# How big is the Circuit de la Sarthe?

A lap of the Circuit de la Sarthe, where the 24 Hours of Le Mans is raced, is 13.626 km (8.47 miles).

- 13.626 km a lap
- 8.47 miles a lap
- 38 corners
- 90,840 hamsters nose to tail

Interactive map, to drop it on any town at its true size: https://how-big-is.com/circuit-de-la-sarthe/

## Drop the lap on your town

Move the track onto your own streets with the map above and see how far one lap would reach.

## The Mulsanne Straight

About 6 km (3.7 miles) of the lap is the Mulsanne Straight, a public road the rest of the year, broken up by two chicanes since 1990.

## How it compares

- 2.35× a lap of [Suzuka](https://how-big-is.com/suzuka/)
- 2.31× a lap of [Silverstone](https://how-big-is.com/silverstone/)
- 1.95× a lap of [Spa-Francorchamps](https://how-big-is.com/spa-francorchamps/)
- 65% of a lap of [the Nürburgring Nordschleife](https://how-big-is.com/nurburgring-nordschleife/)

## Questions people ask

**How long is a lap of the Circuit de la Sarthe?**
13.626 km (8.47 miles).

**How many corners does the Le Mans track have?**
38.

**How long is the Mulsanne Straight?**
About 6 km (3.7 miles), with two chicanes since 1990.

## Where the numbers come from

Official figure: 13.626 km. Track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2126739), licence: ODbL 1.0.

Credit: Map: how-big-is.com. Outline: © OpenStreetMap contributors.