Through the corner
On the 2025 pole lap, Lando Norris (McLaren) carried 119 km/h through Final chicane with almost no speed lost from the approach, down to 3rd gear. The throttle never dropped below 46%. Out of it the car reached 318 km/h before Opening complex. From the approach to the exit the track drops 8 m.
Final chicane comes 87% of the way round the 6.201 km lap, 5.37 km after the start line, and the car got there 96.5 s into the 1:47.934 lap. At 119 km/h it is the 7th fastest of the 16 corners on that lap (turns 16 and 17 counted as one).
Named corners at Las Vegas, slowest first
- T9-11Sphere section71 km/h
- T14Koval hairpin75 km/h
- T5-7Strip entry85 km/h
- T12Strip braking zone88 km/h
- T1-2Opening complex92 km/h
- T16-17Final chicane119 km/h
Slowest point of each corner on the 2025 pole lap, Lando Norris, 1:47.934 lap.