Hungaroring Turn 1: the Slowest Corner at Hungaroring

Turn 1 · Hungaroring · Mogyoród, near Budapest, Hungary

T1
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Turn 1; the bar across the track is the start line.

Downhill right at the end of the main straight; the heaviest braking and main overtaking spot.

Min speed
93 km/h
Approach
325 km/h
Lowest gear
2nd
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
15%
Into the lap
8.9 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2026 pole lap · Lando Norris, 1:17.207

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Through the corner

On the 2026 pole lap, Lando Norris (McLaren) arrived at 325 km/h and slowed to 93 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 1, shedding 232 km/h, down to 2nd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 252 km/h before Turn 2. From the approach to the exit the track drops 12 m.

Turn 1 comes 15% of the way round the 4.381 km lap, 0.64 km after the start line, and the car got there 8.9 s into the 1:17.207 lap. At 93 km/h it is the slowest of the 14 corners on that lap.

Named corners at Hungaroring, slowest first

  1. T1Turn 193 km/h
  2. T12-13Turns 12-1398 km/h
  3. T6-7Turns 6-7112 km/h
  4. T2Turn 2125 km/h
  5. T11Turn 11220 km/h
  6. T4Turn 4239 km/h

Slowest point of each corner on the 2026 pole lap, Lando Norris, 1:17.207 lap.

Before and after

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