The Esses: Turns 3 to 6 at Circuit of the Americas

Turns 3 to 6 · Circuit of the Americas · Austin, Texas, United States

T3-6
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of The Esses; the bar across the track is the start line.

Fast, flowing downhill S-bends inspired by Maggotts and Becketts.

Min speed
241 km/h
Approach
281 km/h
Lowest gear
6th
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
27%
Into the lap
22.7 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2025 pole lap · Max Verstappen, 1:32.510

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Through the corner

On the 2025 pole lap, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) arrived at 281 km/h and slowed to 241 km/h at the slowest point of The Esses, shedding 40 km/h, down to 6th gear. The driver came fully off the throttle.

The Esses comes 27% of the way round the 5.513 km lap, 1.51 km after the start line, and the car got there 22.7 s into the 1:32.510 lap. At 241 km/h it is the 4th fastest of the 17 corners on that lap (turns 3 to 6 counted as one).

Named corners at Circuit of the Americas, slowest first

  1. T1Turn 191 km/h
  2. T11Turn 1191 km/h
  3. T13-15Stadium section94 km/h
  4. T12Turn 12104 km/h
  5. T16-18Turns 16-18202 km/h
  6. T19Turn 19218 km/h
  7. T3-6The Esses241 km/h

Slowest point of each corner on the 2025 pole lap, Max Verstappen, 1:32.510 lap.

Before and after

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