Circuit de la Sarthe

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Circuit de la Sarthe is a famous French motor racing circuit best known for hosting the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf motor racing circuit
sports venue
adjacentFacility Bugatti Circuit
associatedWith FIA World Endurance Championship
surface form: World Endurance Championship
bestKnownFor 24 Hours of Le Mans
cityRegion northwestern France
cityServed Le Mans
country France
famousFor 24-hour endurance race
governingBody Automobile Club de l’Ouest
hasBridge Dunlop Bridge
hasChicane Mulsanne Straight
surface form: Mulsanne chicanes
hasGrandstands permanent grandstands
hasPaddock permanent paddock facilities
hasPitLane permanent pit complex
hasSection Arnage corner
Dunlop
surface form: Dunlop Chicane

Dunlop
surface form: Dunlop Curve

Ford Chicane
Hunaudières Straight
Indianapolis corner
Mulsanne Straight
Porsche Curves
Tertre Rouge
hasStartFinishStraight Pits Straight
hostedEvent 24 Hours of Le Mans
Le Mans Classic
Grand Prix de France Moto (at times)
surface form: MotoGP French Grand Prix (historically)
layoutType semi-permanent circuit
length approximately 13.6 km
approximately 8.5 miles
locatedIn Le Mans
Pays de la Loire
Sarthe
nearRiver Sarthe River
notableEventFrequency annual
notableFor endurance motorsport history
high-speed straights
night racing
opened 1923
owner Automobile Club de l’Ouest
partiallySharesLayoutWith Bugatti Circuit
primaryUse endurance racing
regulationBody Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile
surface form: FIA
safetyModifications Mulsanne Straight chicanes added in 1990
spectatorCapacity over 200000 (event-dependent)
surface asphalt
timezone Central European Time
usesPublicRoads true

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Le Mans near Circuit de la Sarthe
Sarthe department knownFor Circuit de la Sarthe
subject surface form: Sarthe
this entity surface form: Le Mans motor racing circuit
Sarthe department contains Circuit de la Sarthe
subject surface form: Sarthe
Sarthe department contains Circuit de la Sarthe
subject surface form: Sarthe
this entity surface form: Circuit de la Sarthe (24 Hours of Le Mans)
Gran Turismo 5 includesTrack Circuit de la Sarthe
Le Mans metropolitan area contains Circuit de la Sarthe
24 Hours of Le Mans circuitUsed Circuit de la Sarthe