On the 2026 pole lap, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) arrived at 252 km/h and slowed to 145 km/h at the slowest point of Memorial, shedding 107 km/h, down to 4th gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 299 km/h before Turn 6.
Memorial comes 18% of the way round the 4.940 km lap, 0.87 km after the start line, and the car got there 16.3 s into the 1:31.373 lap. At 145 km/h it is the 8th fastest of the 19 corners on that lap.