Through the corner
On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) arrived at 254 km/h and slowed to 183 km/h at the slowest point of Rauch, shedding 71 km/h, down to 4th gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 235 km/h before Turn 7. From the approach to the exit the track drops 16 m.
Rauch comes 61% of the way round the 4.318 km lap, 2.62 km after the start line, and the car got there 41.5 s into the 1:06.113 lap. At 183 km/h it is the 4th slowest of the 10 corners on that lap.
Named corners at Austria, slowest first
- T3Remus74 km/h
- T4Schlossgold106 km/h
- T1Niki Lauda Kurve137 km/h
- T6Rauch183 km/h
- T10Red Bull Mobile186 km/h
- T9Rindt232 km/h
Slowest point of each corner on the 2026 pole lap, George Russell, 1:06.113 lap.