On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) arrived at 299 km/h and slowed to 121 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 11, shedding 178 km/h, down to 3rd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 234 km/h before Turn 12.
Turn 11 comes 78% of the way round the 5.278 km lap, 4.12 km after the start line, and the car got there 58.0 s into the 1:18.518 lap. At 121 km/h it is the 3rd slowest of the 14 corners on that lap.