On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) arrived at 290 km/h and slowed to 62 km/h at the slowest point of Hairpin, shedding 228 km/h, down to 1st gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 182 km/h before Turn 11.
Hairpin comes 62% of the way round the 4.361 km lap, 2.72 km after the start line, and the car got there 47.6 s into the 1:12.578 lap. At 62 km/h it is the slowest of the 14 corners on that lap.