The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi was the first round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Paul Bonhomme from Great Britain took the opening race victory, finishing 0.084 seconds ahead of Australian pilot Matt Hall. The podium was completed by Canada's Pete McLeod, after Hannes Arch received a two-second time penalty. In the Challenger class, Chile's Cristian Bolton took the opening win ahead of Petr Kopfstein from the Czech Republic, while Mikaël Brageot completed the podium, after Daniel Ryfa received a two-second time penalty.
Master Class Qualification
Pilot Run Time 1 55 Paul Bonhomme 57.178 2 95 Matt Hall 57.800 3 31 Yoshihide Muroya 59.093 4 10 Kirby Chambliss 1:00.036 5 21 Matthias Dolderer 1:00.111 +2sec 6 84 Pete McLeod 1:00.256 +2sec 7 99 Michael Goulian 1:00.716 8 27 Nicolas Ivanoff 1:00.788 +2sec 9 26 Juan Velarde 1:01.514 10 22 Hannes Arch 1:01.527 +4sec 11 91 Péter Besenyei 1:02.208 12 8 Martin Šonka 1:02.628 +4sec 13 12 François Le Vot 1:03.649 +2sec 14 9 Nigel Lamb DSQ
Round of 14 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Matthias Dolderer (5) 57.653 58.698 Hannes Arch (10) 2 Kirby Chambliss (4) DNS 1:03.899 Péter Besenyei (11) 3 Pete McLeod (6) 1:00.901 1:08.541 Juan Velarde (9) 4 Yoshihide Muroya (3) 58.280 1:00.210 Martin Šonka (12) 5 Michael Goulian (7) 1:00.872 1:02.278 Nicolas Ivanoff (8) 6 Matt Hall (2) 1:00.278 1:01.014 François Le Vot (13) 7 Paul Bonhomme (1) 56.901 57.108 Nigel Lamb (14)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties Pilot received 8 seconds in penalties
Round of 8 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Hannes Arch (10) 59.760 59.852 Péter Besenyei (11) 2 Yoshihide Muroya (3) 59.597 59.116 Pete McLeod (6) 3 Matt Hall (2) 58.520 1:01.814 Nicolas Ivanoff (8) 4 Paul Bonhomme (1) 58.094 59.576 Nigel Lamb (14)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Pilot received 1 second in penalties Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties
Final 4
Pilot Run Time 1 55 Paul Bonhomme 57.787 2 95 Matt Hall 57.871 3 84 Pete McLeod 58.843 4 22 Hannes Arch 1:00.233 +2sec
Challenger Class Results
Pilot Run Time 1 5 Cristian Bolton 1:02.231 2 18 Petr Kopfstein 1:02.605 3 11 Mikaël Brageot 1:03.025 4 62 Florian Berger 1:03.597 5 17 Daniel Ryfa 1:04.735 +2sec 6 77 Francis Barros DSQ
Standings after the event
Master Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Paul Bonhomme 12 2 Matt Hall 9 3 Pete McLeod 7 4 Hannes Arch 5 5 Nigel Lamb 4
Challenger Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Cristian Bolton 10 2 Petr Kopfstein 8 3 Mikaël Brageot 6 4 Florian Bergér 4 5 Daniel Ryfa 2
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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