4 - 1200M GP EQUIPE RACING · COURSE Race⏱ 1h11

Twenty-two teams lined up on the 1,200-metre circuit of RKC Racing Kart de Cormeilles in Boissy l'Aillerie on 11 September 2026 for a 71-minute endurance race. At the chequered flag, ALPINE NO LIMIT (kart #1) took the overall victory with 50 laps completed, edging out LES LOULOUS by a margin described as a lap gap in classification — the runner-up finishing 18.806 seconds adrift — and RS TEAM a further 6.4 seconds behind in third.

The top four were tightly packed: BOULBY completed the leading group 36.632 seconds off the winner, all four teams sharing the same lap count of 50. TGA 0 finished fifth one lap down, while 92I — despite completing 50 laps — was classified sixth, two laps penalised in the final standings. CAPIM, CHARONNE, and STARFOULLAH rounded out the top nine, with CHARONNE completing 49 laps and CAPIM 48.

The fastest lap of the race — 1:06.207 — was set by LES LOULOUS, the quickest single lap of the entire event. That same team also posted the best pure pace of the field, with a median race rhythm of 1:07.155, ranking them first in race pace. Despite this, they had to settle for second place overall, illustrating how pit stop strategy and consistency shaped the final order. ALPINE NO LIMIT, who won the race, held the second-best median rhythm at 1:07.725 across their three stops and four stints, delivering notably stable opening and closing relays (standard deviations of 0.54 s and 1.63 s respectively), though their second stint showed a gentle slowdown of 0.26 s/lap.

LES LOULOUS' profile is worth examining: their first relay of 19 laps was remarkably consistent (σ = 0.53 s) and their fastest, but their second stint — 11 laps at a median of 1:12.200 — was significantly slower, before they recovered strongly in relays three and four. This variation explains their overall consistency figure of σ = 2.28 s, the widest of the top four. 92I (6th overall) deserve a mention: their median race rhythm of 1:08.514 ranked them third fastest in pure pace — better than both RS TEAM and BOULBY — yet a second long stint at 1:12.038 and a two-stop strategy ultimately cost them positions.

BOULBY (4th) showed interesting variation across four stints: a third relay where they progressively improved by 0.17 s/lap, followed by a final stint fading at 0.15 s/lap. TGA 0 (5th) was the most consistent team in the top six, with the lowest overall standard deviation among teams with 49+ laps (σ = 1.25 s) and four stable stints throughout.

Further down the order, SEMA (20th, 31 laps) stands out as the statistically most consistent team of the day (σ = 0.86 s) and ranked 7th in pure pace — a significant gap between raw speed and final classification. GORDIMI (10th) recorded the sharpest single-stint degradation: their second relay slowed by 0.69 s/lap. At the back, PECHEUN completed just 6 laps.

Key takeaways for teams: This race demonstrated that raw pace alone does not decide the result. ALPINE NO LIMIT converted their second-best rhythm into victory through regular pit stop management (3 stops) and consistent stints. LES LOULOUS, the fastest team on paper, were let down by one costly slow relay. 92I's three-stop rhythm was sufficient for a podium on pace, but their strategy with only two stops and a long, slow middle stint proved too costly. Managing rhythm degradation over long stints and minimising slow outlier laps were the decisive factors on the Cormeilles 1,200m layout.