2015 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot

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.^[1] 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

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
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	Time One	Time Two	Pilot Two
1	Yoshihide Muroya (5)	1:07.623	1:08.844	Matthias Dolderer (10)
2	Péter Besenyei (4)	1:08.919	1:13.511²	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)	1:10.590¹	1:10.047¹	Nigel Lamb (8)
6	Matt Hall (2)	1:06.833	1:11.019²	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

^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
^2 Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties.

Round of 8

Heat	Pilot One	Time One	Time Two	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

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
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

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
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	Pts
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	Pts
1	Daniel Ryfa	28
1	Petr Kopfstein	28
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.

References

^ "Results - Ascot". Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Red Bull Air Race GmbH. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

External links

Previous race: 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest	Red Bull Air Race 2015 season	Next race: 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg
Previous race: 2014 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot	Red Bull Air Race of Ascot	Next race: 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot

[1] "Results - Ascot". Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Red Bull Air Race GmbH. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

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