2017 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi

Race Track

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Race Track

The 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi was the first round of the 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, the twelfth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held in Zayed Port, Abu Dhabi - the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.

Master Class

Qualification

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	8	Martin Šonka	52.097
2	99	Michael Goulian	52.458
3	10	Kirby Chambliss	52.500
4	84	Pete McLeod	53.016
5	26	Juan Velarde	53.208
6	18	Petr Kopfstein	53.221
7	11	Mikaël Brageot	53.326
8	5	Cristian Bolton	53.584
9	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	53.752
10	31	Yoshihide Muroya	54.680
11	21	Matthias Dolderer	54.695	+2sec
12	12	François Le Vot	54.764
13	95	Matt Hall	55.545
14	37	Peter Podlunšek	56.776	+3sec

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two 1 Juan Velarde (5) 52.795 DNF Yoshihide Muroya (10) 2 Pete McLeod (4) 54.064 52.984 Matthias Dolderer (11) 3 Petr Kopfstein (6) 56.7402 54.208 Nicolas Ivanoff (9) 4 Kirby Chambliss (3) 55.8441 54.410 François Le Vot (12) 5 Mikaël Brageot (7) 54.503 54.228 Cristian Bolton (8) 6 Michael Goulian (2) 54.195 55.332 Matt Hall (13) 7 Martin Šonka (1) 53.202 DSQ Peter Podlunšek (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

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two 1 Michael Goulian (2) 54.960 54.952 Pete McLeod (4) 2 Martin Šonka (1) 53.525 54.676 Nicolas Ivanoff (9) 3 Cristian Bolton (8) 55.890 54.469 Matthias Dolderer (11) 4 Juan Velarde (5) 55.373 55.973 François Le Vot (12)

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out

Final 4

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	8	Martin Šonka	53.139
2	26	Juan Velarde	54.166
3	84	Pete McLeod	54.632
4	21	Matthias Dolderer	55.227	+2sec

Challenger Class

Results

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	17	Daniel Ryfa	1:00.206
2	62	Florian Bergér	1:00.561
3	33	Mélanie Astles	1:01.197
4	24	Ben Murphy	1:02.520
5	48	Kevin Coleman	1:04.757
6	6	Luke Czepiela	1:05.513	+3sec
7	15	Baptiste Vignes	1:06.323	+2sec

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Martin Šonka	15
2	Juan Velarde	12
3	Pete McLeod	9
4	Matthias Dolderer	7
5	Nicolas Ivanoff	6

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Daniel Ryfa	10
2	Florian Bergér	8
3	Mélanie Astles	6
4	Ben Murphy	4
5	Kevin Coleman	2

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