2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest was the fourth 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 on the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary.

Austria's Hannes Arch took his second successive victory by 0.207 seconds ahead of championship leader Paul Bonhomme, with Martin Šonka completing the podium in third place. In the Challenger class, Daniel Ryfa took his second successive win by 0.227 seconds ahead of Mikaël Brageot, with Peter Podlunšek and Petr Kopfstein also finishing within a second of Ryfa.

Master Class

Qualification
Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 95 Australia Matt Hall 58.323
2 31 Japan Yoshihide Muroya 59.011
3 22 Austria Hannes Arch 59.328
4 84 Canada Pete McLeod 59.480
5 10 United States Kirby Chambliss 59.496
6 9 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb 59.553
7 8 Czech Republic Martin Šonka 59.756
8 55 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme 59.812
9 27 France Nicolas Ivanoff 1:00.151
10 91 Hungary Péter Besenyei 1:00.862
11 12 France François Le Vot 1:02.364
12 26 Spain Juan Velarde 1:03.839 +2sec
13 21 Germany Matthias Dolderer 1:03.974 +4sec
14 99 United States Michael Goulian 1:04.403 +4sec

Round of 14
Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Hungary Péter Besenyei (10) 1:01.070 1:03.3861 United States Kirby Chambliss (5)
2 France François Le Vot (11) 1:05.976 1:02.866 Canada Pete McLeod (4)
3 France Nicolas Ivanoff (9) DNF DNF2 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb (6)
4 Spain Juan Velarde (12) 1:06.0721 1:02.497 Austria Hannes Arch (3)
5 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme (8) 1:01.028 1:01.088 Czech Republic Martin Šonka (7)
6 Germany Matthias Dolderer (13) 1:02.072 1:02.279 Japan Yoshihide Muroya (2)
7 United States Michael Goulian (14) 1:04.9531 58.400 Australia Matt Hall (1)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified
  • ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties
  • ^2 Pilot advanced as they were the higher-placed in qualifying

Round of 8
Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Canada Pete McLeod (4) 59.460 1:00.887 Hungary Péter Besenyei (10)
2 Austria Hannes Arch (3) 1:02.746 DNF United Kingdom Nigel Lamb (6)
3 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme (8) 1:00.521 1:02.1161 Germany Matthias Dolderer (13)
4 Australia Matt Hall (1) 59.884 59.701 Czech Republic Martin Šonka (7)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified
  • ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties

Final 4
Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 22 Austria Hannes Arch 59.350
2 55 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme 59.557
3 8 Czech Republic Martin Šonka 1:00.658
4 84 Canada Pete McLeod 1:01.113

Challenger Class

Results
Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 17 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 1:09.070
2 11 France Mikaël Brageot 1:09.297
3 37 Slovenia Peter Podlunšek 1:09.713
4 18 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein 1:09.822
5 5 Chile Cristian Bolton 1:11.686
6 62 Germany Florian Berger 1:11.954

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

References
  1. "Results - Budapest". Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Red Bull Air Race GmbH. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
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