Miami Turn 1: Braking from 296 to 103 km/h

Turn 1 · Miami International Autodrome · Miami Gardens, Florida, United States

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.

Heavy braking off the first straight; a key passing spot.

Min speed
103 km/h
Approach
296 km/h
Lowest gear
2nd
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
8%
Into the lap
6.9 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2026 pole lap · Kimi Antonelli, 1:27.798

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Through the corner

On the 2026 pole lap, Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) arrived at 296 km/h and slowed to 103 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 1, shedding 193 km/h, down to 2nd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 160 km/h before Turn 2.

Turn 1 comes 8% of the way round the 5.412 km lap, 0.46 km after the start line, and the car got there 6.9 s into the 1:27.798 lap. At 103 km/h it is the 8th slowest of the 19 corners on that lap.

Named corners at Miami, slowest first

  1. T16Turn 1675 km/h
  2. T17Turn 1775 km/h
  3. T11Turn 1192 km/h
  4. T1Turn 1103 km/h
  5. T8Turn 8130 km/h

Slowest point of each corner on the 2026 pole lap, Kimi Antonelli, 1:27.798 lap.

Before and after

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