Race Grid Guide

F1 glossary · Circuits

Kerb

Raised or painted track-edge feature that helps define the inside or outside of a corner.

In plain English

This term belongs to the Circuits side of Formula 1. Listen for it when commentators explain what a driver, car or team is doing and why the lap time or race situation is changing.

2026 context

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