Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Wall of Champions; the bar across the track is the start line.
Final chicane onto the straight, walls waiting on the exit.
Min speed
140 km/h
Approach
319 km/h
Lowest gear
3rd
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
91%
Into the lap
66.5 s
Real F1 telemetry · 2026 pole lap · George Russell, 1:12.578
On the 2026 pole lap, George Russell (Mercedes) arrived at 319 km/h and slowed to 140 km/h at the slowest point of Wall of Champions, shedding 179 km/h, down to 3rd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 281 km/h before Turns 1-2.
Wall of Champions comes 91% of the way round the 4.361 km lap, 3.96 km after the start line, and the car got there 66.5 s into the 1:12.578 lap. At 140 km/h it is the 7th fastest of the 13 corners on that lap (turns 13 and 14 counted as one).