2017 Red Bull Air Race of Kazan explained

55.7981°N 49.0928°WThe 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Kazan was the fifth round of the 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.^[1] The event was held on Kazanka River in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. It was the first non-cancelled race taking place in Russia.

Master class

Qualification

		Pilot	Run Time
1	84	Pete McLeod	0:54.562
2	8	Martin Sonka	0:56.339
3	9	Nicolas Ivanoff	0:56.450
4	10	Kirby Chambliss	0:56.703
5	99	Michael Goulian	0:56.837
6	95	Matt Hall	0:57.068
7	18	Petr Kopfstein	0:57.426
8	37	Peter Podlunsek	0:57.504
9	31	Yoshihide Muroya	0:57.847
10	26	Juan Velarde	0:58.323
11	21	Matthias Dolderer	0:59.478	+2sec
12	5	Cristian Bolton	1:00.685
13	12	Francois Le Vot	SCO
14	11	Mikael Brageot	DNF

• Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) at gate 3^[2]
• Safety climb out
• Exceeding maximum G in gate 4

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Juan Velarde 0:59.128 1:00.531 Michael Goulian 2 Matthias Dolderer 1:01.357 1:01.287 Kirby Chambliss 3 Yoshihide Muroya 1:04.153 1:02.794 Matt Hall 4 Cristian Bolton 1:01.837 1:01.900 Nicolas Ivanoff 5 Peter Podlunsek 1:05.272 1:01.864 Petr Kopfstein 6 Francois Le Vot 1:00.794 1:00.952 Martin Sonka 7 Mikael Brageot 1:03.650 0:58.358 Pete McLeod

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified

• Pylon Hit at gate 4^[3]
• Pylon hit at gate 6b
• Pylon hit at gate 10
• Pylon hit at gate 10, incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in gate 14
• Pylon hit at gate 3
• Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in gate 14
• Pylon hit gate 10,11
• Pylon hit at gate 4

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 8 Kirby Chambliss 0:59.157 1:02.887 Francois Le Vot 9 Cristian Bolton 1:03.826 1:00.537 Michael Goulian 10 Petr Kopfstein 0:58.380 0:59.319 Juan Velarde 11 Matt Hall 1:01.953 0:59.596 Pete McLeod

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out

• Pylon hit
• Exceeding start speed limit, incorrect passing (climbing in the gate)
• Pylon hit
• Pylon hit

Final 4

		Pilot	Run Time
1	10	Kirby Chambliss	0:58.378
2	84	Pete McLeod	0:59.125	+2sec
3	99	Michael Goulian	0:59.650
4	18	Petr Kopfstein	1:04.297	+6sec

• Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in gate 3^[4]
• Pylon hits at gates 10, 11

Challenger Class

Results (Rescheduled Chiba race)

		Pilot	Run Time
1	6	Luke Czepiela	1:07.091
2	17	Daniel Ryfa	1:07.190	+2sec
3	24	Ben Murphy	1:08.187
4	78	Daniel Genevey	1:08.339
5	33	Melanie Astles	1:09.771	+3sec
6	15	Baptiste Vignes	1:09.964
7	7	Kenny Chiang	1:10.196	+3sec
8	48	Kevin Coleman	1:10.308	+3sec

• Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) at gate 14^[5]
• Pylon hit at gate 4
• Pylon hit at gate 4
• Pylon hit at gate 4

Results

		Pilot	Run Time
1	7	Kenny Chiang	1:07.264
2	15	Baptiste Vignes	1:08.265
3	48	Kevin Coleman	1:08.965
4	33	Mélanie Astles	1:09.505
5	24	Ben Murphy	1:09.987	+2sec
6	17	Daniel Ryfa	1:14.115	+8sec

• Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in Gate 7^[6]
• Pylon hit at gates 4, 7, incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in gate 14

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Kirby Chambliss	40
2	Yoshihide Muroya	39
3	Martin Sonka	39
4	Pete McLeod	38
5	Petr Kopfstein	30
6	Matthias Dolderer	24
7	Michael Goulian	23
8	Juan Velarde	21
9	Matt Hall	16
10	Nicolas Ivanoff	14
11	Peter Podlunsek	12
12	Mikael Brageot	9
13	Francois Le Vot	8
14	Cristian Bolton	7

Challenger Class standings (Rescheduled Chiba race)

Pos	Pilot
1	Florian Berger	28
2	Luke Czepiela	24
3	Daniel Ryfa	24
4	Kevin Coleman	10
5	Ben Murphy	10
6	Melanie Astles	8
7	Daniel Genevey	8
8	Baptiste Vignes	6
9	Kenny Chiang	2

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Florian Berger	28
2	Daniel Ryfa	24
3	Luke Czepiela	24
4	Kevin Coleman	16
5	Baptiste Vignes	14
6	Kenny Chiang	12
7	Mélanie Astles	12
8	Ben Murphy	12
9	Daniel Genevey	8

External links

• Kazan Red Bull Air Race

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Notes and References

1. News: Kazan Red Bull Air Race Red Bull Air Race . 23 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170919072259/http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/event/kazan . 19 September 2017 . dead .
2. Web site: Magnificent McLeod tops Qualifying in Kazan . 2017-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170908024311/http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/magnificent-mcleod-tops-qualifying-kazan . 2017-09-08 . dead .
3. Web site: Marvellous McLeod storms through Round of 14 . 2017-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170804134500/http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/marvellous-mcleod-storms-through-round-14 . 2017-08-04 . dead .
4. Web site: Chambliss crowned king in Kazan . 2017-07-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170927205327/http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/chambliss-crowned-king-kazan . 2017-09-27 . dead .
5. Web site: Czepiela takes Challenger win . 2017-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170726125742/http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/czepiela-takes-challenger-win . 2017-07-26 . dead .
6. Web site: Chiang astounds with Kazan win . 2017-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170804133408/http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/chiang-astounds-kazan-win . 2017-08-04 . dead .