On the 2026 pole lap, Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) arrived at 342 km/h and slowed to 75 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 17, shedding 267 km/h, down to 2nd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 206 km/h before Turn 18.
Turn 17 comes 92% of the way round the 5.412 km lap, 4.97 km after the start line, and the car got there 79.8 s into the 1:27.798 lap. At 75 km/h it is the joint slowest of the 19 corners on that lap.