F1 Top Speeds by Team

About this chart

What it shows. The highest top speed each team recorded during the session, ranked from fastest to slowest. It is a quick read on which cars are the most slippery in a straight line at that circuit.

How to read it. Each bar is one team, fastest at the top. The number on the bar is that team's top speed in km/h, the highest reading from either of its two drivers on any lap. Bar lengths are measured from the slowest team, so its bar is empty and the chart magnifies small differences. Bars use team colours.

What to look for. A team well ahead here but slow overall is usually running a low-drag, low-downforce wing, trading corner speed for straight-line speed. A big jump between practice and qualifying can show a team trimming its wing for Saturday. Compare with the downforce configurations chart for the same session for a fuller picture.

Data and caveats. Speed readings from the official F1 timing feed, processed with FastF1 and published by TracingInsights. The circuit has several timing points; the chart uses the one that most often records the highest speed, normally the speed trap, but it does not say which. A single best reading can come from a slipstream or DRS, and speeds are rounded down to whole km/h.