Yas Marina Turn 12: Braking from 283 to 114 km/h

Turn 12 · Yas Marina Circuit · Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

T12
Speed along the lap, slow (violet) to fast (red). The white ring is the slowest point of Turn 12; the bar across the track is the start line.

Into the flowing marina complex by the hotel.

Min speed
114 km/h
Approach
283 km/h
Lowest gear
3rd
Throttle
Fully off
Lap position
81%
Into the lap
63.4 s

Real F1 telemetry · 2025 pole lap · Max Verstappen, 1:22.207

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Through the corner

On the 2025 pole lap, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) arrived at 283 km/h and slowed to 114 km/h at the slowest point of Turn 12, shedding 169 km/h, down to 3rd gear. The driver came fully off the throttle. Out of it the car reached 153 km/h before Turn 13.

Turn 12 comes 81% of the way round the 5.281 km lap, 4.25 km after the start line, and the car got there 63.4 s into the 1:22.207 lap. At 114 km/h it is the 4th slowest of the 16 corners on that lap.

Named corners at Yas Marina, slowest first

  1. T6Turn 671 km/h
  2. T12Turn 12114 km/h
  3. T16Turn 16138 km/h
  4. T9Turn 9188 km/h
  5. T2Turn 2249 km/h

Slowest point of each corner on the 2025 pole lap, Max Verstappen, 1:22.207 lap.

Before and after

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