The 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi was the first round of the 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, the twelfth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held in Zayed Port, Abu Dhabi - the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.
Master Class Qualification
Pilot Run Time 1 8 Martin Šonka 52.097 2 99 Michael Goulian 52.458 3 10 Kirby Chambliss 52.500 4 84 Pete McLeod 53.016 5 26 Juan Velarde 53.208 6 18 Petr Kopfstein 53.221 7 11 Mikaël Brageot 53.326 8 5 Cristian Bolton 53.584 9 27 Nicolas Ivanoff 53.752 10 31 Yoshihide Muroya 54.680 11 21 Matthias Dolderer 54.695 +2sec 12 12 François Le Vot 54.764 13 95 Matt Hall 55.545 14 37 Peter Podlunšek 56.776 +3sec
Round of 14 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Juan Velarde (5) 52.795 DNF Yoshihide Muroya (10) 2 Pete McLeod (4) 54.064 52.984 Matthias Dolderer (11) 3 Petr Kopfstein (6) 56.740 54.208 Nicolas Ivanoff (9) 4 Kirby Chambliss (3) 55.844 54.410 François Le Vot (12) 5 Mikaël Brageot (7) 54.503 54.228 Cristian Bolton (8) 6 Michael Goulian (2) 54.195 55.332 Matt Hall (13) 7 Martin Šonka (1) 53.202 DSQ Peter Podlunšek (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 Michael Goulian (2) 54.960 54.952 Pete McLeod (4) 2 Martin Šonka (1) 53.525 54.676 Nicolas Ivanoff (9) 3 Cristian Bolton (8) 55.890 54.469 Matthias Dolderer (11) 4 Juan Velarde (5) 55.373 55.973 François Le Vot (12)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out
Final 4
Pilot Run Time 1 8 Martin Šonka 53.139 2 26 Juan Velarde 54.166 3 84 Pete McLeod 54.632 4 21 Matthias Dolderer 55.227 +2sec
Challenger Class Results
Pilot Run Time 1 17 Daniel Ryfa 1:00.206 2 62 Florian Bergér 1:00.561 3 33 Mélanie Astles 1:01.197 4 24 Ben Murphy 1:02.520 5 48 Kevin Coleman 1:04.757 6 6 Luke Czepiela 1:05.513 +3sec 7 15 Baptiste Vignes 1:06.323 +2sec
Standings after the event
Master Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Martin Šonka 15 2 Juan Velarde 12 3 Pete McLeod 9 4 Matthias Dolderer 7 5 Nicolas Ivanoff 6
Challenger Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Daniel Ryfa 10 2 Florian Bergér 8 3 Mélanie Astles 6 4 Ben Murphy 4 5 Kevin Coleman 2
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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