BRKC, Karts
BRKC 2026 – Kart Pace Overview
Based on all BRKC 2026 practice sessions currently in the brain.
Summary
Overall, the fleet looks tight – there are no obvious "rocket" or "dog" karts in the data so far. However, a few karts do appear to be slightly above average when you compare multiple strong drivers across multiple sessions.
Interpretation:
- Differences are on the order of 0.1–0.2s per lap at most.
- Fast drivers remain fast regardless of kart; kart effects nudge them half a grid row, not an entire final.
Kart ranking (subjective, from practice data only)
Slightly above-average karts
These karts show up near the front in several different sessions, with multiple strong drivers setting competitive times in them.
| Kart # | Evidence / Notes |
|---|---|
| 1 | Appears near the top of the timing sheets in several sessions. Strong laps from drivers like Bobby McGirr, Sebastian Miller, etc. When a quick driver is in Kart 1, best laps are often in the low 30.5–30.7s range. |
| 2 | Regularly features in front-group positions. Drivers such as Ramon Pineiro, Ruben Boutens, Vica Schledz, and others have produced very competitive times in Kart 2. The fact that more than one quick driver goes fast in it suggests the kart itself is a touch strong. |
| 4 | Often seen in the top 3–5 with drivers like Konrad Bielak, Lee Hackett, etc. Best laps for front-running drivers frequently fall around 30.55–30.65. |
| 5 | Shows repeated front-running pace across different sessions and drivers (e.g., Antony Roberts, McGirr, others). Not a "rocket", but consistently looks like a good draw. |
| 7 | Pops up in several strong sessions where the entire top group is quick, and its drivers are clearly not handicapped. Appears modestly on the positive side of average. |
Working assumption: if you draw one of these karts, treat it as a slight positive – aim for PBs and don’t use the kart as an excuse.
Solidly average karts
Most of the remaining kart numbers fall into this bracket:
- With top drivers, they produce best laps in the 30.7–30.9 window.
- With midfield drivers, they produce 31.0–31.3 laps.
- The kart ranking inside this group is much less clear; driver quality and traffic dominate.
These karts:
- Regularly sit in the top half with strong drivers.
- Sit in the lower half with weaker/less experienced drivers.
- Do not show a consistent pattern of being either markedly faster or slower than the field.
Potentially weaker karts
From the practice data currently entered:
- There is no kart that repeatedly ruins the day for multiple strong drivers.
- When a quick driver has a slower session, it is usually explainable by:
- Traffic,
- Session-wide slower times (track evolution / temperature), or
- Strategy and lap-count effects.
Conclusion: at this stage of data collection, there are no clearly identified "bad" karts. Some individual runs look worse, but they are not consistent enough across sessions and drivers to label a kart as a true outlier.
How to use this in practice
For drivers (e.g. Tristan, Adam, etc.):
- If you draw Kart 1, 2, 4, 5, or 7:
- Treat it as a good opportunity: target personal-best sector times and assume you have at least slightly favourable equipment.
- If you draw anything else:
- Assume it is within a tenth or two of the best. Focus more on:
- Getting clean laps in qualifying.
- Racecraft and traffic management in races.
- Assume it is within a tenth or two of the best. Focus more on:
Future refinement
As more sessions and races are added:
- Update this note with:
- Per-kart best lap across all sessions.
- Average of best laps from several strong reference drivers (e.g., Boutens, de Vos, Pineiro, McGirr, Miller).
- Once there is enough data, this can evolve into a simple rating table:
+clearly above average (0.1–0.2s quicker).0baseline.–slightly weak (0.1–0.2s slower).