2015 Red Bull Air Race of Fort Worth explained

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Fort Worth was the seventh 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 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.

Championship leader Paul Bonhomme took his fourth victory of the season, finishing 0.767 seconds ahead of title rival Matt Hall, while Yoshihide Muroya matched his best Air Race result, with a third-place finish. In the Challenger class, France's Mikaël Brageot took his second win in succession, 0.208 seconds ahead of Peter Podlunšek.

Master Class

Qualification

		Pilot	Run Time
1	21	Matthias Dolderer	55.584
2	31	Yoshihide Muroya	55.610
3	84	Pete McLeod	55.621
4	95	Matt Hall	56.598
5	10	Kirby Chambliss	56.603
6	55	Paul Bonhomme	56.648
7	26	Juan Velarde	56.976
8	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	57.110
9	22	Hannes Arch	59.023	+3sec
10	8	Martin Šonka	59.128	+2sec
11	9	Nigel Lamb	59.159	+2sec
12	99	Michael Goulian	59.762
13	91	Péter Besenyei	59.866	+2sec
14	12	François Le Vot	1:02.839	+3sec

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Kirby Chambliss (5) 57.952 55.846 Martin Šonka (10) 2 Matt Hall (4) 54.800 54.620 Nigel Lamb (11) 3 Paul Bonhomme (6) 56.039 57.623 Hannes Arch (9) 4 Pete McLeod (3) 56.476 57.307 Michael Goulian (12) 5 Juan Velarde (7) 1:00.443 59.948 Nicolas Ivanoff (8) 6 Yoshihide Muroya (2) 59.121 1:00.308 Péter Besenyei (13) 7 Matthias Dolderer (1) 57.840 1:02.940 François Le Vot (14)

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified

• Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
• Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties.

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Martin Šonka (10) 58.046 1:00.003 Nigel Lamb (11) 2 Pete McLeod (3) DNF 56.452 Paul Bonhomme (6) 3 Yoshihide Muroya (2) 57.477 1:00.334 Nicolas Ivanoff (8) 4 Matthias Dolderer (1) 56.650 56.290 Matt Hall (4)

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out

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

Final 4

		Pilot	Run Time
1	55	Paul Bonhomme	55.285
2	95	Matt Hall	56.052
3	31	Yoshihide Muroya	59.413	+3sec
4	8	Martin Šonka	1:02.900	+5sec

Challenger Class

Results

		Pilot	Run Time
1	11	Mikaël Brageot	1:07.614
2	37	Peter Podlunšek	1:07.822
3	62	Florian Berger	1:10.272	+3sec
4	5	Cristian Bolton	1:10.422	+3sec
5	77	Francis Barros	1:16.143	+2sec
6	18	Petr Kopfstein	DNF

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Paul Bonhomme	67
2	Matt Hall	59
3	Hannes Arch	30
4	Martin Šonka	28
5	Nigel Lamb	20

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Mikaël Brageot	28
	Petr Kopfstein
	Daniel Ryfa
4	Cristian Bolton	24
5	Peter Podlunšek	18

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

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Notes and References

1. News: Results - Fort Worth. September 28, 2015. Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Red Bull Air Race GmbH.