ONERA · Finale Race⏱ 1h46

The RKO – Karting Angerville leisure circuit (930 m) hosted its endurance finale on 17 October 2026, with 19 teams on the grid for a 106-minute race. The event delivered a tightly contested battle at the front, where the top three crossed the line separated by less than 40 seconds after covering 146 laps each.

UN PEPENE (kart #1) took victory, completing 146 laps and finishing 25.891 seconds ahead of LES BRETONS (kart #23), who also completed 146 laps. BUC A CUIRE (kart #20) rounded out the podium, 39.643 seconds back, also on 146 laps. Fourth place went to JEJE SUR LES CHAPEAU D'ROUES (kart #3) at one lap down, with DINGO DRIFT TEAM (kart #18) completing the top five just 3.412 seconds behind in the same lap group. All five top-five teams completed 11 pit stop passages.

The fastest lap of the race was set by LES BRETONS with a time of 57.216 s. Only one team required 12 passages at the pits: TEAM LAURENT (kart #11, 14th). At the other end of the field, LES BUSTERS (kart #12) finished 19th with 124 laps completed, 22 laps off the lead.

The analysis reveals a striking contrast between pace and result. LES 3 PISTONS (kart #21, 8th) posted the best pure race pace in the field — a median lap time of 57.936 s — yet finished four laps down, illustrating how raw speed alone cannot compensate for lost time on track. At the other end of the spectrum, SCUDERIA (kart #9) came home 6th despite ranking only 11th in pure pace (median 1:00.586 s), making them the clearest strategic overperformer of the race.

The most consistent team overall was the winner UN PEPENE, with the lowest standard deviation across all laps (0.98 s). Their race was built on steady, repeatable relays: five of their seven stints were rated stable, and their median pace of 58.522 s ranked 2nd in the field — a combination of regularity and rhythm that proved decisive. LES BRETONS, despite holding the outright lap record, showed greater variability (standard deviation 1.38 s) across eight stints and a median pace of 59.433 s, ranking only 6th in pure pace.

A notable case is BAKASABLE (kart #16), who finished 17th but ranked 4th in pure pace — a significant gap that underlines how much time was lost outside of flying laps. Meanwhile, TEAM LAURENT (kart #11) recorded the sharpest single-stint degradation of the race: relay 5 saw a loss of 0.58 s per lap, the steepest drop across all teams and stints analysed.

Key takeaways for teams: This Angerville finale confirmed that consistency beats outright speed over 106 minutes. UN PEPENE's victory was built on the tightest lap-to-lap regularity in the field and a solid median pace — not on the fastest single lap. Teams with strong raw pace (LES 3 PISTONS, BAKASABLE) must address the factors causing lap-time loss outside pure racing laps. Strategic pit-stop management also played a clear role, as SCUDERIA's 6th-place finish from 11th in pace demonstrates. Managing tyre and physical degradation within each stint — particularly avoiding the kind of steep drop seen in TEAM LAURENT's fifth relay — will be equally critical at this level.