Renault: Turn 3 at Barcelona

Turn 3 · Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya · Montmeló, Barcelona, Spain

T3
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Renault; the bar across the track is the start line.

The long, fast, long-radius right that defines the lap.

Min speed
238 km/h
Approach
238 km/h
Lowest gear
6th
Throttle
68% min
Lap position
22%
Into the lap
13.8 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) carried 238 km/h through Renault with almost no speed lost from the approach, down to 6th gear. The throttle never dropped below 68%. Out of it the car reached 286 km/h before Turn 4. From the approach to the exit the track climbs 6 m.

Renault comes 22% of the way round the 4.657 km lap, 1.04 km after the start line, and the car got there 13.8 s into the 1:14.679 lap. At 238 km/h it is the 5th fastest 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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