Circuit info
Le Mans
We don't have our own real GPS-telemetry-based 3D model for this circuit (typically a pre-2023 or discontinued venue). The outline below is a freely usable, hand-drawn circuit diagram.This layout was in use during: 1967.Circuit diagram: ROY Jules (julesr0y) (CC BY 4.0). source & licenseOther known layouts at this circuit: 1967Interesting facts
The Bugatti Circuit was built in 1965 and named in honour of car designer Ettore Bugatti; its only Formula 1 race was the 1967 French Grand Prix, run on a layout that shares only part of its route with the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans track (Circuit de la Sarthe), with a separate, purpose-built section filling in the rest. Jack Brabham won in his Brabham-Repco, beating his own teammate Denny Hulme by nearly 50 seconds, his first win of that season after eight races. At just 4.43 km, the featureless layout struck the field as dull; some drivers reportedly wished the race had instead run on the full 13.46 km Sarthe circuit, whose Mulsanne Straight alone was longer than the entire Bugatti lap. Attendance was modest, around 20,000, and Formula 1 never returned to the venue. The circuit has since gone on to host other series: it stages the Le Mans 24-hour motorcycle race and the French motorcycle Grand Prix, previously held Formula 3000 and DTM rounds. Today's layout measures 4.185 km with 14 corners and can hold around 100,000 spectators. The circuit is located in Le Mans, France. Only one Formula 1 race has been held here so far, in 1967, won by Jack Brabham.
Circuit history
The only Formula 1 race held here (1967) was won by Jack Brabham.