2017 Red Bull Air Race of Kazan

The 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Kazan was the fifth round of the 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.[1] The event was held on Kazanka River in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. It was the first non-cancelled race taking place in Russia.

Race Track

Extraordinary runway (kazanring)

Race Track

Master class

Qualification

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	84	Pete McLeod	0:54.562
2	8	Martin Sonka	0:56.339
3	9	Nicolas Ivanoff	0:56.450
4	10	Kirby Chambliss	0:56.703
5	99	Michael Goulian	0:56.837
6	95	Matt Hall	0:57.068
7	18	Petr Kopfstein	0:57.426
8	37	Peter Podlunsek	0:57.504
9	31	Yoshihide Muroya	0:57.847
10	26	Juan Velarde	0:58.323
11	21	Matthias Dolderer	0:59.478	+2sec^1
12	5	Cristian Bolton	1:00.685
13	12	Francois Le Vot	SCO^2
14	11	Mikael Brageot	DNF^3

• ^1 Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) at gate 3[2]
• ^2 Safety climb out[2]
• ^3 Exceeding maximum G in gate 4[2]

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two 1 Juan Velarde 0:59.128 1:00.531^1 Michael Goulian 2 Matthias Dolderer 1:01.357^2 1:01.287^3 Kirby Chambliss 3 Yoshihide Muroya 1:04.153^4 1:02.794^5 Matt Hall 4 Cristian Bolton 1:01.837 1:01.900^6 Nicolas Ivanoff 5 Peter Podlunsek 1:05.272^7 1:01.864 Petr Kopfstein 6 Francois Le Vot 1:00.794 1:00.952 Martin Sonka 7 Mikael Brageot 1:03.650^8 0:58.358 Pete McLeod

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified

• ^1 Pylon Hit at gate 4[3]
• ^2 Pylon hit at gate 6b[3]
• ^3 Pylon hit at gate 10[3]
• ^4 Pylon hit at gate 10, incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in gate 14[3]
• ^5 Pylon hit at gate 3[3]
• ^6 Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in gate 14[3]
• ^7 Pylon hit gate 10,11[3]
• ^8 Pylon hit at gate 4[3]

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two 8 Kirby Chambliss 0:59.157 1:02.887 ^1 Francois Le Vot 9 Cristian Bolton 1:03.826 ^2 1:00.537 ^3 Michael Goulian 10 Petr Kopfstein 0:58.380 0:59.319 Juan Velarde 11 Matt Hall 1:01.953 0:59.596 ^4 Pete McLeod

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out

• ^1 Pylon hit
• ^2 Exceeding start speed limit, incorrect passing (climbing in the gate)
• ^3 Pylon hit
• ^4 Pylon hit

Final 4

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	10	Kirby Chambliss	0:58.378
2	84	Pete McLeod	0:59.125	+2sec ^1
3	99	Michael Goulian	0:59.650
4	18	Petr Kopfstein	1:04.297	+6sec ^2

• ^1 Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in gate 3[4]
• ^2 Pylon hits at gates 10, 11

Challenger Class

Results (Rescheduled Chiba race)

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	6	Luke Czepiela	1:07.091
2	17	Daniel Ryfa	1:07.190	+2sec^1
3	24	Ben Murphy	1:08.187
4	78	Daniel Genevey	1:08.339
5	33	Melanie Astles	1:09.771	+3sec^2
6	15	Baptiste Vignes	1:09.964
7	7	Kenny Chiang	1:10.196	+3sec^3
8	48	Kevin Coleman	1:10.308	+3sec^4

• ^1 Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) at gate 14[5]
• ^2 Pylon hit at gate 4[5]
• ^3 Pylon hit at gate 4[5]
• ^4 Pylon hit at gate 4[5]

Results

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	7	Kenny Chiang	1:07.264
2	15	Baptiste Vignes	1:08.265
3	48	Kevin Coleman	1:08.965
4	33	Mélanie Astles	1:09.505
5	24	Ben Murphy	1:09.987	+2sec^1
6	17	Daniel Ryfa	1:14.115	+8sec^2

• ^1 Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in Gate 7[6]
• ^2 Pylon hit at gates 4, 7, incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in gate 14[6]

Standings after the event

Master Class standings Pos Pilot Pts 1 Kirby Chambliss 40 2 Yoshihide Muroya 39 3 Martin Sonka 39 4 Pete McLeod 38 5 Petr Kopfstein 30 6 Matthias Dolderer 24 7 Michael Goulian 23 8 Juan Velarde 21 9 Matt Hall 16 10 Nicolas Ivanoff 14 11 Peter Podlunsek 12 12 Mikael Brageot 9 13 Francois Le Vot 8 14 Cristian Bolton 7

Challenger Class standings (Rescheduled Chiba race) Pos Pilot Pts 1 Florian Berger 28 2 Luke Czepiela 24 3 Daniel Ryfa 24 4 Kevin Coleman 10 5 Ben Murphy 10 6 Melanie Astles 8 7 Daniel Genevey 8 8 Baptiste Vignes 6 9 Kenny Chiang 2

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Florian Berger	28
2	Daniel Ryfa	24
3	Luke Czepiela	24
4	Kevin Coleman	16
5	Baptiste Vignes	14
6	Kenny Chiang	12
7	Mélanie Astles	12
8	Ben Murphy	12
9	Daniel Genevey	8

References

1. "Kazan Red Bull Air Race Red Bull Air Race". Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
2. "Magnificent McLeod tops Qualifying in Kazan". Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
3. "Marvellous McLeod storms through Round of 14". Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
4. "Chambliss crowned king in Kazan". Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
5. "Czepiela takes Challenger win". Archived from the original on 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
6. "Chiang astounds with Kazan win". Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-07-09.

External links

• Kazan Red Bull Air Race

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