Through the corner
On the 2025 pole lap, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) arrived at 283 km/h and slowed to 218 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 19, shedding 65 km/h, down to 6th gear. The throttle never dropped below 3%. Out of it the car reached 223 km/h before Turn 20.
Turn 19 comes 92% of the way round the 5.513 km lap, 5.07 km after the start line, and the car got there 83.5 s into the 1:32.510 lap. At 218 km/h it is the 9th fastest of the 20 corners on that lap.
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.