The Snail: Braking from 321 to 96 km/h

Turns 1 to 4 · Shanghai International Circuit · Shanghai, China

T1-4
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of The Snail; the bar across the track is the start line.

Long, ever-tightening right that spirals down to a slow apex.

Min speed
96 km/h
Approach
321 km/h
Lowest gear
2nd
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
17%
Into the lap
15.5 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2026 pole lap · Kimi Antonelli, 1:32.064

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Through the corner

On the 2026 pole lap, Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) arrived at 321 km/h and slowed to 96 km/h at the slowest point of The Snail, shedding 225 km/h, down to 2nd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 286 km/h before Turn 5.

The Snail comes 17% of the way round the 5.451 km lap, 0.93 km after the start line, and the car got there 15.5 s into the 1:32.064 lap. At 96 km/h it is the 4th slowest of the 13 corners on that lap (turns 1 to 4 counted as one).

Named corners at Shanghai, slowest first

  1. T14Turn 1469 km/h
  2. T6Turn 681 km/h
  3. T11Turn 1194 km/h
  4. T1-4The Snail96 km/h
  5. T13Turn 13211 km/h

Slowest point of each corner on the 2026 pole lap, Kimi Antonelli, 1:32.064 lap.

Before and after

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