The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot was the fifth 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 at the Ascot Racecourse in the United Kingdom.
Championship leader Paul Bonhomme took his third victory of the 2015 season, as he was the only pilot of the four finalists to set a time without recording any penalties. He finished 2.6 seconds clear of Matt Hall, with Yoshihide Muroya completing the podium. In the Challenger class, Petr Kopfstein took his second win, 1.144 seconds ahead of Cristian Bolton. Daniel Ryfa had finished quickest, but was given a two-second penalty, and therefore dropped to third.
Master Class Qualification
Pilot Run Time 1 55 Paul Bonhomme 1:06.023 2 95 Matt Hall 1:06.284 3 8 Martin Šonka 1:07.172 4 91 Péter Besenyei 1:07.443 5 31 Yoshihide Muroya 1:07.864 6 27 Nicolas Ivanoff 1:08.075 7 10 Kirby Chambliss 1:08.136 8 9 Nigel Lamb 1:08.220 9 99 Michael Goulian 1:08.438 10 21 Matthias Dolderer 1:08.439 +2sec 11 12 François Le Vot 1:09.280 12 26 Juan Velarde 1:09.996 13 84 Pete McLeod 1:10.631 +2sec 14 22 Hannes Arch DNF
Round of 14 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Yoshihide Muroya (5) 1:07.623 1:08.844 Matthias Dolderer (10) 2 Péter Besenyei (4) 1:08.919 1:13.511 François Le Vot (11) 3 Nicolas Ivanoff (6) 1:07.967 1:08.721 Michael Goulian (9) 4 Martin Šonka (3) 1:07.405 1:09.003 Juan Velarde 5 Kirby Chambliss (7) 1:10.590 1:10.047 Nigel Lamb (8) 6 Matt Hall (2) 1:06.833 1:11.019 Pete McLeod (13) 7 Paul Bonhomme (1) 1:06.961 1:06.178 Hannes Arch (14)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties. Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties.
Round of 8 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Péter Besenyei (4) 1:07.465 1:06.706 Yoshihide Muroya (5) 2 Martin Šonka (3) 1:10.114 1:08.088 Nicolas Ivanoff (6) 3 Matt Hall (2) 1:06.531 1:06.993 Nigel Lamb (8) 4 Paul Bonhomme (1) 1:06.542 DNS Hannes Arch (14)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out
Final 4
Pilot Run Time 1 55 Paul Bonhomme 1:06.416 2 95 Matt Hall 1:09.024 +2sec 3 31 Yoshihide Muroya 1:09.426 +2sec 4 27 Nicolas Ivanoff 1:10.804 +2sec
Challenger Class Results
Pilot Run Time 1 18 Petr Kopfstein 1:20.776 2 5 Cristian Bolton 1:21.920 3 17 Daniel Ryfa 1:21.982 +2sec 4 37 Peter Podlunšek 1:22.212 5 62 Florian Berger 1:27.444 6 77 Francis Barros 1:27.653 +4sec
Standings after the event
Master Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Paul Bonhomme 46 2 Matt Hall 38 3 Hannes Arch 30 4 Martin Šonka 18 5 Nigel Lamb 17
Challenger Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Daniel Ryfa 28 Petr Kopfstein 3 Cristian Bolton 24 4 Mikaël Brageot 22 5 Peter Podlunšek 14
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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