ENDURANCE 2H00 rKM · Finale Race⏱ 1h40

The 100-minute endurance final at Racing Kart du Mans (Montfort le Gesnois), held on the 1,150-metre Competition circuit on 27 September 2026, brought together 14 teams for a demanding race decided by pace, consistency and pit-stop strategy. All 14 starters completed the race, and the result proved that raw speed alone does not win endurance events.

TJ7 (kart #20) took the victory with 87 laps completed, crossing the line 16.742 seconds ahead of Team Rotax (kart #7), who also finished on 87 laps. BMW (kart #13) rounded out the podium, also on 87 laps but 50.301 seconds off the lead. Fourth went to Team Messager (86 laps), fifth to We Invest Racing (86 laps, 17.624 s behind fourth). Every classified team made exactly 5 pit stops across the 100 minutes.

The fastest lap of the race was set by Team Rotax with a time of 57.841 s. Indeed, the analysis confirms that Team Rotax posted the best pure pace of the entire field, with a median race rhythm of 58.684 s — nearly two tenths per lap quicker than winners TJ7 (58.851 s, 2nd-best rhythm). Yet it was TJ7 who converted consistency into victory: their standard deviation across all timed laps stood at just 0.82 s, reflecting six remarkably stable stints. Team Rotax, despite their outright speed advantage, showed greater variance (1.04 s) and drifted slightly in stints 2 and 6 — losing around 0.19 s/lap and 0.16 s/lap respectively — which ultimately cost them the win.

Third-placed BMW matched their grid position with their rhythm ranking (3rd, median 59.446 s) and delivered six largely stable stints, confirming a well-executed race. Team Messager (4th, median 59.584 s) and We Invest Racing (5th, median 59.863 s) both ran controlled races, though We Invest Racing dipped over 1:00 per lap in stints 3, 4 and 6.

The standout tactical story belongs to GRIGNON (kart #12), who finished 10th despite holding the 4th-best pure rhythm in the field (median 59.526 s) and posting the most consistent race of anyone — a remarkable standard deviation of just 0.62 s across six stints, each one stable. This gap between pace quality and final position points to time lost elsewhere in the race. At the other end of the spectrum, Techniprofil (7th) maintained a rhythm ranking matching their finishing position (7th, median 59.866 s), with strong regularity in the final two stints (0.32 and 0.99 s) after a difficult fourth stint that degraded at 0.26 s/lap.

Further down the order, Merguez Racing Team (8th) and Ascenity 2 (9th) — both on 85 laps — ran very close together all race long, separated by only 0.452 s at the flag. Les Clampins (11th) and Les Percherons (13th) were the slowest teams on median rhythm, the latter suffering the sharpest pace degradation of any stint recorded in the race data.

Key takeaways for teams: At Racing Kart du Mans, having the fastest kart is not enough — Team Rotax's superior raw pace was neutralised by TJ7's exceptional consistency across all six stints. GRIGNON's case shows that a clean, regular rhythm must be supported by efficient overall execution to translate into results. With all 14 teams stopping exactly five times, pit-stop timing and driver changeover efficiency become decisive margins in a 100-minute race on this circuit.