2015 Red Bull Air Race of Las Vegas

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Las Vegas was the eighth 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 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, on the outskirts of Las Vegas, Nevada.

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".

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Nevada is a state in the Western United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th most extensive, the 32nd most populous, but the 9th least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area where three of the state's four largest incorporated cities are located. Nevada's capital, however, is Carson City.

Master Class

Qualification

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	31	Yoshihide Muroya	48.618
2	95	Matt Hall	48.853
3	55	Paul Bonhomme	48.956
4	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	49.246
5	21	Matthias Dolderer	49.299
6	22	Hannes Arch	49.411
7	10	Kirby Chambliss	49.627
8	8	Martin Šonka	50.361
9	99	Michael Goulian	50.504
10	26	Juan Velarde	50.775
11	84	Pete McLeod	50.800	+1sec
12	12	François Le Vot	51.764
13	91	Péter Besenyei	53.719	+4sec
14	9	Nigel Lamb	DNS

Round of 14

Heat	Pilot One	Time One	Time Two	Pilot Two
1	Matthias Dolderer (5)	48.325	49.859	Juan Velarde (10)
2	Nicolas Ivanoff (4)	49.748	51.771¹	Pete McLeod (11)
3	Hannes Arch (6)	49.658	49.851	Michael Goulian (9)
4	Paul Bonhomme (3)	48.341	55.330³	François Le Vot (12)
5	Kirby Chambliss (7)	52.811¹	51.107¹	Martin Šonka (8)
6	Matt Hall (2)	52.284²	54.084²	Péter Besenyei (13)
7	Yoshihide Muroya (1)	49.112	50.138	Nigel Lamb (14)

Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified

^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
^2 Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties.
^3 Pilot received 5 seconds in penalties.

Round of 8

Heat	Pilot One	Time One	Time Two	Pilot Two
1	Nicolas Ivanoff (4)	51.095¹	50.346¹	Matthias Dolderer (5)
2	Paul Bonhomme (3)	49.175	49.308	Hannes Arch (6)
3	Matt Hall (2)	49.955	53.163²	Martin Šonka (8)
4	Yoshihide Muroya (1)	48.817	50.211	Michael Goulian (9)

Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
^2 Pilot received 5 seconds in penalties.

Final 4

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time
1	95	Matt Hall	48.604
2	55	Paul Bonhomme	48.968
3	21	Matthias Dolderer	49.358
4	31	Yoshihide Muroya	49.415

Challenger Class

Results

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time
1	11	Mikaël Brageot	1:00.521
2	37	Peter Podlunšek	1:00.556
3	5	Cristian Bolton	1:00.920
4	18	Petr Kopfstein	1:02.117
5	62	Florian Berger	1:02.255
6	17	Daniel Ryfa	1:02.459

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Paul Bonhomme	76
2	Matt Hall	71
3	Hannes Arch	34
4	Martin Šonka	29
5	Matthias Dolderer	26

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Mikaël Brageot	28
	Petr Kopfstein
	Daniel Ryfa
4	Cristian Bolton	24
5	Peter Podlunšek	18

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Note: The Challenger Class event in Las Vegas was a 'winner take all' finale – Mikaël Brageot won the event and the title despite being equal on points with Petr Kopfstein and Daniel Ryfa.

Mikaël Brageot is an aerobatics pilot, who competes in the Red Bull Air Race. He was the youngest ever pilot to fly for the French national aerobatic team and has won European championships.

Petr Kopfstein is a Czech aerobatic pilot, representing the Czech Republic in flying aerobatics in an Unlimited category, and most recently a racer in the Master Class category of the Red Bull Air Race. He is the first winner of the Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup. After his victory of the whole Challenger Cup in 2014, there were rumors about him moving to Masters; it became a reality for the 2016 season. Peter Besenyei and Paul Bonhomme departed from the series.

Daniel Ryfa is a Swedish pilot. He is a pilot of the Challenger class of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.

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References

↑ "Results – Las Vegas". Red Bull Air Race World Championship . Red Bull Air Race GmbH. Retrieved October 19, 2015.

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[1] "Results – Las Vegas". Red Bull Air Race World Championship . Red Bull Air Race GmbH. Retrieved October 19, 2015.

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