2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

The 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the eleventh Red Bull Air Race World Championship series.

Aircraft and pilots

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Master Class

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Team No. Pilot Aircraft Rounds
Cristian Bolton Racing 5   Cristian Bolton Zivko Edge 540 V2 7–8
Team Sonka 8   Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Breitling Racing Team 9   Nigel Lamb MX Aircraft MXS-R All
11   Mikaël Brageot Master Mentoring Program
12   François Le Vot Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
Team Chambliss 10   Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Team Spielberg 18   Petr Kopfstein Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Matthias Dolderer Racing 21   Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Hannes Arch Racing 22 22   Hannes Arch[1] Zivko Edge 540 V3 1–6
Team Velarde 26   Juan Velarde Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
Team Hamilton 27   Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
Team Falken 31   Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Peter Podlunšek Racing 37   Peter Podlunšek Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
Team Garmin 84   Pete McLeod Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Matt Hall Racing 95   Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS-R 1–7
Team Goulian 99   Michael Goulian Zivko Edge 540 V2 All

Pilot changes

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Mid-season changes

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Challenger Class

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No. Pilot Rounds
33   Mélanie Astles 2-8
77   Francis Barros 1–3
62   Florian Bergér 1–2, 4–6, 8
5   Cristian Bolton 1–5
48   Kevin Coleman 1–3, 5–8
6   Luke Czepiela 1, 3–4, 6–8
24   Ben Murphy 1, 3–8
17   Daniel Ryfa 1–2, 4–6, 8

Pilot changes

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Race calendar and results

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The eight-event calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 16 December 2015.[3]

Round Country Location Date Fastest Qualifying Winning Pilot Winning Aircraft Winning Challenger Report
1   United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 11–12 March   Matt Hall   Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540   Daniel Ryfa report
2   Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 23–24 April   Juan Velarde   Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540   Florian Bergér report
3   Japan Makuhari, Chiba 4–5 June cancelled   Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540   Cristian Bolton report
4   Hungary Budapest 16–17 July cancelled   Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540   Daniel Ryfa report
5   United Kingdom Ascot Racecourse, Ascot 13–14 August   Matthias Dolderer   Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS   Kevin Coleman report
6   Germany Lausitzring, Klettwitz 3–4 September   Nigel Lamb   Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS   Florian Bergér report
7   United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana 1–2 October   Yoshihide Muroya   Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540   Luke Czepiela report
8   United States Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas 15–16 October cancelled due to high winds report

Championship standings

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Master Class

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Master Class scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11–14th 
Points 15 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
 
SPE
 
CHI
 
BUD**
 
ASC
 
LAU
 
IND
 
LVG
 
Points
1   Matthias Dolderer 2 1 8 1 2 2 1 C 80.25
2   Matt Hall 9 5 7 3 1 1 4 55.75
3   Hannes Arch EX * 2 6 2 3 5 41
4   Nigel Lamb 11 3 4 6 6 10 2 C 37.75
5   Nicolas Ivanoff 1 7 DNS 7 7 7 6 C 35
6   Yoshihide Muroya 8 13 1 5 8 14 5 C 31.5
7   Martin Šonka DSQ 9 2 13 5 4 7 C 31
8   Pete McLeod 7 4 12 9 13 3 3 C 30.5
9   Kirby Chambliss 5 6 3 4 9 8 DSQ C 30.25
10   Michael Goulian 6 10 13 10 4 6 10 C 19.75
11   Juan Velarde 10 14 5 8 11 9 8 C 14.25
12   François Le Vot 3 12 10 14 12 12 12 C 10
13   Peter Podlunšek 12 8 11 11 10 13 11 C 4
14   Petr Kopfstein 13 11 9 12 14 11 9 C 4
15   Cristian Bolton 13 C 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
 
SPE
 
CHI
 
BUD
 
ASC
 
LAU
 
IND
 
LVG
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot

* Arch finished 4th but was later excluded from the results; thus the points for 4th place were not awarded to any pilot.
** The final four wasn't held because of bad weather, 75% of points were awarded for this situation.

Challenger Class

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Challenger Class scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 10 8 6 4 2 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
 
SPE
 
CHI
 
BUD
 
ASC
 
LAU
 
IND
 
LVG
 
Drop Points
1   Florian Bergér 3 1 4 2 1 C 10 28
2   Daniel Ryfa 1 3 1 5 4 C 6 26
3   Kevin Coleman 2 2 2 1 6 4 C 12 26
4   Luke Czepiela 5 3 3 2 1 C 14 26
5   Cristian Bolton 4 1 6 3 20
6   Ben Murphy 4 5 2 6 3 3 C 6 20
7   Mélanie Astles 6 4 5 4 5 2 C 4 16
8   Francis Barros DSQ 5 6 2
Pos. Pilot ABU
 
SPE
 
CHI
 
BUD
 
ASC
 
LAU
 
IND
 
LVG
 
Drop Points

References

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  1. ^ "Pilots". RedBullAirRace.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Bolton steps up to the Master Class". RedBullAirRace.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Two amazing new locations announced for the 2016 World Championship". RedBullAirRace.com. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
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