Blanchimont: Flat Out at 292 km/h

Turn 17 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium

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

Flat-out left kink before the final chicane.

Min speed
292 km/h
Approach
326 km/h
Lowest gear
7th
Throttle
Flat out
Lap position
90%
Into the lap
91.2 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2026 pole lap · Kimi Antonelli, 1:44.361

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Through the corner

On the 2026 pole lap, Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) arrived at 326 km/h and slowed to 292 km/h at the slowest point of Blanchimont, shedding 34 km/h, staying in 7th gear. The throttle stayed fully open through the whole corner. From the approach to the exit the track climbs 9 m.

Blanchimont comes 90% of the way round the 7.004 km lap, 6.31 km after the start line, and the car got there 91.2 s into the 1:44.361 lap. At 292 km/h it is the 5th fastest of the 19 corners on that lap.

Named corners at Spa-Francorchamps, slowest first

  1. T18-19Bus Stop76 km/h
  2. T1La Source81 km/h
  3. T8Rivage125 km/h
  4. T5Les Combes155 km/h
  5. T10-11Pouhon266 km/h
  6. T17Blanchimont292 km/h
  7. T3-4Eau Rouge / Raidillon301 km/h

Slowest point of each corner on the 2026 pole lap, Kimi Antonelli, 1:44.361 lap.

Before and after

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