Bedrijven Cup - Try-Out 1 · Finale Race⏱ 1h06

The 65-minute endurance final at Worldkarts Kortrijk (Kortrijk, 850 m circuit) took place on 22 September 2026, bringing together 15 teams on one of Belgium's most competitive indoor karting tracks. The race delivered a compelling display of pace, consistency and pit-stop strategy across the entire field.

1 VAMO RACING YT (kart #19) took the victory, completing 29 laps — a figure that reflects their pit-stop strategy rather than a slower overall pace. With the best median pace of the race at 1:19.020 and the tightest consistency of the entire field (standard deviation of just 0.48 s), they were the dominant force throughout. Their three stints were all marked as stable, with lap times holding firm from start to finish. Four pit stops did not compromise their result: they crossed the line 10.597 seconds ahead of their sister team.

2 VAMO RACING YT (kart #5) claimed second place with 39 laps and a best lap of 1:18.597. Their race featured a strong recovery arc across their three stints, progressively improving to a median of 1:18.983 in the final stint. However, their overall race pace ranked only 8th on pure speed, meaning the result was built partly on track time management.

FRUITMAND (kart #24) completed the podium in third, 18.246 seconds off the lead, and posted the fastest lap of the entire race: 1:18.074 — the only sub-1:18.1 time of the day. Their 3rd-place pace ranking confirms genuine speed, though a difficult opening phase with early stints around the 1:24 mark prevented a stronger result. Their final 20-lap stint, run at a median of 1:18.552, was the most impressive sequence of the race.

DELAFONTAINE RT (kart #7) stands out as the strategic result of the race. With a pace ranking of only 12th (median 1:21.126), they converted just 2 pit stops into a 4th-place finish with 40 laps — a textbook example of how minimising time loss in the pits can offset a pace deficit in endurance racing.

GARAGE VANTIEGHEM (kart #13) and NMOM-VEKST-RIPL (kart #2) rounded out the top six, separated by just 1.613 seconds at the flag, each completing 40 and 41 laps respectively. CPC (kart #30) finished 7th despite holding the 4th-best pure pace in the field — their opening stint produced a remarkable 1:18.524 median — but irregularities in their second stint (median 1:20.846) cost them positions.

SKYLUX 1 (kart #11) is the most striking case of an underperforming result relative to raw speed: ranked 6th on pure pace but classified only 11th. A catastrophic second stint — slowing by 0.85 s/lap to a median of 1:25.592 — proved decisive and could not be fully recovered in the third stint despite a return to 1:19.572.

Key takeaways for teams: At Worldkarts Kortrijk, pure pace alone does not win endurance races. 1 VAMO RACING YT combined the best rhythm (1:19.020) with the best consistency (±0.48 s) for a dominant victory. DELAFONTAINE RT demonstrated that aggressive pit-stop reduction can yield four positions over faster rivals. Conversely, a single degraded stint — as illustrated by SKYLUX 1 — can erase an otherwise competitive pace advantage. Reliability across all stints, not just peak speed, is the defining factor on this 850-metre circuit.