2016 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi explained

24.4714°N 54.3306°WThe 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi was the first round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.^[1] The event was held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

Master Class

Qualification

		Pilot	Run Time
1	95	Matt Hall	58.079
2	21	Matthias Dolderer	58.268
3	99	Michael Goulian	59.184
4	31	Yoshihide Muroya	59.242
5	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	59.523
6	22	Hannes Arch	59.764
7	9	Nigel Lamb	1:00.160
8	84	Pete McLeod	1:00.424
9	26	Juan Velarde	1:01.008
10	8	Martin Šonka	1:01.503	+2secs
11	18	Petr Kopfstein	1:01.972
12	12	François Le Vot	1:02.135
13	37	Peter Podlunšek	1:02.154	+2secs
14	10	Kirby Chambliss	DNF

Round of 14

Heat	Pilot One			Pilot Two
1	Martin Šonka (10)	DSQ	1:02.628	Nicolas Ivanoff (5)
2	Petr Kopfstein (11)	1:05.009	1:01.154	Yoshihide Muroya (4)
3	Juan Velarde (9)	1:01.684	1:01.607	Hannes Arch (6)
4	François Le Vot (12)	1:00.752	1:00.653	Michael Goulian (3)
5	Pete McLeod (8)	1:00.408	1:01.722	Nigel Lamb (7)
6	Peter Podlunšek (13)	1:04.992	1:02.301	Matthias Dolderer (2)
7	Kirby Chambliss (14)	59.864	1:01.299	Matt Hall (1)

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	François Le Vot (12)	1:03.748	DNF	Yoshihide Muroya (4)
2	Hannes Arch (6)	58.729	59.449	Michael Goulian (3)
3	Pete McLeod (8)	DNF	58.734	Matthias Dolderer (2)
4	Kirby Chambliss (14)	59.260	58.601	Nicolas Ivanoff (5)

Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

Final 4

		Pilot	Run Time
1	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	58.550
2	21	Matthias Dolderer	58.660
3	12	François Le Vot	1:02.281	+2secs
4	22	Hannes Arch	DSQ

Challenger Class

Results

		Pilot	Run Time
1	17	Daniel Ryfa	1:06.308
2	48	Kevin Coleman	1:06.945
3	62	Florian Berger	1:08.325
4	24	Ben Murphy	1:08.390
5	6	Luke Czepiela	1:09.206
6	77	Francis Barros	DSQ

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Nicolas Ivanoff	15
2	Matthias Dolderer	12
3	François Le Vot	9
4	Hannes Arch	7
5	Kirby Chambliss	6

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Daniel Ryfa	10
2	Kevin Coleman	8
3	Florian Berger	6
4	Ben Murphy	4
5	Luke Czepiela	2

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

External links

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Notes and References

News: Results - Abu Dhabi. 12 March 2016.