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. 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
Pilot Run Time 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 Pilot Two 1 Michael Goulian (5) 52.976 55.782 Pete McLeod (10) 2 Matt Hall (4) 50.888 51.826 Nigel Lamb (11) 3 Martin Šonka (6) 54.753 50.779 Yoshihide Muroya (9) 4 Paul Bonhomme (3) 51.560 54.837 Hannes Arch (12) 5 Kirby Chambliss (7) 54.106 54.241 Juan Velarde (8) 6 Matthias Dolderer (2) 55.050 59.928 Péter Besenyei (13) 7 Nicolas Ivanoff (1) 55.101 1:03.279 François Le Vot (14)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties. Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties. Pilot received 5 seconds in penalties. Pilot received 6 seconds in penalties.
Round of 8
Heat Pilot One 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
Pilot Run Time 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
Pilot Run Time 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
Master Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Paul Bonhomme 24 2 Matt Hall 18 3 Nigel Lamb 8 4 Matthias Dolderer 7 Pete McLeod
Challenger Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Petr Kopfstein 18 2 Cristian Bolton 16 3 Daniel Ryfa 10 4 Florian Berger 8 5 Mikaël Brageot 6
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
External links
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