The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest was the fourth 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 on the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary.
Austria's Hannes Arch took his second successive victory by 0.207 seconds ahead of championship leader Paul Bonhomme, with Martin Šonka completing the podium in third place. In the Challenger class, Daniel Ryfa took his second successive win by 0.227 seconds ahead of Mikaël Brageot, with Peter Podlunšek and Petr Kopfstein also finishing within a second of Ryfa.
Master Class
Qualification
Pilot Run Time 1 95 Matt Hall 58.323 2 31 Yoshihide Muroya 59.011 3 22 Hannes Arch 59.328 4 84 Pete McLeod 59.480 5 10 Kirby Chambliss 59.496 6 9 Nigel Lamb 59.553 7 8 Martin Šonka 59.756 8 55 Paul Bonhomme 59.812 9 27 Nicolas Ivanoff 1:00.151 10 91 Péter Besenyei 1:00.862 11 12 François Le Vot 1:02.364 12 26 Juan Velarde 1:03.839 +2sec 13 21 Matthias Dolderer 1:03.974 +4sec 14 99 Michael Goulian 1:04.403 +4sec
Round of 14 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Péter Besenyei (10) 1:01.070 1:03.386 Kirby Chambliss (5) 2 François Le Vot (11) 1:05.976 1:02.866 Pete McLeod (4) 3 Nicolas Ivanoff (9) DNF DNF Nigel Lamb (6) 4 Juan Velarde (12) 1:06.072 1:02.497 Hannes Arch (3) 5 Paul Bonhomme (8) 1:01.028 1:01.088 Martin Šonka (7) 6 Matthias Dolderer (13) 1:02.072 1:02.279 Yoshihide Muroya (2) 7 Michael Goulian (14) 1:04.953 58.400 Matt Hall (1)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties Pilot advanced as they were the higher-placed in qualifying
Round of 8 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Pete McLeod (4) 59.460 1:00.887 Péter Besenyei (10) 2 Hannes Arch (3) 1:02.746 DNF Nigel Lamb (6) 3 Paul Bonhomme (8) 1:00.521 1:02.116 Matthias Dolderer (13) 4 Matt Hall (1) 59.884 59.701 Martin Šonka (7)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties
Final 4
Pilot Run Time 1 22 Hannes Arch 59.350 2 55 Paul Bonhomme 59.557 3 8 Martin Šonka 1:00.658 4 84 Pete McLeod 1:01.113
Challenger Class
Results
Pilot Run Time 1 17 Daniel Ryfa 1:09.070 2 11 Mikaël Brageot 1:09.297 3 37 Peter Podlunšek 1:09.713 4 18 Petr Kopfstein 1:09.822 5 5 Cristian Bolton 1:11.686 6 62 Florian Berger 1:11.954
Standings after the event
Master Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Paul Bonhomme 34 2 Hannes Arch 29 Matt Hall 4 Martin Šonka 16 5 Pete McLeod 14
Challenger Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Daniel Ryfa 28 2 Petr Kopfstein 22 Cristian Bolton Mikaël Brageot 5 Peter Podlunšek 10
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
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