stint before the pace stabilised in the second. CITROËN (kart #11) completed the podium in third, 28.226 s clear of HONDA in fourth, though on 13 laps. Citroën's 5th-best median pace (48.759 s) was undermined by the highest lap-time variability on the podium (σ = 2.46 s).

Among the most striking stories of the race was PORSCHE (kart #9), who posted the 2nd-best pure pace in the field (median 48.441 s, σ = 0.83 s — the second-most consistent) yet finished only 12th. Their single analysed stint even showed improvement of 0.32 s per lap. This gap between pace and classification points to significant time lost elsewhere. At the other end of the strategic spectrum, HONDA (kart #12) ranked 15th in pure pace (median 53.060 s) yet came home 4th, making them the race's clearest over-achiever by classification relative to outright speed.

VOLKSWAGEN (kart #6) delivered the most consistent performance overall, with a lap-time standard deviation of just 0.67 s and the 3rd-best median pace (48.478 s) — but could only manage 5th place, two laps down. RENAULT (kart #8) was an anomaly at the back: 14th classified on 16 laps (the highest lap count of the race), with a best lap of 47.724 s, but only four pit stops recorded — the fewest of any finisher apart from LOTUS.

LAMBORGHINI (kart #13) was the only team to make six pit stops, one more than almost all rivals, and finished 9th. LOTUS (kart #1) brought up the rear in 16th, completing just 7 laps — less than half the race distance of the leader — with eight pit stops, by far the most of the field.

Key takeaways for teams: FERRARI demonstrated that combining the best pure pace with high consistency and clean pit-stop execution is the winning formula on this circuit. PORSCHE's case is a warning that raw speed means nothing without effective race management — a 2nd-best pace translated into 12th place. VOLKSWAGEN showed that remarkable regularity alone is not sufficient to compensate for pace deficits across the full race distance. Finally, HONDA's 4th-place finish with the 15th-ranked pace highlights how strategic pit work can more than offset a speed disadvantage in a short endurance format.