2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest was the fourth 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 on the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary.

Austria's Hannes Arch took his second successive victory by 0.207 seconds ahead of championship leader Paul Bonhomme, with Martin Šonka completing the podium in third place. In the Challenger class, Daniel Ryfa took his second successive win by 0.227 seconds ahead of Mikaël Brageot, with Peter Podlunšek and Petr Kopfstein also finishing within a second of Ryfa.

Master Class

Qualification
Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 95 Matt Hall 58.323
2 31 Yoshihide Muroya 59.011
3 22 Hannes Arch 59.328
4 84 Pete McLeod 59.480
5 10 Kirby Chambliss 59.496
6 9 Nigel Lamb 59.553
7 8 Martin Šonka 59.756
8 55 Paul Bonhomme 59.812
9 27 Nicolas Ivanoff 1:00.151
10 91 Péter Besenyei 1:00.862
11 12 François Le Vot 1:02.364
12 26 Juan Velarde 1:03.839 +2sec
13 21 Matthias Dolderer 1:03.974 +4sec
14 99 Michael Goulian 1:04.403 +4sec

Round of 14
Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Péter Besenyei (10) 1:01.070 1:03.3861 Kirby Chambliss (5)
2 François Le Vot (11) 1:05.976 1:02.866 Pete McLeod (4)
3 Nicolas Ivanoff (9) DNF DNF2 Nigel Lamb (6)
4 Juan Velarde (12) 1:06.0721 1:02.497 Hannes Arch (3)
5 Paul Bonhomme (8) 1:01.028 1:01.088 Martin Šonka (7)
6 Matthias Dolderer (13) 1:02.072 1:02.279 Yoshihide Muroya (2)
7 Michael Goulian (14) 1:04.9531 58.400 Matt Hall (1)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified
  • ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties
  • ^2 Pilot advanced as they were the higher-placed in qualifying

Round of 8
Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Pete McLeod (4) 59.460 1:00.887 Péter Besenyei (10)
2 Hannes Arch (3) 1:02.746 DNF Nigel Lamb (6)
3 Paul Bonhomme (8) 1:00.521 1:02.1161 Matthias Dolderer (13)
4 Matt Hall (1) 59.884 59.701 Martin Šonka (7)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified
  • ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties

Final 4
Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 22 Hannes Arch 59.350
2 55 Paul Bonhomme 59.557
3 8 Martin Šonka 1:00.658
4 84 Pete McLeod 1:01.113

Challenger Class

Results
Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 17 Daniel Ryfa 1:09.070
2 11 Mikaël Brageot 1:09.297
3 37 Peter Podlunšek 1:09.713
4 18 Petr Kopfstein 1:09.822
5 5 Cristian Bolton 1:11.686
6 62 Florian Berger 1:11.954

Standings after the event
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "Results - Budapest". Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Red Bull Air Race GmbH. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
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