2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi explained

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi was the first 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 Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

Paul Bonhomme from Great Britain took the opening race victory, finishing 0.084 seconds ahead of Australian pilot Matt Hall. The podium was completed by Canada's Pete McLeod, after Hannes Arch received a two-second time penalty. In the Challenger class, Chile's Cristian Bolton took the opening win ahead of Petr Kopfstein from the Czech Republic, while Mikaël Brageot completed the podium, after Daniel Ryfa received a two-second time penalty.

Master Class

Qualification

		Pilot	Run Time
1	55	Paul Bonhomme	57.178
2	95	Matt Hall	57.800
3	31	Yoshihide Muroya	59.093
4	10	Kirby Chambliss	1:00.036
5	21	Matthias Dolderer	1:00.111	+2sec
6	84	Pete McLeod	1:00.256	+2sec
7	99	Michael Goulian	1:00.716
8	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	1:00.788	+2sec
9	26	Juan Velarde	1:01.514
10	22	Hannes Arch	1:01.527	+4sec
11	91	Péter Besenyei	1:02.208
12	8	Martin Šonka	1:02.628	+4sec
13	12	François Le Vot	1:03.649	+2sec
14	9	Nigel Lamb	DSQ

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Matthias Dolderer (5) 57.653 58.698 Hannes Arch (10) 2 Kirby Chambliss (4) DNS 1:03.899 Péter Besenyei (11) 3 Pete McLeod (6) 1:00.901 1:08.541 Juan Velarde (9) 4 Yoshihide Muroya (3) 58.280 1:00.210 Martin Šonka (12) 5 Michael Goulian (7) 1:00.872 1:02.278 Nicolas Ivanoff (8) 6 Matt Hall (2) 1:00.278 1:01.014 François Le Vot (13) 7 Paul Bonhomme (1) 56.901 57.108 Nigel Lamb (14)

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified

• Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties
• Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties
• Pilot received 8 seconds in penalties

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Hannes Arch (10) 59.760 59.852 Péter Besenyei (11) 2 Yoshihide Muroya (3) 59.597 59.116 Pete McLeod (6) 3 Matt Hall (2) 58.520 1:01.814 Nicolas Ivanoff (8) 4 Paul Bonhomme (1) 58.094 59.576 Nigel Lamb (14)

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out

• Pilot received 1 second in penalties
• Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties

Final 4

		Pilot	Run Time
1	55	Paul Bonhomme	57.787
2	95	Matt Hall	57.871
3	84	Pete McLeod	58.843
4	22	Hannes Arch	1:00.233	+2sec

Challenger Class

Results

		Pilot	Run Time
1	5	Cristian Bolton	1:02.231
2	18	Petr Kopfstein	1:02.605
3	11	Mikaël Brageot	1:03.025
4	62	Florian Berger	1:03.597
5	17	Daniel Ryfa	1:04.735	+2sec
6	77	Francis Barros	DSQ

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Paul Bonhomme	12
2	Matt Hall	9
3	Pete McLeod	7
4	Hannes Arch	5
5	Nigel Lamb	4

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Cristian Bolton	10
2	Petr Kopfstein	8
3	Mikaël Brageot	6
4	Florian Bergér	4
5	Daniel Ryfa	2

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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Notes and References

1. News: Results - Abu Dhabi. 7 June 2015. Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Red Bull Air Race GmbH.