BedrijvenCup - Try-Out 3 · Finale Race⏱ 1h03

The 62-minute endurance finale at Worldkarts Kortrijk (Kortrijk, 850 m circuit) brought together 26 teams on 30 September 2026 in a closely contested battle where race strategy and pure pace told very different stories.

4 VAMO RACING (kart #7) took the overall victory, completing 43 laps and finishing ahead of their sister squad 1 VAMO RACING (kart #6) by 26.082 seconds. Third place went to 2 VAMO RACING (kart #1), 51.684 s off the lead, giving the VAMO group a commanding sweep of the podium. FAUBOURG RACING TEAM (kart #26) crossed the line fourth, 52.751 s from the winner, having logged the highest lap count of the race at 44 laps. 3 VAMO RACING (kart #15) rounded out the top five, 1:09.621 behind.

The absolute fastest lap of the race — 1:16.085 — was set by 4 VAMO RACING, underlining the winners' outright speed. Yet the pace picture beneath the podium is far more nuanced. FRALETTEN (10th, kart #18) posted the best median race pace of any finisher at 1:17.385, with a remarkable consistency standard deviation of just 0.74 s across two long stints — a pace that, had it translated to result, would have earned a race win. LO-CIEL (8th, kart #12) recorded the 3rd-best pure pace (median 1:18.064 s, σ 0.84 s), also finishing comfortably ahead of its pure-pace ranking of 3rd.

Among the podium finishers, 2 VAMO RACING showed the 2nd-best race pace (median 1:17.557 s) with a highlight first stint of 12 laps at a median of 1:16.391 s — the sharpest sustained pace of the race — but their overall consistency (σ 1.08 s) was slightly less controlled than the winners'. 4 VAMO RACING, ranked only 5th in pure pace (median 1:18.306 s), converted their victory through a combination of four pit stops and a decisive third stint of 17 laps at a median of 1:17.065 s, their strongest segment of the race.

1 VAMO RACING was the most consistent team overall, with a race-wide standard deviation of just 0.70 s — the lowest of any classified finisher. Their four balanced stints, including a closing run of 14 laps at a median of 1:17.809 s, secured a solid second place with three pit stops.

The most striking strategic performance came from 3 VAMO RACING (5th), who ranked only 22nd in pure pace (median 1:20.399 s, σ 2.28 s) yet finished fifth — a gap of 17 positions between pace ranking and race result. Their final stint of 19 laps at a median of 1:18.061 s did much of the recovery work. On the other end of the spectrum, SKYLUX 3 (kart #4, classified 22nd) carried the 9th-best pure pace in the field (median 1:19.722 s) but could not convert it into a competitive result.

What teams should take away: This Worldkarts Kortrijk finale confirms that raw pace alone does not determine the outcome in endurance racing. FRALETTEN had the fastest median pace in the race and finished 10th; 4 VAMO RACING ranked 5th in pure pace and won. The decisive factors were stint management, the timing of pit stops, and the ability to sustain pace over long runs. Consistency — measured here by standard deviation — also separated the front-runners: the three most consistent teams (1 VAMO RACING at 0.70 s, 4 VAMO RACING at 1.04 s, LO-CIEL at 0.84 s) all finished in the top eight. Teams with high lap-time variability, however fast their peak, paid a heavy price in the final standings.