Through the corner
On the 2026 pole lap, Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) arrived at 223 km/h and slowed to 127 km/h at the slowest point of Swimming Pool, shedding 96 km/h, down to 2nd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 174 km/h before Turn 17.
Swimming Pool comes 81% of the way round the 3.337 km lap, 2.70 km after the start line, and the car got there 57.4 s into the 1:12.051 lap. At 127 km/h it is the 7th fastest of the 16 corners on that lap (turns 13 to 16 counted as one).
Named corners at Monaco, slowest first
- T6Grand Hôtel Hairpin47 km/h
- T18La Rascasse62 km/h
- T10-11Nouvelle Chicane70 km/h
- T8Portier82 km/h
- T19Anthony Noghès83 km/h
- T1Sainte Dévote114 km/h
- T13-16Swimming Pool127 km/h
- T4Casino139 km/h
- T3Massenet164 km/h
- T12Tabac169 km/h
Slowest point of each corner on the 2026 pole lap, Kimi Antonelli, 1:12.051 lap.