2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi

Last updated March 04, 2019

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.

The Red Bull Air Race, established in 2003 and created by Red Bull GmbH, is an international series of air races in which competitors have to navigate a challenging obstacle course in the fastest time. Pilots fly individually against the clock and have to complete tight turns through a slalom course consisting of pylons, known as "Air Gates".

Abu Dhabi is the capital and the second most populous city of the United Arab Emirates, and also capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the largest of the UAE's seven emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western coast. The city of Abu Dhabi has an estimated population of 1.8 million in 2016.

The United Arab Emirates, sometimes simply called the Emirates, is a country in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north. The sovereign constitutional monarchy is a federation of seven emirates consisting of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain. Their boundaries are complex, with numerous enclaves within the various emirates. Each emirate is governed by a ruler; together, they jointly form the Federal Supreme Council. One of the rulers serves as the President of the United Arab Emirates. In 2013, the UAE's population was 9.2 million, of which 1.4 million are Emirati citizens and 7.8 million are expatriates.

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.

Paul Bonhomme is a British aerobatics and commercial airliner pilot and owner/race pilot of Team Bonhomme, the Red Bull Air Race World Champion for 2015.

Matt Hall may refer to:

Pete McLeod is a Canadian professional aerobatic pilot whose first competitive flight was in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2009.

Master Class

Qualification

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

Round of 14

Heat	Pilot One	Time One	Time Two	Pilot Two
1	Matthias Dolderer (5)	57.653	58.698	Hannes Arch (10)
2	Kirby Chambliss (4)	DNS	1:03.899 ¹	Péter Besenyei (11)
3	Pete McLeod (6)	1:00.901¹	1:08.541³	Juan Velarde (9)
4	Yoshihide Muroya (3)	58.280	1:00.210¹	Martin Šonka (12)
5	Michael Goulian (7)	1:00.872¹	1:02.278²	Nicolas Ivanoff (8)
6	Matt Hall (2)	1:00.278¹	1:01.014	François Le Vot (13)
7	Paul Bonhomme (1)	56.901	57.108	Nigel Lamb (14)

Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified

^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties
^2 Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties
^3 Pilot received 8 seconds in penalties

Round of 8

Heat	Pilot One	Time One	Time Two	Pilot Two
1	Hannes Arch (10)	59.760¹	59.852	Péter Besenyei (11)
2	Yoshihide Muroya (3)	59.597	59.116	Pete McLeod (6)
3	Matt Hall (2)	58.520	1:01.814²	Nicolas Ivanoff (8)
4	Paul Bonhomme (1)	58.094	59.576	Nigel Lamb (14)

Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

^1 Pilot received 1 second in penalties
^2 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties

Final 4

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

Challenger Class

Results

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

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Paul Bonhomme	12
2	Matt Hall	9
3	Pete McLeod	7
4	Hannes Arch	5
5	Nigel Lamb	4

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Cristian Bolton	10
2	Petr Kopfstein	8
3	Mikaël Brageot	6
4	Florian Bergér	4
5	Daniel Ryfa	2

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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References

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

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

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