On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) arrived at 253 km/h and slowed to 96 km/h at the slowest point of Turns 6-7, shedding 157 km/h, down to 2nd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 296 km/h before Turn 8.
Turns 6-7 comes 29% of the way round the 4.361 km lap, 1.28 km after the start line, and the car got there 24.2 s into the 1:12.578 lap. At 96 km/h it is the 4th slowest of the 13 corners on that lap (turns 6 and 7 counted as one).