2015 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba was the second 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 Chiba, a port city in Japan.

Championship leader Paul Bonhomme took his second victory in as many races, finishing 0.382 seconds clear of Matt Hall, who finished second to Bonhomme as he did in Abu Dhabi. The podium was completed by Matthias Dolderer, who matched his career best result with third place. In the Challenger class, Petr Kopfstein took victory by 0.592 seconds ahead of Daniel Ryfa.

Master Class

Qualification

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 27 Nicolas Ivanoff 51.102
2 21 Matthias Dolderer 51.530
3 55 Paul Bonhomme 51.653
4 95 Matt Hall 51.951
5 99 Michael Goulian 52.014
6 8 Martin Šonka 52.024
7 10 Kirby Chambliss 52.086
8 26 Juan Velarde 52.106
9 31 Yoshihide Muroya 52.429
10 84 Pete McLeod 52.614
11 9 Nigel Lamb 53.375
12 22 Hannes Arch 53.416 +2sec
13 91 Péter Besenyei 55.183
14 12 François Le Vot DNS

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Michael Goulian (5) 52.976 55.7823 Pete McLeod (10)
2 Matt Hall (4) 50.888 51.826 Nigel Lamb (11)
3 Martin Šonka (6) 54.7531 50.779 Yoshihide Muroya (9)
4 Paul Bonhomme (3) 51.560 54.8371 Hannes Arch (12)
5 Kirby Chambliss (7) 54.106 54.241 Juan Velarde (8)
6 Matthias Dolderer (2) 55.050 59.9282 Péter Besenyei (13)
7 Nicolas Ivanoff (1) 55.1011 1:03.2794 François Le Vot (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 5 seconds in penalties.
  • ^4 Pilot received 6 seconds in penalties.

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Matt Hall (4) 51.452 52.917 Michael Goulian (5)
2 Paul Bonhomme (3) 51.392 DNF Yoshihide Muroya (9)
3 Matthias Dolderer (2) 52.365 53.631 Kirby Chambliss (7)
4 Nicolas Ivanoff (1) 52.146 52.448 Nigel Lamb (11)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

Final 4

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 55 Paul Bonhomme 51.502
2 95 Matt Hall 51.884
3 21 Matthias Dolderer 53.903 +2sec
4 27 Nicolas Ivanoff DNF

Challenger Class

Results

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 18 Petr Kopfstein 56.584
2 17 Daniel Ryfa 57.176
3 5 Cristian Bolton 57.865
4 62 Florian Berger 58.340
5 77 Francis Barros 59.053
6 37 Peter Podlunšek 1:01.708 +4sec

Standings after the event

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

References

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