2015 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba was the second round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.[1] The event was held in Chiba, a port city in Japan.

Championship leader Paul Bonhomme took his second victory in as many races, finishing 0.382 seconds clear of Matt Hall, who finished second to Bonhomme as he did in Abu Dhabi. The podium was completed by Matthias Dolderer, who matched his career best result with third place. In the Challenger class, Petr Kopfstein took victory by 0.592 seconds ahead of Daniel Ryfa.

Master Class

Qualification

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 27 France Nicolas Ivanoff 51.102
2 21 Germany Matthias Dolderer 51.530
3 55 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme 51.653
4 95 Australia Matt Hall 51.951
5 99 United States Michael Goulian 52.014
6 8 Czech Republic Martin Šonka 52.024
7 10 United States Kirby Chambliss 52.086
8 26 Spain Juan Velarde 52.106
9 31 Japan Yoshihide Muroya 52.429
10 84 Canada Pete McLeod 52.614
11 9 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb 53.375
12 22 Austria Hannes Arch 53.416 +2sec
13 91 Hungary Péter Besenyei 55.183
14 12 France François Le Vot DNS

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 United States Michael Goulian (5) 52.976 55.7823 Canada Pete McLeod (10)
2 Australia Matt Hall (4) 50.888 51.826 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb (11)
3 Czech Republic Martin Šonka (6) 54.7531 50.779 Japan Yoshihide Muroya (9)
4 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme (3) 51.560 54.8371 Austria Hannes Arch (12)
5 United States Kirby Chambliss (7) 54.106 54.241 Spain Juan Velarde (8)
6 Germany Matthias Dolderer (2) 55.050 59.9282 Hungary Péter Besenyei (13)
7 France Nicolas Ivanoff (1) 55.1011 1:03.2794 France François Le Vot (14)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Australia Matt Hall (4) 51.452 52.917 United States Michael Goulian (5)
2 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme (3) 51.392 DNF Japan Yoshihide Muroya (9)
3 Germany Matthias Dolderer (2) 52.365 53.631 United States Kirby Chambliss (7)
4 France Nicolas Ivanoff (1) 52.146 52.448 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb (11)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

Final 4

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 55 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme 51.502
2 95 Australia Matt Hall 51.884
3 21 Germany Matthias Dolderer 53.903 +2sec
4 27 France Nicolas Ivanoff DNF

Challenger Class

Results

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 18 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein 56.584
2 17 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 57.176
3 5 Chile Cristian Bolton 57.865
4 62 Germany Florian Berger 58.340
5 77 Brazil Francis Barros 59.053
6 37 Slovenia Peter Podlunšek 1:01.708 +4sec

Standings after the event

Master Class standings
Pos Pilot Pts
1 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme 24
2 Australia Matt Hall 18
3 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb 8
4 Germany Matthias Dolderer 7
Canada Pete McLeod

Challenger Class standings
Pos Pilot Pts
1 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein 18
2 Chile Cristian Bolton 16
3 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 10
4 Germany Florian Berger 8
5 France Mikaël Brageot 6

References

  1. "Results - Chiba". Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Red Bull Air Race GmbH. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

External links

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