Sepang Turns 5 and 6: Turns 5 and 6 at Sepang

Turns 5 and 6 · Sepang International Circuit · Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia

T5-6
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Turns 5 and 6; the bar across the track is the start line.

Fast esses that reward a committed, well-balanced car.

Min speed
248 km/h
Approach
262 km/h
Lowest gear
6th
Throttle
43% min
Lap position
34%
Into the lap
31.2 s

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

See Turns 5 and 6 in the interactive map →

Through the corner

On the 2026 pole lap, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) arrived at 262 km/h and slowed to 248 km/h at the slowest point of Turns 5 and 6, shedding 14 km/h, down to 6th gear. The throttle never dropped below 43%. Out of it the car reached 254 km/h before Turn 7.

Turns 5 and 6 comes 34% of the way round the 5.543 km lap, 1.91 km after the start line, and the car got there 31.2 s into the 1:35.130 lap. At 248 km/h it is the 3rd fastest of the 14 corners on that lap (turns 5 and 6 counted as one).

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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