Built in 1965 around the existing 24-Hour track, the Le Mans Bugatti Grand Prix race circuit lies 5km south of the city of Le Mans and 200km south-west of Paris. The venue has hosted Grand Prix since the late sixties but a serious accident to Spanish rider Alberto Puig in 1995 saw it struck off the calendar until 2000 whilst stringent safety improvements were carried out. Le Mans is a tight track dominated by first gear corners that place the emphasis on late braking and hard acceleration, whilst rear end traction is also a key area. With the capacity to comfortably accommodate up to 100,000 spectators, the Bugatti circuit also plays host to the 24 hour truck race, the FIA GP2 Championship, French Touring Car and GT races.

Location Information
Length 4.185 kilometres / 2.6 miles
Width 13 metres
Left corners 5
Right corners 9
Longest straight 0.674 kilometres / 0.419 miles
Constructed 1966
Modified 2008
Resurfacing Resurfaced before 2017 round

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www.lemans.org

Records

Pole Position 1m 30.450s (166.5km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2022)
Race Lap 1m 31.778s (164.1km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2022)
Race Time 41m 34.613s (163 km/h) Enea Bastianini (Ducati, 2022)
2023 Race Winner Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati)
2023 Sprint Winner Jorge Martin (Ducat)
MotoGP 2023
Race Round 5   France

The Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez starred in a thrilling French GP, battling until the very end for the podium and showing the #93 is well and truly back. For Joan Mir, small mistakes ended a race with huge potential after a strong start. Saturday’s electric atmosphere was only amplified… read more.


MotoGP 2023
Sprint Race Round 5   France

The Sprint Race delivered another tantalising show for the full house in Le Mans, Marc Marquez converting a magic front row to a strong fifth while Joan Mir works on finding further feeling. Every inch of the Le Mans circuit was overflowing with passionate French fans as Saturday’s Grand Prix… read more.


MotoGP 2023
Practice Round 5   France

Positive steps forward for Repsol Honda Team duo on opening day of track action at the French GP, Marc Marquez returning inside the top ten with Joan Mir making strides forward in the morning. With the positive news of Marc Marquez’s return confirmed, the Repsol Honda Team started a busy… read more.


MotoGP 2023
Preview Round 5   France

Marc Marquez makes his much-anticipated return to restore the Repsol Honda Team and re-join Joan Mir, both looking for stable weekends during a milestone event. After breaking the first metacarpal on his right hand in Portugal, Marc Marquez will return to racing his Repsol Honda Team RC213V in France. Having… read more.


MotoGP 2022
Race Round 7   France

The French GP was ultimately a weekend of ups and downs as Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro worked to deliver the maximum potential result in Le Mans. A morning spit of rain would ultimately amount to nothing as the Le Mans circuit hosted one of the hottest French Grands Prix… read more.


MotoGP 2022
Qualifying Round 7   France

Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro confident they can improve on their grid positions as the Repsol Honda Team aims to show their true pace in Sunday’s race. The MotoGP World Championship produced another exciting day of on track action for the French fans who continued to flock to Le Mans.… read more.


MotoGP 2022
Practice Round 7   France

A provisional spot in the top ten for fast-starting Pol Espargaro as Marc Marquez flexes his elbow with two impressive saves but both riders are working for more tomorrow. Fans had already begun to fill the camp sites of the Le Mans circuit from Thursday and they continued to flow… read more.


MotoGP 2022
Preview Round 7   France

From the Iberian Peninsula, the Repsol Honda Team head in-land for round seven of the 2022 season with Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro targeting further improvements. The 2022 MotoGP World Championship season is now well and truly underway as the Grand Prix paddock arrives at the Le Mans circuit in… read more.


MotoGP 2021
Race Round 5   France

The first flag-to-flag race since 2017 saw Pol Espargaro encounter all conditions as Marc Marquez returned to leading a Grand Prix but was ultimately left disappointed. Sunday at the 2021 French GP would prove to be a day of two halves: a soaking wet morning giving way to a seemingly… read more.


MotoGP 2021
Practice Round 5   France

Both Pol Espargaro and Marc Marquez made the most of the better-than-expected conditions in France, ending Friday inside the top ten with fourth and eighth respectively. As forecast, a gloomy morning opened the action at the French GP on Friday as the sound of MotoGP machines echoed along the main… read more.


