Albert Park Turn 9-10: Turn 9 at Albert Park

Turn 9 · Albert Park Circuit · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

T9
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Turn 9-10; the bar across the track is the start line.

Fast sweepers where a chicane used to be, now taken at big speed.

Min speed
239 km/h
Approach
327 km/h
Lowest gear
6th
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
63%
Into the lap
47.0 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 327 km/h and slowed to 239 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 9-10, shedding 88 km/h, down to 6th gear. The driver came fully off the throttle.

Turn 9-10 comes 63% of the way round the 5.278 km lap, 3.32 km after the start line, and the car got there 47.0 s into the 1:18.518 lap. At 239 km/h it is the 4th fastest of the 14 corners on that lap.

Named corners at Albert Park, slowest first

  1. T3Turn 3103 km/h
  2. T11Turn 11121 km/h
  3. T1Turn 1176 km/h
  4. T6Turn 6220 km/h
  5. T9Turn 9-10239 km/h

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

Before and after

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