2015 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba explained

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

		Pilot	Run Time
1	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	51.102
2	21	Matthias Dolderer	51.530
3	55	Paul Bonhomme	51.653
4	95	Matt Hall	51.951
5	99	Michael Goulian	52.014
6	8	Martin Šonka	52.024
7	10	Kirby Chambliss	52.086
8	26	Juan Velarde	52.106
9	31	Yoshihide Muroya	52.429
10	84	Pete McLeod	52.614
11	9	Nigel Lamb	53.375
12	22	Hannes Arch	53.416	+2sec
13	91	Péter Besenyei	55.183
14	12	François Le Vot	DNS

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Michael Goulian (5) 52.976 55.782 Pete McLeod (10) 2 Matt Hall (4) 50.888 51.826 Nigel Lamb (11) 3 Martin Šonka (6) 54.753 50.779 Yoshihide Muroya (9) 4 Paul Bonhomme (3) 51.560 54.837 Hannes Arch (12) 5 Kirby Chambliss (7) 54.106 54.241 Juan Velarde (8) 6 Matthias Dolderer (2) 55.050 59.928 Péter Besenyei (13) 7 Nicolas Ivanoff (1) 55.101 1:03.279 François Le Vot (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 5 seconds in penalties.
• Pilot received 6 seconds in penalties.

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Matt Hall (4) 51.452 52.917 Michael Goulian (5) 2 Paul Bonhomme (3) 51.392 DNF Yoshihide Muroya (9) 3 Matthias Dolderer (2) 52.365 53.631 Kirby Chambliss (7) 4 Nicolas Ivanoff (1) 52.146 52.448 Nigel Lamb (11)

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out

Final 4

		Pilot	Run Time
1	55	Paul Bonhomme	51.502
2	95	Matt Hall	51.884
3	21	Matthias Dolderer	53.903	+2sec
4	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	DNF

Challenger Class

Results

		Pilot	Run Time
1	18	Petr Kopfstein	56.584
2	17	Daniel Ryfa	57.176
3	5	Cristian Bolton	57.865
4	62	Florian Berger	58.340
5	77	Francis Barros	59.053
6	37	Peter Podlunšek	1:01.708	+4sec

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Paul Bonhomme	24
2	Matt Hall	18
3	Nigel Lamb	8
4	Matthias Dolderer	7
	Pete McLeod

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Petr Kopfstein	18
2	Cristian Bolton	16
3	Daniel Ryfa	10
4	Florian Berger	8
5	Mikaël Brageot	6

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

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Notes and References

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