2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

Eleventh Red Bull Air Race World Championship series 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2015 2017 World Location 310 World Abu Dhabi 4 24 28 17 N 54 19 50 E Red pog.svg 4 bottom World Spielberg 4 47 13 11 N 14 45 53 E Red pog.svg 4 bottom World Chiba 4 35 38 23 140 01 55 Red pog.svg 4 right World Budapest 4 47 30 23 N 19 02 33 E Red pog.svg 4 right World Ascot 4 51 24 58 N 0 40 37 W Red pog.svg 4 left World Lausitz 4 51 32 00 N 13 55 10 E Red pog.svg 4 top World Indianapolis 4 39 47 54 N 86 13 58 W Red pog.svg 4 top World Las Vegas 4 36 16 16.82 N 115 0 40.03 W Red pog.svg 4 bottom The 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the eleventh Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. Aircraft and pilots Master Class Team No. Aircraft number Pilot Aircraft Rounds Cristian Bolton Racing 5 CHI Cristian Bolton Zivko Edge 540 V2 7–8 Team Sonka 8 CZE Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 V3 All Breitling Racing Team 9 GBR Nigel Lamb MX Aircraft MXS-R All 11 FRA Mikaël Brageot Master Mentoring Program 12 FRA François Le Vot Zivko Edge 540 V2 All Team Chambliss 10 USA Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 V3 All Team Spielberg 18 CZE Petr Kopfstein Zivko Edge 540 V3 All Matthias Dolderer Racing 21 GER Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 V3 All Hannes Arch Racing 22 22 AUT Hannes Archhttp://www.redbullairrace.com/en_INT/pilots Pilots 6 February 2016 RedBullAirRace.com Zivko Edge 540 V3 1–6 Team Velarde 26 ESP Juan Velarde Zivko Edge 540 V2 All Team Hamilton 27 FRA Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 V2 All Team Falken 31 JPN Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 All Peter Podlunšek Racing 37 SLO Peter Podlunšek Zivko Edge 540 V2 All Team Garmin 84 CAN Pete McLeod Zivko Edge 540 V3 All Matt Hall Racing 95 AUS Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS-R 1–7 Team Goulian 99 USA Michael Goulian Zivko Edge 540 V2 All Pilot changes Reigning champion Paul Bonhomme and inaugural champion Péter Besenyei retired from the sport following the final round of the 2015 season. Petr Kopfstein and Peter Podlunšek made their debuts in the Master Class, having finished equal 1st and 5th respectively in the previous years' Challenger Class standings. Mid-season changes Cristian Bolton stepped up to the Master Class following the death of Hannes Arch before the Indianapolis round of the series.http://www.redbullairrace.com/en_INT/article/bolton-steps-master-class Bolton steps up to the Master Class 23 September 2016 RedBullAirRace.com Challenger Class All Challenger Cup Pilots used an Extra 330LX. No. Aircraft number Pilot Rounds 33 FRA Mélanie Astles 2–8 77 BRA Francis Barros 1–3 62 GER Florian Bergér 1–2, 4–6, 8 5 CHI Cristian Bolton 1–5 48 USA Kevin Coleman 1–3, 5–8 6 POL Luke Czepiela 1, 3–4, 6–8 24 GBR Ben Murphy 1, 3–8 17 SWE Daniel Ryfa 1–2, 4–6, 8 Pilot changes Mélanie Astles, Kevin Coleman, Luke Czepiela and Ben Murphy will make their debuts in the Challenger Class. Astles will become the first female pilot to compete in a Red Bull Air Race event. Race calendar and results The eight-event calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 16 December 2015.http://www.redbullairrace.com/en_INT/article/2016-red-bull-air-race-calendar-launched Two amazing new locations announced for the 2016 World Championship 16 December 2015 16 December 2015 RedBullAirRace.com Round Country Location Date Fastest Qualifying Winning Pilot Winning Aircraft Winning Challenger Report 1 Abu Dhabi 11–12 March AUS Matt Hall FRA Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 SWE Daniel Ryfa report 2 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 23–24 April ESP Juan Velarde GER Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 GER Florian Bergér report 3 Makuhari, Chiba 4–5 June cancelled JPN Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 CHI Cristian Bolton report 4 Budapest 16–17 July cancelled GER Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 SWE Daniel Ryfa report 5 Ascot Racecourse, Ascot 13–14 August GER Matthias Dolderer AUS Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS USA Kevin Coleman report 6 Lausitzring, Klettwitz 3–4 September GBR Nigel Lamb AUS Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS GER Florian Bergér report 7 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana 1–2 October JPN Yoshihide Muroya GER Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 POL Luke Czepiela report 8 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas 15–16 October cancelled due to high winds report Championship standings Master Class Master Class scoring system Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11–14th  Points 15 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Pos. Position Pilot ABUUAE SPEAUT CHIJPN BUD**HUN ASCGBR LAUGER INDUSA LVGUSA Points 1 DEU Matthias Dolderer 2 1 8 1 2 2 1 C 80.25 2 AUS Matt Hall 9 5 7 3 1 1 4 55.75 3 AUT Hannes Arch † EX * 2 6 2 3 5 41 4 GBR Nigel Lamb 11 3 4 6 6 10 2 C 37.75 5 FRA Nicolas Ivanoff 1 7 DNS 7 7 7 6 C 35 6 JPN Yoshihide Muroya 8 13 1 5 8 14 5 C 31.5 7 CZE Martin Šonka DSQ 9 2 13 5 4 7 C 31 8 CAN Pete McLeod 7 4 12 9 13 3 3 C 30.5 9 USA Kirby Chambliss 5 6 3 4 9 8 DSQ C 30.25 10 USA Michael Goulian 6 10 13 10 4 6 10 C 19.75 11 ESP Juan Velarde 10 14 5 8 11 9 8 C 14.25 12 FRA François Le Vot 3 12 10 14 12 12 12 C 10 13 SVN Peter Podlunšek 12 8 11 11 10 13 11 C 4 14 CZE Petr Kopfstein 13 11 9 12 14 11 9 C 4 15 CHI Cristian Bolton 13 C 0 Pos. Position Pilot ABUUAE SPEAUT CHIJPN BUDHUN ASCGBR LAUGER INDUSA LVGUSA PointsBold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot * Arch finished 4th but was later excluded from the results; thus the points for 4th place were not awarded to any pilot. ** The final four wasn't held because of bad weather, 75% of points were awarded for this situation. Challenger Class Challenger Class scoring system Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Points 10 8 6 4 2 0 Pos. Position Pilot ABUUAE SPEAUT CHIJPN BUDHUN ASCGBR LAUGER INDUSA LVGUSA Drop Points dropped Points 1 GER Florian Bergér 3 1 4 2 1 C 10 28 2 SWE Daniel Ryfa 1 3 1 5 4 C 6 26 3 USA Kevin Coleman 2 2 2 1 6 4 C 12 26 4 POL Luke Czepiela 5 3 3 2 1 C 14 26 5 CHI Cristian Bolton 4 1 6 3 20 6 GBR Ben Murphy 4 5 2 6 3 3 C 6 20 7 FRA Mélanie Astles 6 4 5 4 5 2 C 4 16 8 BRA Francis Barros DSQ 5 6 2 Pos. Position Pilot ABUUAE SPEAUT CHIJPN BUDHUN ASCGBR LAUGER INDUSA LVGUSA Drop Points dropped Points References External links http://www.redbullairrace.com/ Red Bull Air Race official website Category:Red Bull Air Race World Championship seasons Red Bull Air Race Red Bull Air Race