Sepang Turn 9: Braking from 273 to 76 km/h

Turn 9 · Sepang International Circuit · Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia

T9
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Turn 9; the bar across the track is the start line.

Slow uphill left hairpin at the far end of the lap.

Min speed
76 km/h
Approach
273 km/h
Lowest gear
1st
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
52%
Into the lap
44.7 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 273 km/h and slowed to 76 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 9, shedding 197 km/h, down to 1st gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 175 km/h before Turn 10. From the approach to the exit the track climbs 6 m.

Turn 9 comes 52% of the way round the 5.543 km lap, 2.89 km after the start line, and the car got there 44.7 s into the 1:35.130 lap. At 76 km/h it is the 3rd 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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