4 - 1200M GP EQUIPE RACING · COURSE Race⏱ 1h34

The 93-minute endurance race held on 24 September 2026 at RKC Racing Kart de Cormeilles in Boissy-l'Aillerie on the 1,200-metre Piste 1 brought together 15 teams for a tight and demanding contest. At the flag, it was SEB / SEB (kart #10) who took the victory, crossing the line one lap clear of their nearest rivals after 74 laps completed.

ALEC / THIBAULT (kart #2) claimed second place with 75 laps to their credit but finished 7.935 seconds behind the leader on adjusted time, having been lapped during the race. RONAN / QUENTIN (kart #3) rounded out the podium in third, two laps down, edging out STEPH / MAX (kart #1) and JEROME / CARLOS (kart #11), who also completed 73 laps and finished two laps off the pace. The fastest lap of the entire race was set by SEB / SEB with a time of 1:05.869.

All five pit stop strategies (five stops for the majority, four for MARINES and REKIA / LAURENT / HENRI) were in play across the field. Most teams made 5 pit stops over the 93 minutes.

Pace analysis – who had the speed? In terms of pure median lap time, SEB / SEB led the field comfortably with a median race pace of 1:06.434, ahead of ALEC / THIBAULT (1:07.729, 2nd in pace) and JEROME / CARLOS (1:08.001, 3rd in pace). The alignment between pace ranking and finishing position was strong at the front: SEB / SEB and ALEC / THIBAULT converted their speed advantage directly into the top two places on the result sheet.

JEROME / CARLOS, however, tell a more complex story. Holding the 3rd-best pace in the field, they finished only 5th — a gap of two places that points to less efficient time lost around their pit stops. Conversely, RONAN / QUENTIN finished 3rd despite ranking only 5th in pure pace (median 1:09.150), demonstrating that clean, consistent execution throughout the race can outweigh raw speed. Their regularity was solid, with only a modest slowing of 0.25 s/lap in the final stint.

DORIAM / BRAHIM (kart #14) posted the 6th-best median pace (1:09.996) yet finished 9th — a three-place gap that reflects notable consistency issues: their standard deviation of 2.74 seconds was among the highest in the field, and two of their six stints showed slowing trends of 0.34 and 0.35 s/lap respectively.

The most consistent team over the entire race was SEBASTIEN / EDOUARD (kart #15), who recorded the lowest lap-time standard deviation in the field at 0.82 seconds — every one of their six stints was rated stable. This regularity earned them 6th place despite a median pace of 1:10.082 (7th in the field), illustrating how minimising variation pays dividends over a long race.

As for SEB / SEB, their dominance came with one caveat: their sixth and final stint showed the steepest in-race degradation of any team, losing 0.39 s/lap over that closing sequence. It did not cost them the win, but it underlines that their overall standard deviation of 1.86 s reflects meaningful pace variance between pilot stints.

Key takeaways for teams: Pure pace wins races at RKC Cormeilles only when backed by consistent pit execution — as JEROME / CARLOS found out. Stable, low-variation stints (as shown by SEBASTIEN / EDOUARD with σ = 0.82 s) can compensate for a slower median pace. Teams displaying high lap-time variance across stints (DORIAM / BRAHIM, σ = 2.74 s; MARINES, σ = 2.78 s) left significant time on the table regardless of their best-lap potential.