The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba was the third round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held in Chiba, Japan.
Master Class
Qualification
Due to the high seas and rough conditions on the racetrack on Saturday, the Race Committee was forced to cancel the Qualifying session of the Master Class. The Round of 14 fixtures were decided by championship position, whilst the Challenger Class race would take place on Sunday.
Round of 14 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Kirby Chambliss (5) 1:06.509 1:11.608 Peter Podlunšek (10) 2 Pete McLeod (4) DNF 1:06.022 Yoshihide Muroya (11) 3 Nigel Lamb (6) 1:05.552 DNF Michael Goulian (9) 4 Hannes Arch (3) 1:05.356 1:04.352 Martin Šonka (12) 5 François Le Vot (7) 1:11.064 1:05.029 Matt Hall (8) 6 Nicolas Ivanoff (2) DNS 1:06.604 Juan Velarde (13) 7 Matthias Dolderer (1) 1:05.125 1:06.752 Petr Kopfstein (14)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified Pilot received 1 second in penalties Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties
Round of 8 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Hannes Arch (3) 1:06.144 1:05.128 Nigel Lamb (6) 2 Matthias Dolderer (1) DNF 1:04.610 Yoshihide Muroya (11) 3 Kirby Chambliss (5) 1:05.352 DNF Matt Hall (8) 4 Martin Šonka (12) 1:05.144 1:06.143 Juan Velarde (13)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Pilot received 1 second in penalties
Final 4
Pilot Run Time 1 31 Yoshihide Muroya 1:04.992 2 8 Martin Šonka 1:05.097 3 10 Kirby Chambliss 1:05.618 4 9 Nigel Lamb 1:05.734
Challenger Class
Results
Pilot Run Time 1 5 Cristian Bolton 1:15.747 2 48 Kevin Coleman 1:16.304 3 6 Luke Czepiela 1:17.514 4 33 Mélanie Astles 1:17.730 5 24 Ben Murphy 1:18.496 6 77 Francis Barros 1:21.439 +3secs
Standings after the event
Master Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Matthias Dolderer 30 2 Kirby Chambliss 20 3 Nicolas Ivanoff 19 4 Yoshihide Muroya 18 5 Hannes Arch 17
Challenger Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Kevin Coleman 24 2 Florian Berger 16 Daniel Ryfa 4 Cristian Bolton 14 5 Luke Czepiela 8
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
External links
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