2015 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg

Last updated March 04, 2019

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.

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".

The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Styria, Austria.

Spielberg bei Knittelfeld is a city located in the Bezirk Murtal in Styria, 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.

Matt Hall may refer to:

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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	Nigel Lamb (5)	DNF	58.576¹	Michael Goulian (10)
2	Martin Šonka (4)	57.688	57.939	Péter Besenyei (11)
3	Pete McLeod (6)	57.027	58.138	Nicolas Ivanoff (9)
4	Hannes Arch (3)	DNF	58.876	Kirby Chambliss (12)
5	Matthias Dolderer (7)	59.811	1:00.736²	Yoshihide Muroya (8)
6	Matt Hall (2)	1:02.426³	1:05.853⁴	Juan Velarde (13)
7	Paul Bonhomme (1)	1:01.536²	DNF	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	Martin Šonka (4)	58.698	1:01.609	Michael Goulian (10)
2	Pete McLeod (6)	58.912	58.258	Kirby Chambliss (12)
3	Matt Hall (2)	57.721	1:00.572¹	Matthias Dolderer (7)
4	Paul Bonhomme (1)	57.553	DSQ	Péter Besenyei (11)

Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.

Final 4

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time
1	95	Matt Hall	56.851
2	55	Paul Bonhomme	56.908
3	10	Kirby Chambliss	58.291
4	8	Martin Šonka	58.422

Challenger Class

Results

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

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Paul Bonhomme	55
2	Matt Hall	50
3	Hannes Arch	30
4	Martin Šonka	23
5	Pete McLeod	18

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Petr Kopfstein	28
1	Daniel Ryfa	28
3	Mikaël Brageot	26
4	Cristian Bolton	24
5	Peter Podlunšek	14

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

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References

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

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

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