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Friday favourite: The “no compromise” track where a Le Mans winner notched up a century

It’s been over a decade since Christophe Bouchut last raced at his favourite circuit. And while the 1993 Le Mans 24 Hours winner says the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course first opened in 1962 is “not the biggest, not the most beautiful circuit,” he reckons the track’s combination of corners, elevation and challenging braking zones means “everything is done for me there”.

“It brings me a lot of pleasure to drive there,” he says. “This is a mix from a normal circuit with a street circuit. If you do a mistake then you go in the wall.

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