AVIA CLUB · Finale Race⏱ 1h35

The endurance final at Top Gun Évasion Circuit du Bassin d'Arcachon in Biganos brought together 19 teams for 94 minutes of racing on the 920-metre PP layout on 4 September 2026. At the chequered flag, it was RAMONEURS DE GRAVIERS (kart #4) who took the victory with 68 laps completed, crossing the line one lap ahead of the car that finished second on the road.

LES CHRONOS VOLANTS (kart #29) secured second place, also on 68 laps, with a gap of one lap in race classification terms. CHARLES P1 (kart #12) rounded out the podium, equally on 68 laps, 27.285 seconds adrift. All three podium finishers completed their race with 8 pit stops each.

Positions four through six were tightly contested at 66 laps: CA KARTOON (kart #14) in fourth, FURYLAX (kart #25) in fifth just 4.317 seconds behind, and LES 3 BOULONS (kart #24) in sixth, 22.785 seconds further back. LES PILOTES DU PMU (kart #20) completed 66 laps in seventh, while TEAM 99 (kart #27) finished eighth on 64 laps. RASTA ROCKETT (kart #30) took ninth on 67 laps. The fastest lap of the entire race — 1:03.891 — was set by RASTA ROCKETT, the quickest lap recorded throughout the 94-minute contest.

The pace analysis reveals a striking gap between on-track performance and final classification. RASTA ROCKETT posted the best pure pace of the field, with a median race lap of 1:05.610 (1st in pure pace), yet finished only ninth overall — a result that reflects how pit stop timing and traffic management ultimately shape endurance race outcomes as much as outright speed. At the other end of the spectrum, LES 3 BOULONS ranked only 17th in pure pace (median 1:08.172) but converted that into a 6th-place finish through strategy, despite suffering the race's heaviest single-stint degradation in relay 1 (+1.40 s/lap).

Among the frontrunners, LES CHRONOS VOLANTS showed the sharpest raw pace of the top three with a median of 1:06.489 (2nd in pure pace), compared to race winner RAMONEURS DE GRAVIERS who ranked only 6th in pure pace (1:06.737). CHARLES P1 was third in both the race and in pure pace (1:06.607), their performance underlined by the most consistent overall race of the podium finishers (regularity σ = 0.81 s).

The most consistent team of the entire field was FURYLAX, who posted a regularity standard deviation of just 0.79 s across their 66 laps — the lowest of all 19 teams — and finished fifth overall, aligned with their 5th-place pure pace ranking. LES PILOTES DU PMU also merited attention: 4th in pure pace (1:06.626) but 7th in the final results, their race pace clearly competitive throughout.

Key takeaways for teams: This race demonstrated that pure speed alone does not dictate endurance results at Biganos. RAMONEURS DE GRAVIERS won from only 6th in pure pace, while RASTA ROCKETT — fastest on track — finished ninth. Consistency (low regularity σ) and clean pit stop execution proved decisive. Teams targeting the podium should focus on maintaining a stable rhythm across all stints rather than chasing peak lap times, and ensure pit stop windows are timed to minimise time loss on track.