2016 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis

39°47′54″N 86°13′58″W / 39.79833°N 86.23278°W / 39.79833; -86.23278

Peter Podlunsek during the 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis

The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis was the seventh round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.[1] The event took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Indianapolis, the United States. German pilot Matthias Dolderer wrapped up his first championship with a round remaining, while Chilean pilot Cristian Bolton made his debut as a replacement for the late Hannes Arch.

Master Class edit

Qualification edit

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 31   Yoshihide Muroya 1:02.073
2 95   Matt Hall 1:02.255
3 9   Nigel Lamb 1:03.209
4 21   Matthias Dolderer 1:03.378
5 26   Juan Velarde 1:04.052
6 8   Martin Šonka 1:04.144 +1sec
7 84   Pete McLeod 1:04.185 +2sec
8 10   Kirby Chambliss 1:04.516 +1sec
9 99   Michael Goulian 1:05.043 +2sec
10 18   Petr Kopfstein 1:05.267
11 27   Nicolas Ivanoff 1:05.500 +2sec
12 12   François Le Vot 1:05.785
13 37   Peter Podlunšek 1:06.349 +1sec
14 5   Cristian Bolton 1:07.408

Round of 14 edit

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1   Juan Velarde (5) 1:05.984 1:06.133   Petr Kopfstein (10)
2   Matthias Dolderer (4) 1:03.661 1:05.026   Nicolas Ivanoff (11)
3   Martin Šonka (6) 1:06.3932 1:06.534   Michael Goulian (9)
4   Nigel Lamb (3) 1:04.984 1:07.5971   François Le Vot (12)
5   Pete McLeod (7) 1:05.2492 DSQ   Kirby Chambliss (8)
6   Matt Hall (2) 1:04.179 1:06.6602   Peter Podlunšek (13)
7   Yoshihide Muroya (1) 1:07.6973 1:08.5322   Cristian Bolton (14)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified

^1 Pilot received 1 second in penalties

^2 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties

^3 Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties

Round of 8 edit

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1   Pete McLeod (7) 1:04.525 1:05.888   Nicolas Ivanoff (11)
2   Nigel Lamb (3) 1:07.2851 1:08.7132   Juan Velarde (5)
3   Matt Hall (2) 1:04.322 1:07.4461   Martin Šonka (6)
4   Yoshihide Muroya (1) 1:03.730 1:02.827   Matthias Dolderer (4)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

^1 Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties

^2 Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties

Final 4 edit

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 21   Matthias Dolderer 1:03.335
2 9   Nigel Lamb 1:04.326
3 84   Pete McLeod 1:05.398
4 95   Matt Hall 1:06.623 +3sec

Challenger Class edit

Results edit

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 6   Luke Czepiela 1:16.484
2 33   Mélanie Astles 1:17.053
3 24   Ben Murphy 1:20.651 +3sec
4 48   Kevin Coleman 1:24.503 +6sec

Standings after the event edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Results - Indianapolis". Retrieved 15 October 2016.

External links edit

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