Descida do Lago: Braking from 329 to 170 km/h

Turn 4 · Autódromo José Carlos Pace · São Paulo, Brazil

T4
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Descida do Lago; the bar across the track is the start line.

Fast downhill left toward the lake.

Min speed
170 km/h
Approach
329 km/h
Lowest gear
4th
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
34%
Into the lap
21.6 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2025 pole lap · Lando Norris, 1:09.511

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Through the corner

On the 2025 pole lap, Lando Norris (McLaren) arrived at 329 km/h and slowed to 170 km/h at the slowest point of Descida do Lago, shedding 159 km/h, down to 4th gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 241 km/h before Turn 5. From the approach to the exit the track drops 10 m.

Descida do Lago comes 34% of the way round the 4.309 km lap, 1.47 km after the start line, and the car got there 21.6 s into the 1:09.511 lap. At 170 km/h it is the 7th slowest of the 15 corners on that lap.

Named corners at Interlagos, slowest first

  1. T10Pinheirinho89 km/h
  2. T8Ferradura98 km/h
  3. T1Senna S110 km/h
  4. T12Juncão127 km/h
  5. T4Descida do Lago170 km/h

Slowest point of each corner on the 2025 pole lap, Lando Norris, 1:09.511 lap.

Before and after

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