4 - 1200M GP EQUIPE RACING · COURSE Race⏱ 1h07

Sixteen teams took to the 1,200-metre Piste 1 at RKC Racing Kart de Cormeilles in Boissy-l'Aillerie for a 67-minute endurance race on 3 September 2026. When the chequered flag fell, TEAM AQ (kart #4) had crossed the line first with 49 laps completed, a full lap clear of a tight group of rivals.

TEAM ZAT (kart #6) secured second place on 48 laps, while JEAN-MI / SEFA / LUDO (kart #13) completed the podium, also on 48 laps, having set the fastest lap of the entire race with a 1:09.074. Fifth-placed NICO / GUIGUI / CLAIRE (kart #11), also on 48 laps, were classified behind the podium duo on countback. VIMAJO (kart #1) finished fourth on 47 laps. PILLAR (kart #2) and RASTA ROCKET (kart #7) rounded out the top seven, both on 47 laps, while TEAM ACG, TEAM KDG STAN and TEAM RH filled the next three positions on 45 laps apiece.

The analysis reveals that TEAM AQ was not only the race winner but also the team with the best pure pace, posting a median lap time of 1:10.327 across their three stints — the quickest median of the entire field. Their opening stint (17 laps, median 1:10.227) and second stint (16 laps, median 1:09.552) were both remarkably consistent, with standard deviations of just 0.49 s and 1.12 s respectively. Their third stint showed a slight drop in median pace (1:12.552), but the stability remained, and the overall regularity of 1.48 s was strong given the race distance.

In terms of consistency, TEAM ZAT stood out as the most regular team of the race (standard deviation of 1.29 s across all laps), even accelerating in their final stint by 0.19 s/lap. However, their median pace of 1:12.297 ranked only 5th in the field, which explains why they could not challenge for the lead despite their excellent discipline.

JEAN-MI / SEFA / LUDO told a remarkable story of progressive improvement: their first stint was the slowest of their race (median 1:15.615), but each subsequent stint brought a clear gain, culminating in a superb final stint at a median of 1:09.906 — the fastest single-stint median of any team on the leaderboard. Their overall regularity of 2.55 s reflects those wide inter-stint swings rather than a lack of control within each relais.

One of the most striking contrasts in the data concerns KDG STAR (kart #14): despite finishing last (16th) after accumulating a penalty equivalent to 8 laps, their pure pace ranked 2nd fastest across the field. Meanwhile, TEAM KDG STAN (kart #9) finished 9th despite having the slowest median pace (16th), a result built on strategic management rather than outright speed. On the opposite end, TEAM RH suffered the steepest pace drop of the race in their second stint, slowing by 0.44 s/lap, which contributed to their 10th-place finish despite a solid opening relais.

Key takeaways for teams: At Cormeilles, combining top-end pace with consistency across all stints proved decisive — TEAM AQ's victory was built on exactly that. Strong individual speed (JEAN-MI / SEFA / LUDO, KDG STAR) goes to waste when early stints or penalties cost laps. Managing pace degradation within a stint, particularly in the middle third of the race, separates finishing positions more than raw lap times alone.