MotoGP 2021
Preview Round 5   France

Round five presents another weekend of opportunity for the Repsol Honda Team as Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro arrive ready and rested after a grueling Spanish GP. It’s off to the Le Mans circuit in France for the fifth chapter of the 2021 MotoGP World Championship. Best known for hosting… read more.


MotoGP 2020
Race Round 10   France

The Repsol Honda Team achieved their best result of the season to date, Alex Marquez stunning with second place from 18th on the grid as Stefan Bradl makes it a double top ten. It was another cold start to the day in France for round 10 of the MotoGP World… read more.


MotoGP 2020
Qualifying Round 10   France

Ever-changing conditions made for a demanding day in France, Alex Marquez and Stefan Bradl adapting throughout the day and pleased with the work done in Free Practice 4. Times were immediately faster despite the cold conditions on Saturday morning, riders setting their best times of the weekend just a few… read more.


MotoGP 2020
Practice Round 10   France

A wet morning and drying afternoon presented ever-changing conditions for the Repsol Honda Team, Alex Marquez quickly adapting and posting competitive times with Stefan Bradl. It was a cold and wet start to the day in Le Mans, France as overnight and early morning rain left the circuit wet. With… read more.


MotoGP 2020
Preview Round 10   France

A week of rest followed by a test in Portimao and the penultimate triple-header of the year begins the closing stages of the 2020 MotoGP season for a determined Repsol Honda Team. With an informative weekend in Barcelona and a brief chance to rest after another intense three weeks of… read more.


MotoGP 2019
Race Round 5   France

Marc Marquez took his third win of the 2019 season with another dominating performance as teammate Jorge Lorenzo took his best finish of the season with 11th. Cold conditions from morning Warm Up carried through until the start of the French Grand Prix at 14:00 local time, a track temperature… read more.


MotoGP 2019
Qualifying Round 5   France

Even a crash during Q2 couldn’t stop Marc Marquez from claiming his third pole position from five races, teammate Lorenzo taking a season-best eighth. Wet and cold conditions, the track just 14°C and a brisk air temperature of 12°C, provided a gloomy welcome to the Le Mans circuit for Saturday’s… read more.


MotoGP 2019
Practice Round 5   France

Marc Marquez and teammate Jorge Lorenzo completed a positive opening day of practice in France, taking second and fourth respectively. Building on the work done in Free Practice 1, Marc Marquez was immediately able to lap in the low 1’32s and quickly moved to top the time sheets during the… read more.


MotoGP 2019
Preview Round 5   France

The French GP will offer Honda the first opportunity to take win number 300 in the premier class as Marquez looks to extend his lead and Lorenzo prepares to bounce back. With a dominating start-to-finish victory, Marc Marquez banished his Austin demons at the Spanish GP to walk away with… read more.


MotoGP 2018
Race Round 5   France

Marc Marquez enjoyed another fantastic race weekend, taking his third consecutive victory this season, the 64th of his career, and his 38th in MotoGP, equalling Casey Stoner’s Premier Class GP win tally and extending his own Championship lead to 36 points over second-place rider Maverick Viñales. The only rider on… read more.


MotoGP 2018
Qualifying Round 5   France

Marc Marquez’s stunning 1’31.293 in today’s qualifying at Le Mans was 0.790” faster than the previous circuit-best lap (Lorenzo – 2016) but just a fraction down on the new pole record set by Johann Zarco in front of his home crowd. A confirmation of the team’s strong work leading up… read more.


MotoGP 2018
Practice Round 5   France

Day one of the French Grand Prix concluded positively for the Repsol Honda Team at the Bugatti Circuit, with both Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa making it into the provisional top 10 in a very tight combined classification. The Championship leader in particular enjoyed a very successful start to the… read more.


MotoGP 2018
Preview Round 5   France

Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa are en route to France for round 5 of the MotoGP World Championship, to be held at historic Le Mans circuit on Sunday. Marquez dominated the last two MotoGP rounds, in the USA and Spain, where he helped Michelin celebrate their 400th Grand Prix victory.… read more.


MotoGP 2017
Race Round 5   France

Today Dani Pedrosa scored his third consecutive podium finish after starting the French GP from the 13th spot on the grid and making a great comeback to finish third  in front of over 104,000 spectators, a new record for the Le Mans event. The last time Dani was in the… read more.


MotoGP 2017
Qualifying Round 5   France

Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa will start tomorrow’s French GP from the fifth and 13th places on the grid, respectively, despite both being quite fast during the course of the day. Marc’s progression in his work to find the best setup has been affected by the limited dry track time… read more.


