On the 2026 pole lap, Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) arrived at 175 km/h and slowed to 130 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 8, shedding 45 km/h, down to 3rd gear. The throttle never dropped below 6%. Out of it the car reached 330 km/h before Turn 9.
Turn 8 comes 32% of the way round the 5.412 km lap, 1.74 km after the start line, and the car got there 26.8 s into the 1:27.798 lap. At 130 km/h it is the 9th slowest of the 19 corners on that lap.