2015 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot

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The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot was the fifth 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 Ascot Racecourse in the United Kingdom.

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Championship leader Paul Bonhomme took his third victory of the 2015 season, as he was the only pilot of the four finalists to set a time without recording any penalties. He finished 2.6 seconds clear of Matt Hall, with Yoshihide Muroya completing the podium. In the Challenger class, Petr Kopfstein took his second win, 1.144 seconds ahead of Cristian Bolton. Daniel Ryfa had finished quickest, but was given a two-second penalty, and therefore dropped to third.

Master Class

Qualification

PosNo.PilotRun TimePen
155 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Bonhomme 1:06.023
295 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Hall 1:06.284
38 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Šonka 1:07.172
491 Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Besenyei 1:07.443
531 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihide Muroya 1:07.864
627 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Ivanoff 1:08.075
710 Flag of the United States.svg Kirby Chambliss 1:08.136
89 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Lamb 1:08.220
999 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Goulian 1:08.438
1021 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Dolderer 1:08.439+2sec
1112 Flag of France.svg François Le Vot 1:09.280
1226 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Velarde 1:09.996
1384 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pete McLeod 1:10.631+2sec
1422 Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Arch DNF

Round of 14

HeatPilot OneTime OneTime TwoPilot Two
1 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihide Muroya (5)1:07.6231:08.844 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Dolderer (10)
2 Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Besenyei (4)1:08.9191:13.511 2 Flag of France.svg François Le Vot (11)
3 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Ivanoff (6)1:07.9671:08.721 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Goulian (9)
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Šonka (3)1:07.4051:09.003 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Velarde
5 Flag of the United States.svg Kirby Chambliss (7)1:10.590 1 1:10.047 1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Lamb (8)
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Hall (2)1:06.8331:11.019 2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pete McLeod (13)
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Bonhomme (1)1:06.9611:06.178 Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Arch (14)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified

Round of 8

HeatPilot OneTime OneTime TwoPilot Two
1 Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Besenyei (4)1:07.4651:06.706 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihide Muroya (5)
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Šonka (3)1:10.1141:08.088 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Ivanoff (6)
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Hall (2)1:06.5311:06.993 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Lamb (8)
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Bonhomme (1)1:06.542DNS Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Arch (14)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

Final 4

PosNo.PilotRun TimePen
155 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Bonhomme 1:06.416
295 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Hall 1:09.024+2sec
331 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihide Muroya 1:09.426+2sec
427 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Ivanoff 1:10.804+2sec

Challenger Class

Results

PosNo.PilotRun TimePen
118 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Kopfstein 1:20.776
25 Flag of Chile.svg Cristian Bolton 1:21.920
317 Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Ryfa 1:21.982+2sec
437 Flag of Slovenia.svg Peter Podlunšek 1:22.212
562 Flag of Germany.svg Florian Berger 1:27.444
677 Flag of Brazil.svg Francis Barros 1:27.653+4sec

Standings after the event

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References

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