Through the corner
On the 2025 pole lap, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) arrived at 207 km/h and slowed to 94 km/h at the slowest point of Stadium section, shedding 113 km/h, down to 3rd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 229 km/h before Turns 16-18.
Stadium section comes 78% of the way round the 5.513 km lap, 4.31 km after the start line, and the car got there 71.7 s into the 1:32.510 lap. At 94 km/h it is the 3rd slowest of the 18 corners on that lap (turns 13 to 15 counted as one).
Named corners at Circuit of the Americas, slowest first
- T1Turn 191 km/h
- T11Turn 1191 km/h
- T13-15Stadium section94 km/h
- T12Turn 12104 km/h
- T16-18Turns 16-18202 km/h
- T19Turn 19218 km/h
- T3-6The Esses241 km/h
Slowest point of each corner on the 2025 pole lap, Max Verstappen, 1:32.510 lap.