Through the corner
On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) arrived at 324 km/h and slowed to 106 km/h at the slowest point of Schlossgold, shedding 218 km/h, down to 2nd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 240 km/h before Turn 5. From the approach to the exit the track drops 18 m.
Schlossgold comes 49% of the way round the 4.318 km lap, 2.11 km after the start line, and the car got there 32.6 s into the 1:06.113 lap. At 106 km/h it is the 2nd 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.