Endurance Festival - 1h Juniors · Wedstrijd 4 Race⏱ 1h10

Worldkarts Kortrijk hosted the Wedstrijd 4, a 70-minute endurance race on the 850-metre circuit in Kortrijk, on 6 September 2026. Eleven teams took the start, and the event delivered a rich mix of pace, strategy and consistency battles across the field.

H: TWIN TURBO (kart #67) took the overall victory with 43 laps completed, finishing 6.020 seconds ahead of J: AF RACING TEAM (kart #61, 41 laps). Third place went to F: DOUBLE TROUBLE RACING (kart #69, 37 laps), 31.179 seconds off second. I: MDBAG-RACING (kart #62, 41 laps) came home fourth at 42.894 seconds, while G: TEAM RS ENDURANCE (kart #68, 42 laps) rounded out the top five, 59.927 seconds from the runner-up.

The fastest lap of the race was set by J: AF RACING TEAM in 1:17.426. TWIN TURBO's best lap was 1:17.454, with MDBAG-RACING posting 1:17.631 to complete the three quickest individual laps of the afternoon.

Strategy was the decisive factor for the winner. TWIN TURBO made four pit stops — one more than most of their rivals — and ranked only fifth in pure pace with a median race lap of 1:19.449. Yet their final stint (16 laps, median 1:17.767) proved decisive: switching to a much sharper pace in the closing phase of the race allowed them to overhaul competitors who had been quicker on raw speed throughout. All three stints were stable, with very controlled standard deviation figures (0.26, 0.95 and 0.63 s respectively).

The most striking pace–result mismatch of the race belonged to K: FRT JUNIORS (kart #60). Their median race lap of 1:18.317 was the best of the entire field — 0.06 s quicker than AF RACING TEAM — yet they crossed the line in eighth place. Their first two stints were outstanding (medians of 1:18.073 and 1:17.822, both stable), but their third and final stint saw the median drop to 1:22.546, which, combined with the time lost in pit stops, cost them dearly in the final classification.

J: AF RACING TEAM were the most consistent team on track, posting a standard deviation of just 0.53 s across their 41 laps and three stints — the lowest regularity figure in the field. Their pace (2nd in pure speed) and consistency were fully aligned with their second-place finish, making them one of the most complete performances of the day.

I: MDBAG-RACING (3rd in pure pace, 4th on the road) showed strong pace in their first two stints (medians of 1:18.120 and 1:17.969) but their third stint slipped to 1:20.131, which may explain the gap to the podium positions. G: TEAM RS ENDURANCE (4th in pace) were solid and regular throughout (σ 0.71 s), though their last stint showed a slight rise of 0.30 s/lap in lap times, settling them into fifth.

Further down the order, D: RT RACING and B: MATTHEO & HELENE ranked 9th and 10th in pure pace respectively, reflecting their sixth and seventh-place finishes. F: DOUBLE TROUBLE RACING (3rd at the flag) benefited from a strong final stint (15 laps, median 1:18.851), recovering from two opening stints that were significantly slower, though their overall regularity (σ 4.54 s) was the second weakest in the field. A: PROJECT APEX completed only 22 laps, the fewest among finishers.

Key takeaways for teams: At Worldkarts Kortrijk, raw pace alone does not win races — as FRT JUNIORS demonstrated. Managing pit-stop timing and maintaining pace in the final stint proved more decisive. TWIN TURBO's four-stop strategy, combined with an aggressive closing phase, outweighed a mid-table pace profile. Meanwhile, AF RACING TEAM's exceptional regularity (0.53 s σ) underlines how lap-time consistency reduces time losses and keeps a car in contention throughout a 70-minute event.