Castle section: Turn 8 at Baku

Turn 8 · Baku City Circuit · Baku, Azerbaijan

T8
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Castle section; the bar across the track is the start line.

The narrowest point on the F1 calendar, threading the medieval walls.

Min speed
140 km/h
Approach
140 km/h
Lowest gear
2nd
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
46%
Into the lap
54.5 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2026 pole lap · George Russell, 1:42.526

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Through the corner

On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) carried 140 km/h through Castle section with almost no speed lost from the approach, down to 2nd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle.

Castle section comes 46% of the way round the 6.003 km lap, 2.77 km after the start line, and the car got there 54.5 s into the 1:42.526 lap. At 140 km/h it is the 7th fastest of the 20 corners on that lap.

Named corners at Baku, slowest first

  1. T15Turn 1588 km/h
  2. T3Turn 3110 km/h
  3. T1Turn 1119 km/h
  4. T16Turn 16126 km/h
  5. T8Castle section140 km/h

Slowest point of each corner on the 2026 pole lap, George Russell, 1:42.526 lap.

Before and after

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