On the 2026 pole lap, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) arrived at 303 km/h and slowed to 125 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 7, shedding 178 km/h, down to 3rd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 202 km/h before Turn 8.
Turn 7 comes 34% of the way round the 4.940 km lap, 1.67 km after the start line, and the car got there 28.6 s into the 1:31.373 lap. At 125 km/h it is the 7th slowest of the 19 corners on that lap.