Elf: Braking from 340 to 150 km/h

Turn 1 · Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya · Montmeló, Barcelona, Spain

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

Heavy braking at the end of the main straight; the main passing zone.

Min speed
150 km/h
Approach
340 km/h
Lowest gear
3rd
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
16%
Into the lap
8.5 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2026 pole lap · George Russell, 1:14.679

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Through the corner

On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) arrived at 340 km/h and slowed to 150 km/h at the slowest point of Elf, shedding 190 km/h, down to 3rd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 176 km/h before Turn 2. From the approach to the exit the track drops 6 m.

Elf comes 16% of the way round the 4.657 km lap, 0.74 km after the start line, and the car got there 8.5 s into the 1:14.679 lap. At 150 km/h it is the 6th slowest of the 14 corners on that lap.

Named corners at Barcelona, slowest first

  1. T5Seat111 km/h
  2. T10La Caixa112 km/h
  3. T1Elf150 km/h
  4. T3Renault238 km/h
  5. T9Campsa243 km/h
  6. T14New Holland253 km/h

Slowest point of each corner on the 2026 pole lap, George Russell, 1:14.679 lap.

Before and after

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