Albert Park Turn 3: Speed, Gear & Braking Data

Albert Park Turn 3: Braking from 303 to 103 km/h

Turn 3 · Albert Park Circuit · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Turn 3; the bar across the track is the start line.

Heavy braking into a tight right; prime overtaking.

Min speed: 103 km/h
Approach: 303 km/h
Lowest gear: 2nd
Throttle: Fully off
Lap position: 21%
Into the lap: 16.4 s

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

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Through the corner

On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) arrived at 303 km/h and slowed to 103 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 3, shedding 200 km/h, down to 2nd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 166 km/h before Turn 4.

Turn 3 comes 21% of the way round the 5.278 km lap, 1.09 km after the start line, and the car got there 16.4 s into the 1:18.518 lap. At 103 km/h it is the 2nd 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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