2015 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg was the sixth 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 at the Red Bull Ring, in Spielberg, Austria.

After nine previous podium finishes, Australian pilot Matt Hall took his first Air Race victory by 0.057 seconds ahead of championship leader Paul Bonhomme, while American Kirby Chambliss took his first podium since June 2010 in third place. In the Challenger class, French pilot Mikaël Brageot took his first victory of the season, finishing 0.126 seconds clear of Petr Kopfstein.

Master Class

Qualification

Constant poor weather conditions, including heavy rain and low clouds forced the Race Committee to cancel the Qualifying round. According to the official rules, the start list of the Round of 14 on Sunday was based on the pre-event World Championship rankings.

Round of 14
Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb (5) DNF 58.5761 United States Michael Goulian (10)
2 Czech Republic Martin Šonka (4) 57.688 57.939 Hungary Péter Besenyei (11)
3 Canada Pete McLeod (6) 57.027 58.138 France Nicolas Ivanoff (9)
4 Austria Hannes Arch (3) DNF 58.876 United States Kirby Chambliss (12)
5 Germany Matthias Dolderer (7) 59.811 1:00.7362 Japan Yoshihide Muroya (8)
6 Australia Matt Hall (2) 1:02.4263 1:05.8534 Spain Juan Velarde (13)
7 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme (1) 1:01.5362 DNF France François Le Vot (14)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified
  • ^1 Pilot received 1 second in penalties.
  • ^2 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
  • ^3 Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties.
  • ^4 Pilot received 7 seconds in penalties.

Round of 8
Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Czech Republic Martin Šonka (4) 58.698 1:01.609 United States Michael Goulian (10)
2 Canada Pete McLeod (6) 58.912 58.258 United States Kirby Chambliss (12)
3 Australia Matt Hall (2) 57.721 1:00.5721 Germany Matthias Dolderer (7)
4 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme (1) 57.553 DSQ Hungary Péter Besenyei (11)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
  • ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.

Final 4
Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 95 Australia Matt Hall 56.851
2 55 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme 56.908
3 10 United States Kirby Chambliss 58.291
4 8 Czech Republic Martin Šonka 58.422

Challenger Class

Results
Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 11 France Mikaël Brageot 1:05.576
2 18 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein 1:05.702
3 17 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 1:07.080
4 37 Slovenia Peter Podlunšek 1:08.305
5 62 Germany Florian Berger 1:09.366
6 77 Brazil Francis Barros 1:13.990 +4sec

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

References
  1. "Results - Spielberg". Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Red Bull Air Race GmbH. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
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