On the 2026 pole lap, Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) arrived at 97 km/h and slowed to 75 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 16, shedding 22 km/h, down to 2nd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 342 km/h before Turn 17.
Turn 16 comes 67% of the way round the 5.412 km lap, 3.64 km after the start line, and the car got there 58.7 s into the 1:27.798 lap. At 75 km/h it is the joint slowest of the 19 corners on that lap.