2015 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg explained

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg was the sixth 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 Red Bull Ring, in Spielberg, Austria.

After nine previous podium finishes, Australian pilot Matt Hall took his first Air Race victory by 0.057 seconds ahead of championship leader Paul Bonhomme, while American Kirby Chambliss took his first podium since June 2010 in third place. In the Challenger class, French pilot Mikaël Brageot took his first victory of the season, finishing 0.126 seconds clear of Petr Kopfstein.

Master Class

Qualification

Constant poor weather conditions, including heavy rain and low clouds forced the Race Committee to cancel the Qualifying round. According to the official rules, the start list of the Round of 14 on Sunday was based on the pre-event World Championship rankings.

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Nigel Lamb (5) DNF 58.576 Michael Goulian (10) 2 Martin Šonka (4) 57.688 57.939 Péter Besenyei (11) 3 Pete McLeod (6) 57.027 58.138 Nicolas Ivanoff (9) 4 Hannes Arch (3) DNF 58.876 Kirby Chambliss (12) 5 Matthias Dolderer (7) 59.811 1:00.736 Yoshihide Muroya (8) 6 Matt Hall (2) 1:02.426 1:05.853 Juan Velarde (13) 7 Paul Bonhomme (1) 1:01.536 DNF François Le Vot (14)

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified

• Pilot received 1 second in penalties.
• Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
• Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties.
• Pilot received 7 seconds in penalties.

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Martin Šonka (4) 58.698 1:01.609 Michael Goulian (10) 2 Pete McLeod (6) 58.912 58.258 Kirby Chambliss (12) 3 Matt Hall (2) 57.721 1:00.572 Matthias Dolderer (7) 4 Paul Bonhomme (1) 57.553 DSQ Péter Besenyei (11)

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out

• Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.

Final 4

		Pilot	Run Time
1	95	Matt Hall	56.851
2	55	Paul Bonhomme	56.908
3	10	Kirby Chambliss	58.291
4	8	Martin Šonka	58.422

Challenger Class

Results

		Pilot	Run Time
1	11	Mikaël Brageot	1:05.576
2	18	Petr Kopfstein	1:05.702
3	17	Daniel Ryfa	1:07.080
4	37	Peter Podlunšek	1:08.305
5	62	Florian Berger	1:09.366
6	77	Francis Barros	1:13.990	+4sec

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Paul Bonhomme	55
2	Matt Hall	50
3	Hannes Arch	30
4	Martin Šonka	23
5	Pete McLeod	18

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Petr Kopfstein	28
	Daniel Ryfa
3	Mikaël Brageot	26
4	Cristian Bolton	24
5	Peter Podlunšek	14

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

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Red Bull Air Race GmbH. Results - Spielberg. 12 September 2015.