Albert Park Turn 1: Speed, Gear & Braking Data

Albert Park Turn 1: Turn 1 at Albert Park

Turn 1 · Albert Park Circuit · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Turn 1; the bar across the track is the start line.

Hard braking right off the start straight; a key passing spot.

Min speed: 176 km/h
Approach: 293 km/h
Lowest gear: 4th
Throttle: Fully off
Lap position: 7%
Into the lap: 5.2 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2026 pole lap · George Russell, 1:18.518

See Turn 1 in the interactive map →

Through the corner

On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) arrived at 293 km/h and slowed to 176 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 1, shedding 117 km/h, down to 4th gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 203 km/h before Turn 2.

Turn 1 comes 7% of the way round the 5.278 km lap, 0.36 km after the start line, and the car got there 5.2 s into the 1:18.518 lap. At 176 km/h it is the 5th slowest of the 14 corners on that lap.

Named corners at Albert Park, slowest first

Slowest point of each corner on the 2026 pole lap, George Russell, 1:18.518 lap.

Before and after

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