MotoGP 2017
Practice Round 5   France

Cold temperatures and intermittent rain showers throughout the opening day of the French GP produced mixed results for the Repsol Honda Team in Le Mans. Marc Marquez, who used the new exhaust on both his bikes, was second fastest in wet-but-drying FP1 and then again in fully wet FP2, showing… read more.


MotoGP 2017
Preview Round 5   France

Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa are en route to France for round 5 of the MotoGP World Championship after each scoring one win and one additional podium finish in the last two races. Marc and Dani, who have moved up in the standings to third (-4 points) and fourth (-10)… read more.


MotoGP 2016
Race Round 5   France

The French GP was a tough race for Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez, who nevertheless showed grit and determination to overcome their difficulties and bring home as many points as the situation allowed. Pedrosa started from 11th on the grid and struggled at the beginning to get a good pace,… read more.


MotoGP 2016
Qualifying Round 5   France

There were mixed feelings for Repsol Honda today at Le Mans, with Marc Marquez emerging second-best from a demanding qualifying session and Dani Pedrosa forced to settle for 11th place after slipping off at turn 4 halfway through the session. Marquez had found quite a good pace in the morning… read more.


MotoGP 2016
Practice Round 5   France

Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa started working on the setup of their RC213V on the French GP’s opening day, which took place in fine albeit a bit cool weather conditions, with max air and ground temperatures of 22° and 27° C, respectively. Marquez set the third-fastest time both in the… read more.


MotoGP 2016
Preview Round 5   France

Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa are en route to France after scoring solid third- and fourth-place finishes, respectively, in the Spanish GP, which was immediately followed by a positive one-day post-race test. The Repsol Honda riders look forward to trying to make the best use of the data gathered there,… read more.


MotoGP 2015
Race Round 5   France

Today’s GP of France was a tough race for the Repsol Honda riders, Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa. Marc dropped back to 4th from pole position with Dani moving up one place to 7th as the 28 lap race got underway. Unfortunately, Dani lost the front in turn three on… read more.


MotoGP 2015
Qualifying Round 5   France

Today in qualifying for the GP of France, Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez stormed to an impressive pole position – half a second faster than second place Dovizioso. His teammate, Dani Pedrosa, who has just returned back from injury, put in a valiant effort and earned himself and third row start… read more.


MotoGP 2015
Practice Round 5   France

Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and teammate Dani Pedrosa (returning to the team after a three race absence) have had a productive first day at the French GP, with twelve riders within a second of each other. After heavy rain fall yesterday, the weather stayed dry for the first day of… read more.


MotoGP 2015
Preview Round 5   France

After a three race absence, this weekend Dani Pedrosa will return to race alongside Marc Marquez for the Repsol Honda Team in Le Mans. Dani received surgery to his right arm to alleviate discomfort from arm pump and as a result missed the races in the Americas, Argentina and Spain,… read more.


MotoGP 2014
Race Round 5   France

Repsol Honda sensation, Marc Marquez, has enjoyed a perfect weekend in Le Mans taking pole position (with a new record), setting a new fastest race lap (1’33.548 on lap 8) and crowning it with the victory (in a record time) in front of 88,222 spectators. He also became the youngest… read more.


MotoGP 2014
Qualifying Round 5   France

After dominating the French GP weekend so far, Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez recorded his fifth pole of the season – in as many races – and set the fastest lap ever on two wheels at the Le Mans circuit. Teammate Dani Pedrosa will start from the third row of the… read more.


MotoGP 2014
Practice Round 5   France

In an unusually sunny Le Mans, it was Championship leader and reigning World Champion, Marc Marquez, who was fastest in both sessions today with teammate Dani Pedrosa finishing second this morning and 5th in the combined times. After a chilly morning with and ambient and track temperatures of just 12ºC and… read more.


MotoGP 2014
Preview Round 5   France

Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa are en route to France after an incredible start to 2014, with Marc winning the first four races from pole position and Dani scoring a very positive 72 points from a possible 100, with two 2nd places and two 3rd place finishes. Thankfully… read more.


MotoGP 2013
Race Round 4   France

Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez stormed to their third successive double podium of 2013 in tough wet conditions at the GP of France. Dani, starting from 6th, performed his trademark lightning fast start and was up to 3rd by the first corner. He managed to pass Lorenzo on… read more.