Red Bull Air Race 2015
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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).
Air Race Pilots 2015
Master Class
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 |
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5 | 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 |
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1 | 13./14. February | Abu Dhabi | Paul Bonhomme | Paul Bonhomme | Matt Hall | Pete McLeod | Paul Bonhomme | Cristian Bolton |
2 | 16./17. May | Chiba | Nicolas Ivanoff | Paul Bonhomme | Matt Hall | Matthias Dolderer | Paul Bonhomme | Petr headstone |
3 | 30./31. May | Rovinj | Paul Bonhomme | Hannes Arch | Martin Šonka | Matt Hall | Paul Bonhomme | Daniel Ryfa |
4th | 4th / 5th July | Budapest | Matt Hall | Hannes Arch | Paul Bonhomme | Martin Šonka | Paul Bonhomme | Daniel Ryfa |
5 | 15./16. August | Ascot | Paul Bonhomme | Paul Bonhomme | Matt Hall | Martin Šonka | Paul Bonhomme | Petr headstone |
6th | 5./7. September | Spielberg | - | Matt Hall | Paul Bonhomme | Kirby Chambliss | Paul Bonhomme | Mikaël Brageot |
7th | 26./27. September | Fort Worth | Matthias Dolderer | Paul Bonhomme | Matt Hall | Yoshihide Muroya | Paul Bonhomme | Mikaël Brageot |
8th | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Red Bull Air Race: Two new pilots for 2015! | Red Bull Air Race . In: Red Bull Air Race . ( redbull.com [accessed March 26, 2018]).
- ↑ 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]).
- ↑ Red Bull Air Race: New Challenger Cup Duo 2015 | Red Bull Air Race . In: Red Bull Air Race . ( redbull.com [accessed March 26, 2018]).