Corner Lab

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course · Full Course

13 corners

13 corners covered, 4 of which decide the lap. The layout, the corner sequence and what this circuit is like.

Pit straightTurn 1KeyholeTurn 3EssesTurns 7–9Thunder ValleyTurns 12–13

StraightSlowMediumFast

Wing level wanted2/5
Traction demand5/5
Braking demand5/5
Kerb usage2/5
The lapThe 13-turn, 2.258-mile Second Road Course (1990–present) that bypasses the Keyhole chicane used on the 2.400-mile original. Keyhole, the esses, Thunder Valley, then a long right onto the pit straight. Compact, medium-speed, and one defining slow corner.
Length3.634 km · road course · US

Every corner on this layout

A • marks the corners that decide the lap.

  • T1 Turn 1
  • T2 The Keyhole •
  • T3 Turn 3
  • T4 Esses, first
  • T5 Esses, second
  • T6 Esses, third •
  • T7 Turns 7 to 9, first
  • T8 Turns 7 to 9, second
  • T9 Turns 7 to 9, third
  • T10 Thunder Valley, first
  • T11 Thunder Valley, second •
  • T12 Turn 12, first
  • T13 Turn 12, second •