2015 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg

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.

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.

Master Class

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Qualification

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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

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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

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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

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Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
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

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Results

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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

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

References

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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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2014 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg
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