2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest

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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.

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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

PosNo.PilotRun TimePen
195 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Hall 58.323
231 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihide Muroya 59.011
322 Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Arch 59.328
484 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pete McLeod 59.480
510 Flag of the United States.svg Kirby Chambliss 59.496
69 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Lamb 59.553
78 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Šonka 59.756
855 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Bonhomme 59.812
927 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Ivanoff 1:00.151
1091 Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Besenyei 1:00.862
1112 Flag of France.svg François Le Vot 1:02.364
1226 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Velarde 1:03.839+2sec
1321 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Dolderer 1:03.974+4sec
1499 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Goulian 1:04.403+4sec

Round of 14

HeatPilot OneTime OneTime TwoPilot Two
1 Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Besenyei (10)1:01.0701:03.386 1 Flag of the United States.svg Kirby Chambliss (5)
2 Flag of France.svg François Le Vot (11)1:05.9761:02.866 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pete McLeod (4)
3 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Ivanoff (9)DNFDNF 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Lamb (6)
4 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Velarde (12)1:06.072 1 1:02.497 Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Arch (3)
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Bonhomme (8)1:01.0281:01.088 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Šonka (7)
6 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Dolderer (13)1:02.0721:02.279 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshihide Muroya (2)
7 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Goulian (14)1:04.953 1 58.400 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Hall (1)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified

Round of 8

HeatPilot OneTime OneTime TwoPilot Two
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pete McLeod (4)59.4601:00.887 Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Besenyei (10)
2 Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Arch (3)1:02.746DNF Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Lamb (6)
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Bonhomme (8)1:00.5211:02.116 1 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Dolderer (13)
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Hall (1)59.88459.701 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Šonka (7)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified

Final 4

PosNo.PilotRun TimePen
122 Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Arch 59.350
255 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Bonhomme 59.557
38 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Šonka 1:00.658
484 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pete McLeod 1:01.113

Challenger Class

Results

PosNo.PilotRun TimePen
117 Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Ryfa 1:09.070
211 Flag of France.svg Mikaël Brageot 1:09.297
337 Flag of Slovenia.svg Peter Podlunšek 1:09.713
418 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Kopfstein 1:09.822
55 Flag of Chile.svg Cristian Bolton 1:11.686
662 Flag of Germany.svg Florian Berger 1:11.954

Standings after the event

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References

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