2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi was the first 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 in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

Paul Bonhomme from Great Britain took the opening race victory, finishing 0.084 seconds ahead of Australian pilot Matt Hall. The podium was completed by Canada's Pete McLeod, after Hannes Arch received a two-second time penalty. In the Challenger class, Chile's Cristian Bolton took the opening win ahead of Petr Kopfstein from the Czech Republic, while Mikaël Brageot completed the podium, after Daniel Ryfa received a two-second time penalty.

Master Class

Qualification

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 55 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme 57.178
2 95 Australia Matt Hall 57.800
3 31 Japan Yoshihide Muroya 59.093
4 10 United States Kirby Chambliss 1:00.036
5 21 Germany Matthias Dolderer 1:00.111 +2sec
6 84 Canada Pete McLeod 1:00.256 +2sec
7 99 United States Michael Goulian 1:00.716
8 27 France Nicolas Ivanoff 1:00.788 +2sec
9 26 Spain Juan Velarde 1:01.514
10 22 Austria Hannes Arch 1:01.527 +4sec
11 91 Hungary Péter Besenyei 1:02.208
12 8 Czech Republic Martin Šonka 1:02.628 +4sec
13 12 France François Le Vot 1:03.649 +2sec
14 9 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb DSQ

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Germany Matthias Dolderer (5) 57.653 58.698 Austria Hannes Arch (10)
2 United States Kirby Chambliss (4) DNS 1:03.899 1 Hungary Péter Besenyei (11)
3 Canada Pete McLeod (6) 1:00.9011 1:08.5413 Spain Juan Velarde (9)
4 Japan Yoshihide Muroya (3) 58.280 1:00.2101 Czech Republic Martin Šonka (12)
5 United States Michael Goulian (7) 1:00.8721 1:02.2782 France Nicolas Ivanoff (8)
6 Australia Matt Hall (2) 1:00.2781 1:01.014 France François Le Vot (13)
7 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme (1) 56.901 57.108 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb (14)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Austria Hannes Arch (10) 59.7601 59.852 Hungary Péter Besenyei (11)
2 Japan Yoshihide Muroya (3) 59.597 59.116 Canada Pete McLeod (6)
3 Australia Matt Hall (2) 58.520 1:01.8142 France Nicolas Ivanoff (8)
4 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme (1) 58.094 59.576 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb (14)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

Final 4

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 55 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme 57.787
2 95 Australia Matt Hall 57.871
3 84 Canada Pete McLeod 58.843
4 22 Austria Hannes Arch 1:00.233 +2sec

Challenger Class

Results

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 5 Chile Cristian Bolton 1:02.231
2 18 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein 1:02.605
3 11 France Mikaël Brageot 1:03.025
4 62 Germany Florian Berger 1:03.597
5 17 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 1:04.735 +2sec
6 77 Brazil Francis Barros DSQ

Standings after the event

Master Class standings
Pos Pilot Pts
1 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme 12
2 Australia Matt Hall 9
3 Canada Pete McLeod 7
4 Austria Hannes Arch 5
5 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb 4

Challenger Class standings
Pos Pilot Pts
1 Chile Cristian Bolton 10
2 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein 8
3 France Mikaël Brageot 6
4 Germany Florian Berger 4
5 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 2

References

  1. "Results - Abu Dhabi". Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Red Bull Air Race GmbH. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

External links

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2016 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi
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