Niki Lauda Kurve: Braking from 309 to 137 km/h

Turn 1 · Red Bull Ring · Spielberg, Styria, Austria

T1
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Niki Lauda Kurve; the bar across the track is the start line.

Uphill right after the start; heavy braking.

Min speed
137 km/h
Approach
309 km/h
Lowest gear
3rd
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
8%
Into the lap
5.1 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2026 pole lap · George Russell, 1:06.113

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Through the corner

On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) arrived at 309 km/h and slowed to 137 km/h at the slowest point of Niki Lauda Kurve, shedding 172 km/h, down to 3rd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 329 km/h before Turn 2. From the approach to the exit the track climbs 27 m.

Niki Lauda Kurve comes 8% of the way round the 4.318 km lap, 0.34 km after the start line, and the car got there 5.1 s into the 1:06.113 lap. At 137 km/h it is the 3rd slowest of the 10 corners on that lap.

Named corners at Austria, slowest first

  1. T3Remus74 km/h
  2. T4Schlossgold106 km/h
  3. T1Niki Lauda Kurve137 km/h
  4. T6Rauch183 km/h
  5. T10Red Bull Mobile186 km/h
  6. T9Rindt232 km/h

Slowest point of each corner on the 2026 pole lap, George Russell, 1:06.113 lap.

Before and after

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