On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) arrived at 281 km/h and slowed to 77 km/h at the slowest point of Turns 1-2, shedding 204 km/h, down to 1st gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 234 km/h before Turn 3. From the approach to the exit the track climbs 5 m.
Turns 1-2 comes 8% of the way round the 4.361 km lap, 0.36 km after the start line, and the car got there 7.0 s into the 1:12.578 lap. At 77 km/h it is the 3rd slowest of the 13 corners on that lap (turns 1 and 2 counted as one).