{"id":96374,"date":"2021-05-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre.boxrepsol.com\/uncategorized\/why-is-the-french-gp-so-legendary\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T06:58:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T08:58:12","slug":"why-is-the-french-gp-so-legendary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxrepsol.com\/en\/motogp-en\/why-is-the-french-gp-so-legendary\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the French GP so legendary?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Le Mans\u2019 legendary 24-hour circuit is 13.6 kilometres long and has 38 corners. For the MotoGP World Championship, the 4.18km Bugatti circuit is used, sharing 1.5km of track with the 24-hour layout: The home straight and the opening corners.<\/p>\n

The Bugatti circuit was created in 1965\u00a0for the driving school, but its versatility has allowed it to host major competitions, such as Formula 1 since 1967 and the Motorcycle World Championship since 1969.<\/p>\n

The shorter layout has also held 24-hour endurance competitions for motorcycles, trucks, bikes and even in-line skates.<\/p>\n

In 1906, Le Mans hosted the first car Grand Prix in history. The race lasted six laps of a 103-kilometre track.<\/p>\n

The legendary French track has hosted the Motorcycle World Championship 30 times: 29 of them have been denominated the French GP. The other, in 1991, was the Vitesse GP, replacing the Brazilian GP. That year the French GP was held at Paul Ricard, where the French round has taken place on a further 12 occasions.<\/p>\n

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