PHIBOR · COURSE 1 Race

The 1,200-metre circuit of RKC Racing Kart de Cormeilles in Boissy-l'Aillerie hosted a highly competitive endurance race on 17 September 2026, with 36 teams on the grid for Race 1. At the end of a demanding contest, it was SUPELEC (kart #15) who claimed victory, crossing the line ahead of CMTV (kart #25) by just 8.192 seconds after 76 laps apiece. PASTEUR (kart #16) rounded out the podium, also completing 76 laps but 24.141 seconds off the pace.

The first three positions were separated by a margin of less than 25 seconds over the full race distance — a testament to the closeness of the battle at the front. Fourth and fifth went to MERGUEZ and LEFORT, both finishing on 74 laps and separated by less than a second (51.887 s and 52.483 s off the winner respectively). THE MIX completed the top six, also on 74 laps but classified two laps down on the leaders. Each of the top six teams made 5 pit stops during the race.

The fastest lap of the entire race was set by CMTV (kart #25) in 1:06.905 — and yet the Parisian squad had to settle for second place overall. Their data tells a story of contrasts: the best pure pace of the field (median race lap of 1:08.548), but also the highest lap-time variance (standard deviation of 1.79 s), notably due to a difficult second stint where their median pace dropped to 1:11.745. SUPELEC, by contrast, delivered a remarkably consistent performance across six stints — posting a median pace of 1:08.691 (2nd best in the field) with an overall standard deviation of just 1.05 s. This blend of speed and regularity proved decisive.

PASTEUR was the standout model of consistency: the most regular team in the race with a standard deviation of only 0.88 s and six stints all rated as stable or improving. Finishing 3rd on pace (median 1:09.160) and 3rd overall, they extracted maximum value from their strategy.

Further down the order, LEFORT were the speed sleeper of the race: ranked 3rd in pure pace (median 1:09.056) but finishing only 5th. PELLETIER (33rd overall) presents the starkest contrast of the race — 8th best pace in the field yet classified 33rd, highlighting the cost of factors beyond raw lap time. On the opposite end, DISSY converted a 24th-best pace into an 11th-place finish, the largest positive gap between pace ranking and final classification.

Among the notable in-race performances, AGILITE recorded the steepest single-stint degradation of the race in their 5th stint, losing 0.86 s per lap. MERGUEZ (4th) completed a remarkable final stint of 21 laps at a median pace of 1:08.062 — their fastest of the race — after a disrupted 3rd stint where pace dropped to 1:13.092.

Key takeaways for teams: At RKC Cormeilles, raw speed alone does not win endurance races. SUPELEC's victory demonstrates that combining a top-two pace with low lap-time variance across all stints is the winning formula. CMTV's fastest lap and best median pace were not enough to overcome their mid-race irregularities. For back-of-the-grid teams such as PELLETIER, identifying the gap between single-lap potential and race-long execution is the priority for future outings. Finally, PASTEUR's near-perfect regularity — six stable stints and zero dramatic swings — confirms that consistency is a podium strategy in its own right.