Bahrain Turn 1: the Slowest Corner at Bahrain

Turn 1 · Bahrain International Circuit · Sakhir, Bahrain

T1
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Turn 1; the bar across the track is the start line.

Heavy braking right off the start straight; a prime passing spot.

Min speed
67 km/h
Approach
315 km/h
Lowest gear
2nd
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
16%
Into the lap
11.4 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2025 pole lap · Oscar Piastri, 1:29.841

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Through the corner

On the 2025 pole lap, Oscar Piastri (McLaren) arrived at 315 km/h and slowed to 67 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 1, shedding 248 km/h, down to 2nd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 159 km/h before Turn 2.

Turn 1 comes 16% of the way round the 5.412 km lap, 0.86 km after the start line, and the car got there 11.4 s into the 1:29.841 lap. At 67 km/h it is the slowest of the 15 corners on that lap.

Named corners at Bahrain, slowest first

  1. T1Turn 167 km/h
  2. T10Turn 1080 km/h
  3. T8Turn 891 km/h
  4. T4Turn 4123 km/h
  5. T11Turn 11161 km/h

Slowest point of each corner on the 2025 pole lap, Oscar Piastri, 1:29.841 lap.

Before and after

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