Sepang Turn 14: Braking from 261 to 109 km/h

Turn 14 · Sepang International Circuit · Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia

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Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Turn 14; the bar across the track is the start line.

Right-hand hairpin onto the long back straight.

Min speed
109 km/h
Approach
261 km/h
Lowest gear
3rd
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
71%
Into the lap
62.0 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2026 pole lap · Max Verstappen, 1:35.130

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Through the corner

On the 2026 pole lap, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) arrived at 261 km/h and slowed to 109 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 14, shedding 152 km/h, down to 3rd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 140 km/h before Turn 15. From the approach to the exit the track climbs 5 m.

Turn 14 comes 71% of the way round the 5.543 km lap, 3.95 km after the start line, and the car got there 62.0 s into the 1:35.130 lap. At 109 km/h it is the 6th slowest of the 15 corners on that lap.

Named corners at Sepang, slowest first

  1. T1Turn 174 km/h
  2. T9Turn 976 km/h
  3. T15Turn 1581 km/h
  4. T14Turn 14109 km/h
  5. T5-6Turns 5 and 6248 km/h

Slowest point of each corner on the 2026 pole lap, Max Verstappen, 1:35.130 lap.

Before and after

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