South Garda BIKE Endurance 3H · Finale Race⏱ 3h05

Twenty-one teams took the start of the 185-minute endurance final at South Garda Karting in Lonato del Garda on 22 August 2026, battling over the 1,250-metre circuit in one of the season's most tightly contested outings at the top of the order.

PHCC Cervelo Team (kart #8) claimed victory with 99 laps completed, edging ASD Borello Cycling Team (kart #9) by just 1.563 seconds after more than three hours of racing — a margin that underlines how little separated the two crews. Both teams made 13 pit stops and matched each other lap-for-lap throughout the event. Third place went to Duri Come Pali (kart #10), one lap down, who set the fastest lap of the race with a 1:35.877. Fourth and fifth were separated by only 0.130 s: Team Bhooo (kart #1, 96 laps) held off Watt a Team (kart #7, 96 laps) in a close battle for the final positions on the leading lap.

From a pure pace perspective, the numbers reveal a story that diverges from the final standings. ASD Borello Cycling Team posted the best median race pace of the entire field at 1:40.991 (ranked 1st in pure pace), yet crossed the line in second place — a reflection of how fine the margins were over the course of 13 stints. The winners, PHCC Cervelo Team, recorded the second-best median pace at 1:41.053, demonstrating that the gap between the top two crews in raw speed was negligible: barely six hundredths of a second per lap. Both teams showed broadly consistent relays, though PHCC's final stint saw pace drop by 0.65 s/lap, while Borello's penultimate relay degraded at 1.03 s/lap before stabilising.

Duri Come Pali were the most consistent crew of the race, recording the lowest lap-time standard deviation in the analysed field at 2.34 s. Their pace (median 1:43.500) placed them third in pure speed — matching their podium position — and it was in relay 9 that their driver produced the outright fastest lap of the race, a stunning 1:35.877.

Further down the order, GRT Endurance 2 (13th place) stands out as one of the sharpest contrasts between speed and result: ranked 7th in pure pace but only 13th at the flag, suggesting time lost elsewhere in the race. Conversely, MAD56 (14th place) finished seven positions higher than their pace ranking would suggest (17th in pure pace), a performance that points to effective strategy execution. Meanwhile, Picchi e Paccheri recorded the race's steepest single-stint degradation, losing 3.23 s/lap across their opening relay — the highest figure in the analysed field.

Prommarola Cycling Club (6th, 14 pit stops) was the only top-six team to make an additional stop compared to the frontrunners, while Power Ranger del Discount led all finishers with 15 passages through the pits. At the back of the field, Fiamme Alte completed 76 laps to take 21st place, 23 laps off the winner's pace.

Key takeaways for teams: The sub-two-second gap between first and second over 185 minutes confirms that pace management across stints is as decisive as outright speed. The contrast between GRT Endurance 2's pure pace and its final position, versus MAD56's strategic gain of seven places, illustrates that stop timing and stint length can swing results significantly on this circuit. Minimising late-stint degradation — a weakness visible in both top-two teams' final relays — will be critical in future editions at South Garda Karting.