ENDURANCE 1H30 · Finale Race⏱ 1h04

The Final of the endurance race at Racing Kart du Mans (Montfort le Gesnois, Competition Track – 1150 m) took place on 26 September 2026 over 63 minutes. Ten teams lined up on the grid for what proved to be a closely fought contest at the top of the standings.

Les Oursons (kart #12) took the chequered flag with 56 laps completed and 3 pit stops, edging out Les Pilotes (kart #21) by a mere 0.384 seconds — a photo-finish after more than an hour of racing. Third place went to Kart Le Mans (kart #4) one lap down, ahead of Peu Importe (kart #1) who also completed 55 laps. La Team Rocket (kart #13), Les Rigomères (kart #7) and Les Roséens (kart #10) all finished on 53 laps, separated by under 16 seconds. Les Sisters (kart #17) and HS (kart #20) rounded out the top nine on 52 laps, while Les BB (kart #16) completed 50 laps in tenth.

The fastest lap of the race was set by Les Pilotes with a time of 59.715 seconds — the only team to dip under the one-minute barrier.

The race analysis reveals a compelling gap between outright pace and final result. Les Pilotes recorded the best pure pace in the field with a median race rhythm of 1:01.251, yet had to settle for second. Their third stint stood out as their weakest, losing 0.30 s per lap, before recovering superbly in the final stint (median 1:00.371, std dev 0.5 s — their most consistent segment of the day). Les Oursons, runners-up on pure pace (median 1:01.299, std dev 1.21 s), delivered a remarkably even performance across all four stints — accelerating in the opening relais then holding a stable rhythm throughout — which ultimately proved decisive over the race distance.

Peu Importe (4th on the road) posted the 3rd best pure pace (median 1:02.489), but struggled with consistency (std dev 1.82 s overall), particularly in stints 2 and 4 where pace dropped by 0.37 and 0.49 s per lap respectively. Kart Le Mans (3rd) was the most consistent team of the race with an overall std dev of just 1.05 s, building their result on reliability and four rock-solid stints.

La Team Rocket (5th) is the strategic highlight of the race: finishing 5th despite ranking only 8th on pure pace (median 1:05.533), they extracted the maximum from their pace potential. Conversely, HS (9th) carried the 6th best median pace (1:04.967) but could not convert it into a strong result, notably due to a difficult third stint where pace degraded by 0.73 s per lap. Les BB recorded the sharpest single-stint degradation of the race: a loss of 1.15 s per lap in their second relais.

Key takeaways for teams: At Racing Kart du Mans, outright pace alone is not enough — Les Oursons proved that a consistent median rhythm and a stable degradation profile over 63 minutes can outweigh a faster rival. Managing the worst stints (pace drops of 0.30 to 0.73 s/lap were decisive) and maintaining low lap-time variance appear to be the primary differentiators on this 1150 m circuit.