Red Bull Air Race 2015

Red Bull Air Race World Championship
2015
Champions master Paul Bonhomme Challenger Mikaël Brageot
timeline
⇐ 2014	2016 ⇒

The Red Bull Air Race 2015 World Championship was the 10th season of a series of air races organized by Red Bull Air Race GmbH . Eight races were held in the 2015 racing season. The stations were Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Chiba (Japan), Rovinj (Croatia), Budapest (Hungary), Ascot (Great Britain), Spielberg (Austria), Fort Worth (USA) and Las Vegas (USA).

Abu Dhabi Chiba Rovinj Budapest Ascot Spielberg Fort Worth Las Vegas

Venues for the Red Bull Air Race 2015

Air Race Pilots 2015

Zivko Edge 540 from François Le Vot with a pylon hit at the Red Bull Air Race 2015 in Chiba

Master Class

No.	pilot	origin	plane
08th	Martin Šonka	Czech Republic	Zivko Edge 540
09	Nigel Lamb	United Kingdom	MXS-R
10	Kirby Chambliss	United States	Zivko Edge 540
12	François Le Vot	France	Zivko Edge 540
21st	Matthias Dolderer	Germany	Zivko Edge 540
22nd	Hannes Arch	Austria	Zivko Edge 540
26th	Juan Velarde	Spain	Zivko Edge 540
27	Nicolas Ivanoff	France	Zivko Edge 540
31	Yoshihide Muroya	Japan	Zivko Edge 540
55	Paul Bonhomme	United Kingdom	Zivko Edge 540
84	Pete McLeod	Canada	Zivko Edge 540
91	Péter Besenyei	Hungary	Corvus Racer 540 Zivko Edge 540
95	Matt Hall	Australia	MXS-R
99	Michael Goulian	United States	Zivko Edge 540

Pilot change

• The previous Challenger Class pilots François Le Vot ( France ) and Juan Velarde ( Spain ) made their debut in the Master Class.  

Challenger Class

• The "standard" machine for all Challenger Cup pilots was the Extra 330LX .

No.	pilot	origin
05	Cristian Bolton	Chile
11	Mikaël Brageot	France
17th	Daniel Ryfa	Sweden
18th	Petr headstone	Czech Republic
37	Peter Podlunšek	Slovenia
62	Florian Bergér	Germany
77	Francis Barros	Brazil

Pilot change

• François Le Vot and Juan Velarde switched to the Master Class.
• Florian Bergér and Francis Barros made their debut in the Challenger Class.
• Tom Bennet, Luke Czepiela, Halim Othman and Claudius Spiegel dropped out of the Challenger Class series.

Racing calendar

No.	date	run	Qualifying winner	winner	Second	Third	Overall leader	Winner Challenger
01	13./14. February	Abu Dhabi	Paul Bonhomme	Paul Bonhomme	Matt Hall	Pete McLeod	Paul Bonhomme	Cristian Bolton
02	16./17. May	Chiba	Nicolas Ivanoff	Paul Bonhomme	Matt Hall	Matthias Dolderer	Paul Bonhomme	Petr headstone
03	30./31. May	Rovinj	Paul Bonhomme	Hannes Arch	Martin Šonka	Matt Hall	Paul Bonhomme	Daniel Ryfa
04th	4th / 5th July	Budapest	Matt Hall	Hannes Arch	Paul Bonhomme	Martin Šonka	Paul Bonhomme	Daniel Ryfa
05	15./16. August	Ascot	Paul Bonhomme	Paul Bonhomme	Matt Hall	Martin Šonka	Paul Bonhomme	Petr headstone
06th	5./7. September	Spielberg	-	Matt Hall	Paul Bonhomme	Kirby Chambliss	Paul Bonhomme	Mikaël Brageot
07th	26./27. September	Fort Worth	Matthias Dolderer	Paul Bonhomme	Matt Hall	Yoshihide Muroya	Paul Bonhomme	Mikaël Brageot
08th	17./18. October	Las Vegas	Yoshihide Muroya	Matt Hall	Paul Bonhomme	Matthias Dolderer	Paul Bonhomme	Mikaël Brageot

championship

Master Class

Item	pilot	Abu Dhabi	Chiba	Rovinj	Budapest	Ascot	Spielberg	Fort Worth	Las Vegas	Points
1	Paul Bonhomme	1	1	8th	2	1	2	1	2	76
2	Matt Hall	2	2	3	5	2	1	2	1	71
3	Hannes Arch	4th	11	1	1	8th	13	10	5	34
4th	Martin Šonka	10	10	2	3	7th	4th	4th	8th	29
5	Matthias Dolderer	9	3	6th	7th	10	6th	5	3	26th
6th	Yoshihide Muroya	6th	8th	10	9	3	10	3	4th	23
7th	Nigel Lamb	5	5	5	8th	5	12	6th	10	20th
8th	Pete McLeod	3	12	7th	4th	13	5	8th	11	19th
9	Nicolas Ivanoff	8th	4th	9	14th	4th	9	7th	7th	15th
10	Michael Goulian	12	6th	4th	11	9	7th	9	6th	13
11	Kirby Chambliss	DNS	7th	11	10	12	3	11	12	9
12	Péter Besenyei	7th	13	12	6th	6th	8th	12	13	9
13	Juan Velarde	13	9	13	13	11	11	13	9	0
14th	François Le Vot	11	14th	14th	12	14th	DSQ	14th	14th	0

( Legend: DNP = did not participate; DNS = did not start; DSQ = disqualified; CAN = canceled)

Point system

placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
Points	12	9	7th	5	4th	3	2	1	0
colour	gold	silver	bronze	green					blue

Challenger Class

Item	pilot	Abu Dhabi	Chiba	Rovinj	Budapest	Ascot	Spielberg	Fort Worth	Points deleted	Points
1	Mikaël Brageot	3		2	2		1	1	14th	28
2	Daniel Ryfa	5	2	1	1	3	3		14th	28
3	Petr headstone	2	1		4th	1	2	6th	12	28
4th	Cristian Bolton	1	3	3	5	2		4th	12	24
5	Peter Podlunšek		6th	4th	3	4th	4th	2	8th	18th
6th	Florian Bergér	4th	4th		6th	5	5	3	4th	14th
7th	Francis Barros	DSQ	5	5		6th	6th	5		6th

( Legend: DNP = did not participate; DNS = did not start; DSQ = disqualified; CAN = canceled)

Point system

placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	10	8th	6th	4th	2	0
colour	gold	silver	bronze	green		blue

Web links

Commons : Red Bull Air Race Series  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Red Bull Air Race (Official Homepage)
• Red Bull Air Race 2015 channel on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Red Bull Air Race: Two new pilots for 2015! | Red Bull Air Race . In: Red Bull Air Race . ( redbull.com [accessed March 26, 2018]).
2. ↑ Red Bull Air Race: The leap into the Master Class | Red Bull Air Race . In: Red Bull Air Race . ( redbull.com [accessed March 26, 2018]).
3. ↑ Red Bull Air Race: New Challenger Cup Duo 2015 | Red Bull Air Race . In: Red Bull Air Race . ( redbull.com [accessed March 26, 2018]).