2017 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi explained

24.4714°N 54.3306°WThe 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi was the first round of the 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, the twelfth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.^[1] The event was held in Zayed Port, Abu Dhabi - the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.

Master Class

Qualification

		Pilot	Run Time
1	8	Martin Šonka	52.097
2	99	Michael Goulian	52.458
3	10	Kirby Chambliss	52.500
4	84	Pete McLeod	53.016
5	26	Juan Velarde	53.208
6	18	Petr Kopfstein	53.221
7	11	Mikaël Brageot	53.326
8	5	Cristian Bolton	53.584
9	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	53.752
10	31	Yoshihide Muroya	54.680
11	21	Matthias Dolderer	54.695	+2sec
12	12	François Le Vot	54.764
13	95	Matt Hall	55.545
14	37	Peter Podlunšek	56.776	+3sec

Round of 14

Heat	Pilot One			Pilot Two
1	Juan Velarde (5)	52.795	DNF	Yoshihide Muroya (10)
2	Pete McLeod (4)	54.064	52.984	Matthias Dolderer (11)
3	Petr Kopfstein (6)	56.740	54.208	Nicolas Ivanoff (9)
4	Kirby Chambliss (3)	55.844	54.410	François Le Vot (12)
5	Mikaël Brageot (7)	54.503	54.228	Cristian Bolton (8)
6	Michael Goulian (2)	54.195	55.332	Matt Hall (13)
7	Martin Šonka (1)	53.202	DSQ	Peter Podlunšek (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	Michael Goulian (2)	54.960	54.952	Pete McLeod (4)
2	Martin Šonka (1)	53.525	54.676	Nicolas Ivanoff (9)
3	Cristian Bolton (8)	55.890	54.469	Matthias Dolderer (11)
4	Juan Velarde (5)	55.373	55.973	François Le Vot (12)

Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

Final 4

		Pilot	Run Time
1	8	Martin Šonka	53.139
2	26	Juan Velarde	54.166
3	84	Pete McLeod	54.632
4	21	Matthias Dolderer	55.227	+2sec

Challenger Class

Results

		Pilot	Run Time
1	17	Daniel Ryfa	1:00.206
2	62	Florian Bergér	1:00.561
3	33	Mélanie Astles	1:01.197
4	24	Ben Murphy	1:02.520
5	48	Kevin Coleman	1:04.757
6	6	Luke Czepiela	1:05.513	+3sec
7	15	Baptiste Vignes	1:06.323	+2sec

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Martin Šonka	15
2	Juan Velarde	12
3	Pete McLeod	9
4	Matthias Dolderer	7
5	Nicolas Ivanoff	6

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Daniel Ryfa	10
2	Florian Bergér	8
3	Mélanie Astles	6
4	Ben Murphy	4
5	Kevin Coleman	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 February 2017.