2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba

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The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba was the third round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.^[1] The event was held in Chiba, Japan.

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".

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

Master Class

Qualification

Due to the high seas and rough conditions on the racetrack on Saturday, the Race Committee was forced to cancel the Qualifying session of the Master Class. The Round of 14 fixtures were decided by championship position, whilst the Challenger Class race would take place on Sunday.

Round of 14

Heat	Pilot One	Time One	Time Two	Pilot Two
1	Kirby Chambliss (5)	1:06.509	1:11.608³	Peter Podlunšek (10)
2	Pete McLeod (4)	DNF	1:06.022¹	Yoshihide Muroya (11)
3	Nigel Lamb (6)	1:05.552	DNF	Michael Goulian (9)
4	Hannes Arch (3)	1:05.356	1:04.352	Martin Šonka (12)
5	François Le Vot (7)	1:11.064²	1:05.029	Matt Hall (8)
6	Nicolas Ivanoff (2)	DNS	1:06.604	Juan Velarde (13)
7	Matthias Dolderer (1)	1:05.125	1:06.752	Petr Kopfstein (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

Round of 8

Heat	Pilot One	Time One	Time Two	Pilot Two
1	Hannes Arch (3)	1:06.144¹	1:05.128	Nigel Lamb (6)
2	Matthias Dolderer (1)	DNF	1:04.610	Yoshihide Muroya (11)
3	Kirby Chambliss (5)	1:05.352	DNF	Matt Hall (8)
4	Martin Šonka (12)	1:05.144	1:06.143	Juan Velarde (13)

Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

^1 Pilot received 1 second in penalties

Final 4

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time
1	31	Yoshihide Muroya	1:04.992
2	8	Martin Šonka	1:05.097
3	10	Kirby Chambliss	1:05.618
4	9	Nigel Lamb	1:05.734

Challenger Class

Results

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	5	Cristian Bolton	1:15.747
2	48	Kevin Coleman	1:16.304
3	6	Luke Czepiela	1:17.514
4	33	Mélanie Astles	1:17.730
5	24	Ben Murphy	1:18.496
6	77	Francis Barros	1:21.439	+3secs

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Matthias Dolderer	30
2	Kirby Chambliss	20
3	Nicolas Ivanoff	19
4	Yoshihide Muroya	18
5	Hannes Arch	17

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Kevin Coleman	24
2	Florian Berger	16
2	Daniel Ryfa	16
4	Cristian Bolton	14
5	Luke Czepiela	8

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

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References

↑ "Results - Chiba" . Retrieved 5 June 2016.

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[1] "Results - Chiba" . Retrieved 5 June 2016.

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