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The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg was the sixth round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.Red Bull Air Race World Championship Red Bull Air Race GmbH http://www.redbullairrace.com/en_INT/results Results - Spielberg 12 September 2015 The event was held at the Red Bull Ring, in Spielberg, Austria.
After nine previous podium finishes, Australian pilot Matt Hall took his first Air Race victory by 0.057 seconds ahead of championship leader Paul Bonhomme, while American Kirby Chambliss took his first podium since June 2010 in third place. In the Challenger class, French pilot Mikaël Brageot took his first victory of the season, finishing 0.126 seconds clear of Petr Kopfstein.
Master Class
Qualification
Constant poor weather conditions, including heavy rain and low clouds forced the Race Committee to cancel the Qualifying round. According to the official rules, the start list of the Round of 14 on Sunday was based on the pre-event World Championship rankings.
Round of 14
Heat Pilot One Time One Pilot One's time Time Two Pilot Two's time Pilot Two 1 GBR Nigel Lamb (5) DNF 58.5763 1 USA Michael Goulian (10) 2 CZE Martin Šonka (4) 57.688 57.939 HUN Péter Besenyei (11) 3 CAN Pete McLeod (6) 57.027 58.138 FRA Nicolas Ivanoff (9) 4 AUT Hannes Arch (3) DNF 58.876 USA Kirby Chambliss (12) 5 GER Matthias Dolderer (7) 59.811 1:00.7364 2 JPN Yoshihide Muroya (8) 6 AUS Matt Hall (2) 1:02.4265 3 1:05.8536 4 ESP Juan Velarde (13) 7 GBR Paul Bonhomme (1) 1:01.5364 2 DNF FRA François Le Vot (14)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified
3 1 Pilot received 1 second in penalties.
4 2 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
5 3 Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties.
6 4 Pilot received 7 seconds in penalties.
Round of 8
Heat Pilot One Time One Pilot One's time Time Two Pilot Two's time Pilot Two 1 CZE Martin Šonka (4) 58.698 1:01.609 USA Michael Goulian (10) 2 CAN Pete McLeod (6) 58.912 58.258 USA Kirby Chambliss (12) 3 AUS Matt Hall (2) 57.721 1:00.5723 1 GER Matthias Dolderer (7) 4 GBR Paul Bonhomme (1) 57.553 DSQ HUN Péter Besenyei (11)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out
3 1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
Final 4
Pos Position No. Aircraft number Pilot Run Time Pen Penalties 1 95 AUS Matt Hall 56.851 2 55 GBR Paul Bonhomme 56.908 3 10 USA Kirby Chambliss 58.291 4 8 CZE Martin Šonka 58.422
Challenger Class
Results
Pos Position No. Aircraft number Pilot Run Time Pen Penalties 1 11 FRA Mikaël Brageot 1:05.576 2 18 CZE Petr Kopfstein 1:05.702 3 17 SWE Daniel Ryfa 1:07.080 4 37 SLO Peter Podlunšek 1:08.305 5 62 GER Florian Berger 1:09.366 6 77 BRA Francis Barros 1:13.990 +4sec
Standings after the event
Master Class standings
Pos Pilot Pts Points 1 GBR Paul Bonhomme 55 2 AUS Matt Hall 50 3 AUT Hannes Arch 30 4 CZE Martin Šonka 23 5 CAN Pete McLeod 18
Challenger Class standings
Pos Pilot Pts Points 1 CZE Petr Kopfstein 28 SWE Daniel Ryfa 3 FRA Mikaël Brageot 26 4 CHI Cristian Bolton 24 5 SLO Peter Podlunšek 14
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
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