Below you will find a description of the circuit. You can find amongst others the number of laps, the lenght and the official name of the circuit. Furthermore we have a short history of the race and the track.

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Circuit information

Circuit Le Mans, originally named Circuit de la Sarthe, is located near the town of Le Mans in France. It utilizes city roads and has a length of 13,629 km with 21 curves, which makes it one of the longest circuits in the world. Le Mans circuit is a semi-permanent race course and most famous for hosting the 24 Hours of Le Mans and MotoGP France.

The circuit can be divided into 2 configurations. Circuit de la Sarthe is the main configuration with a length of 13,629 km and 21 curves. This configuration is the venue for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Bugatti Circuit is the smaller configuration with a length of 4,272 km and 10 turns. This configuration is the venue for the French MotoGP.

A famous feature of circuit Le Mans is known is the infamous slow Mulsane corner where drivers have to reduce their speed from nearly 200 km/h to 65 km/h on a short distance. Also amazing is the 6 km long straight called Ligne Droite des Hunaudieres; as it leads to the village of Mulsanne it is often called the Mulsane Straight. Another famous feature is the Dunlop Bridge, which was installed after the 1st corner in 1932.

 
Circuit Statistics
Race : MotoGP of France 
Circuit name : Le Mans Bugatti Circuit 
Location : Le Mans, France 
Date : 2011 
Record MotoGP : 1'32.647 D. Pedrosa, 2008 
Record 250cc : 1'38.270 A. Bautista, 2009 
Record 125cc : 1'43.515 S. Gadea, 2008 

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