Through the corner
On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) arrived at 252 km/h and slowed to 112 km/h at the slowest point of La Caixa, shedding 140 km/h, down to 2nd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 194 km/h before Turn 11.
La Caixa comes 73% of the way round the 4.657 km lap, 3.41 km after the start line, and the car got there 54.7 s into the 1:14.679 lap. At 112 km/h it is the 2nd slowest of the 14 corners on that lap.
Named corners at Barcelona, slowest first
- T5Seat111 km/h
- T10La Caixa112 km/h
- T1Elf150 km/h
- T3Renault238 km/h
- T9Campsa243 km/h
- T14New Holland253 km/h
Slowest point of each corner on the 2026 pole lap, George Russell, 1:14.679 lap.