2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi was the first 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 in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

Paul Bonhomme from Great Britain took the opening race victory, finishing 0.084 seconds ahead of Australian pilot Matt Hall. The podium was completed by Canada's Pete McLeod, after Hannes Arch received a two-second time penalty. In the Challenger class, Chile's Cristian Bolton took the opening win ahead of Petr Kopfstein from the Czech Republic, while Mikaël Brageot completed the podium, after Daniel Ryfa received a two-second time penalty.

Master Class

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Qualification

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Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 55   Paul Bonhomme 57.178
2 95   Matt Hall 57.800
3 31   Yoshihide Muroya 59.093
4 10   Kirby Chambliss 1:00.036
5 21   Matthias Dolderer 1:00.111 +2sec
6 84   Pete McLeod 1:00.256 +2sec
7 99   Michael Goulian 1:00.716
8 27   Nicolas Ivanoff 1:00.788 +2sec
9 26   Juan Velarde 1:01.514
10 22   Hannes Arch 1:01.527 +4sec
11 91   Péter Besenyei 1:02.208
12 8   Martin Šonka 1:02.628 +4sec
13 12   François Le Vot 1:03.649 +2sec
14 9   Nigel Lamb DSQ

Round of 14

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Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1   Matthias Dolderer (5) 57.653 58.698   Hannes Arch (10)
2   Kirby Chambliss (4) DNS 1:03.899 1   Péter Besenyei (11)
3   Pete McLeod (6) 1:00.9011 1:08.5413   Juan Velarde (9)
4   Yoshihide Muroya (3) 58.280 1:00.2101   Martin Šonka (12)
5   Michael Goulian (7) 1:00.8721 1:02.2782   Nicolas Ivanoff (8)
6   Matt Hall (2) 1:00.2781 1:01.014   François Le Vot (13)
7   Paul Bonhomme (1) 56.901 57.108   Nigel Lamb (14)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified
  • ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties
  • ^2 Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties
  • ^3 Pilot received 8 seconds in penalties

Round of 8

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Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1   Hannes Arch (10) 59.7601 59.852   Péter Besenyei (11)
2   Yoshihide Muroya (3) 59.597 59.116   Pete McLeod (6)
3   Matt Hall (2) 58.520 1:01.8142   Nicolas Ivanoff (8)
4   Paul Bonhomme (1) 58.094 59.576   Nigel Lamb (14)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
  • ^1 Pilot received 1 second in penalties
  • ^2 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties

Final 4

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Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 55   Paul Bonhomme 57.787
2 95   Matt Hall 57.871
3 84   Pete McLeod 58.843
4 22   Hannes Arch 1:00.233 +2sec

Challenger Class

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Results

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Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 5   Cristian Bolton 1:02.231
2 18   Petr Kopfstein 1:02.605
3 11   Mikaël Brageot 1:03.025
4 62   Florian Berger 1:03.597
5 17   Daniel Ryfa 1:04.735 +2sec
6 77   Francis Barros DSQ

Standings after the event

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

References

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