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 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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