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Bugatti Circuit
Built inside the grounds of the 24 Hours of Le Mans' Circuit de la Sarthe, sharing the pit straight and Dunlop Chicane before diverging at La Chapelle into its own tighter infield loop — the Bugatti Circuit never touches the endurance track's famous Mulsanne Straight. First raced by the premier class in 1969, with occasional one-off returns through the 70s-90s before becoming a permanent annual fixture from 2000.
- Circuit length
- 4.185 km
- Corners
- 14
- First Grand Prix here
- 1969
- 2026 round
- Round 5
- Race date
- 10 May 2026
- Ticket prices
- €101–€179
The lap
The lap, drawn from the official circuit diagram and simplified to 110 points. This is the shape of the circuit; the length and corner count in the strip above are the published figures, hand-checked against the circuit’s own specifications.
What a ticket here actually gets you
Zone and stand structure, checked 3 Aug 2026. No prices — those move, and we do not publish one until it has been checked and dated.
What a Bugatti Circuit weekend actually costs
Seats we could actually find on sale at Bugatti Circuit ran from €101 up to €179 (general admission through to the priciest grandstand, not counting hospitality or Paddock Club) — checked 3 Aug 2026. Ticket prices move constantly and this is not every seat at the circuit, so treat it as a rough budget, not a quote. A typical return flight from a mid-priced European hub, booked around two months out, runs about €160 a person; add roughly €570 a person for three nights in a mid-range hotel over the race weekend. These are grounded, dated estimates, not live quotes.
Ticket types
| Icon | Type | What you get | Screen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxxess | Trackside at Straight des Stands (1/2) | Not confirmed | |
| Michelin / Envie2Rouler / Fan Club Pecco Bagnaia / Mutuelle des Motards / Yamaha R9 | Trackside at Straight des Stands (2/2) | Not confirmed | |
| Honda Racing / Goodyear / Ducati / Red Bull | Trackside at Chicane Dunlop | Not confirmed | |
| Dafy La Chapelle / All One / Quadlock Zarco 2025 / FCMM 93 / FFM | Trackside at La Chapelle | Not confirmed | |
| Canal+ / KTM | Trackside at Garage Vert | Not confirmed | |
| Yamaha Quartararo / Moto Journal | Trackside at S Bleus Sector | Not confirmed | |
| Motul Raccordement / Johann Zarco | Trackside at Raccordement | Not confirmed |
structure checked 3 Aug 2026
Getting there
Le Mans has a direct TGV connection from Paris, about an hour to the Gare du Mans. The wider Sarthe region is best known internationally for its endurance race; MotoGP's weekend borrows the same infrastructure and local hospitality culture without ever using the Circuit de la Sarthe's famous Mulsanne Straight. Many fans stay in Le Mans itself and treat the circuit as a day trip, given the short rail and road connections into the city.
Where to sit
Grandstands are individually named and sponsored — Dafy La Chapelle, Honda Racing, Michelin, Ducati and Fan Club stands for Johann Zarco and Fabio Quartararo among them — clustered around La Chapelle, the Chicane Dunlop and the pit straight. The circuit's actual general admission is the separately-named Enceinte générale; Garage Vert and the S Bleus sector, despite sounding informal, are paid numbered tribunes rather than general-admission zones. The pit straight itself carries two grandstand blocks facing the grid, giving fans without a themed or sponsor stand ticket a straightforward view of the start and the run into the first braking zone.
Weighing it against other MotoGP circuits
Dates move; circuits do not.