Bus Stop: the Slowest Corner at Spa-Francorchamps

Turns 18 and 19 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium

T18-19
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Bus Stop; the bar across the track is the start line.

Tight final chicane onto the main straight; late-braking passes.

Min speed
76 km/h
Approach
298 km/h
Lowest gear
1st
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
98%
Into the lap
101.0 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 298 km/h and slowed to 76 km/h at the slowest point of Bus Stop, shedding 222 km/h, down to 1st gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 266 km/h before La Source. From the approach to the exit the track climbs 24 m.

Bus Stop comes 98% of the way round the 7.004 km lap, 6.88 km after the start line, and the car got there 101.0 s into the 1:44.361 lap. At 76 km/h it is the slowest of the 18 corners on that lap (turns 18 and 19 counted as one).

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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