Through the corner
On the 2025 pole lap, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) arrived at 300 km/h and slowed to 186 km/h at the slowest point of Spoon, shedding 114 km/h, down to 5th gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 302 km/h before 130R. From the approach to the exit the track drops 8 m.
Spoon comes 69% of the way round the 5.807 km lap, 4.02 km after the start line, and the car got there 60.1 s into the 1:26.983 lap. At 186 km/h it is the joint 6th slowest of the 17 corners on that lap (turns 13 and 14 counted as one).
Named corners at Suzuka, slowest first
- T11Hairpin78 km/h
- T16-17Casio Triangle100 km/h
- T3-7The Esses186 km/h
- T13-14Spoon186 km/h
- T8Degner286 km/h
- T15130R296 km/h
Slowest point of each corner on the 2025 pole lap, Max Verstappen, 1:26.983 lap.