2015 Red Bull Air Race of Las Vegas explained

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Las Vegas was the eighth 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 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, on the outskirts of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Master Class

Qualification

		Pilot	Run Time
1	31	Yoshihide Muroya	48.618
2	95	Matt Hall	48.853
3	55	Paul Bonhomme	48.956
4	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	49.246
5	21	Matthias Dolderer	49.299
6	22	Hannes Arch	49.411
7	10	Kirby Chambliss	49.627
8	8	Martin Šonka	50.361
9	99	Michael Goulian	50.504
10	26	Juan Velarde	50.775
11	84	Pete McLeod	50.800	+1sec
12	12	François Le Vot	51.764
13	91	Péter Besenyei	53.719	+4sec
14	9	Nigel Lamb	DNS

Round of 14

Heat	Pilot One			Pilot Two
1	Matthias Dolderer (5)	48.325	49.859	Juan Velarde (10)
2	Nicolas Ivanoff (4)	49.748	51.771	Pete McLeod (11)
3	Hannes Arch (6)	49.658	49.851	Michael Goulian (9)
4	Paul Bonhomme (3)	48.341	55.330	François Le Vot (12)
5	Kirby Chambliss (7)	52.811	51.107	Martin Šonka (8)
6	Matt Hall (2)	52.284	54.084	Péter Besenyei (13)
7	Yoshihide Muroya (1)	49.112	50.138	Nigel Lamb (14)

Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified

Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties.
Pilot received 5 seconds in penalties.

Round of 8

Heat	Pilot One			Pilot Two
1	Nicolas Ivanoff (4)	51.095	50.346	Matthias Dolderer (5)
2	Paul Bonhomme (3)	49.175	49.308	Hannes Arch (6)
3	Matt Hall (2)	49.955	53.163	Martin Šonka (8)
4	Yoshihide Muroya (1)	48.817	50.211	Michael Goulian (9)

Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
Pilot received 5 seconds in penalties.

Final 4

		Pilot	Run Time
1	95	Matt Hall	48.604
2	55	Paul Bonhomme	48.968
3	21	Matthias Dolderer	49.358
4	31	Yoshihide Muroya	49.415

Challenger Class

Results

		Pilot	Run Time
1	11	Mikaël Brageot	1:00.521
2	37	Peter Podlunšek	1:00.556
3	5	Cristian Bolton	1:00.920
4	18	Petr Kopfstein	1:02.117
5	62	Florian Berger	1:02.255
6	17	Daniel Ryfa	1:02.459

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Paul Bonhomme	76
2	Matt Hall	71
3	Hannes Arch	34
4	Martin Šonka	29
5	Matthias Dolderer	26

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.
Note: The Challenger Class event in Las Vegas was a 'winner take all' finale – Mikaël Brageot won the event and the title despite being equal on points with Petr Kopfstein and Daniel Ryfa.

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Notes and References

News: Results – Las Vegas. October 19, 2015. Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Red Bull Air Race GmbH.