Shanghai Turn 14: the Slowest Corner at Shanghai

Turn 14 · Shanghai International Circuit · Shanghai, China

T14
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.

Heavy braking hairpin at the end of the straight; the main passing spot.

Min speed
69 km/h
Approach
331 km/h
Lowest gear
1st
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
89%
Into the lap
79.9 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 331 km/h and slowed to 69 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 14, shedding 262 km/h, down to 1st gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 190 km/h before Turn 15.

Turn 14 comes 89% of the way round the 5.451 km lap, 4.85 km after the start line, and the car got there 79.9 s into the 1:32.064 lap. At 69 km/h it is the slowest of the 16 corners on that lap.

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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