2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba explained

The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba was the third 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 Chiba, Japan.

Master Class

Qualification

Due to the high seas and rough conditions on the racetrack on Saturday, the Race Committee was forced to cancel the Qualifying session of the Master Class. The Round of 14 fixtures were decided by championship position, whilst the Challenger Class race would take place on Sunday.

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Kirby Chambliss (5) 1:06.509 1:11.608 Peter Podlunšek (10) 2 Pete McLeod (4) DNF 1:06.022 Yoshihide Muroya (11) 3 Nigel Lamb (6) 1:05.552 DNF Michael Goulian (9) 4 Hannes Arch (3) 1:05.356 1:04.352 Martin Šonka (12) 5 François Le Vot (7) 1:11.064 1:05.029 Matt Hall (8) 6 Nicolas Ivanoff (2) DNS 1:06.604 Juan Velarde (13) 7 Matthias Dolderer (1) 1:05.125 1:06.752 Petr Kopfstein (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

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Hannes Arch (3) 1:06.144 1:05.128 Nigel Lamb (6) 2 Matthias Dolderer (1) DNF 1:04.610 Yoshihide Muroya (11) 3 Kirby Chambliss (5) 1:05.352 DNF Matt Hall (8) 4 Martin Šonka (12) 1:05.144 1:06.143 Juan Velarde (13)

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out

• Pilot received 1 second in penalties

Final 4

		Pilot	Run Time
1	31	Yoshihide Muroya	1:04.992
2	8	Martin Šonka	1:05.097
3	10	Kirby Chambliss	1:05.618
4	9	Nigel Lamb	1:05.734

Challenger Class

Results

		Pilot	Run Time
1	5	Cristian Bolton	1:15.747
2	48	Kevin Coleman	1:16.304
3	6	Luke Czepiela	1:17.514
4	33	Mélanie Astles	1:17.730
5	24	Ben Murphy	1:18.496
6	77	Francis Barros	1:21.439	+3secs

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Matthias Dolderer	30
2	Kirby Chambliss	20
3	Nicolas Ivanoff	19
4	Yoshihide Muroya	18
5	Hannes Arch	17

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Kevin Coleman	24
2	Florian Berger	16
	Daniel Ryfa
4	Cristian Bolton	14
5	Luke Czepiela	8

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

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Notes and References

1. News: Results - Chiba. 5 June 2016.