2016 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest

The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest was the fourth round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.[1] The event was held on the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. Much of the event was cancelled due to heavy rain.

Master Class

Qualfication

Qualifying was cancelled due to inclement weather. Round of 14 fixtures were decided by championship standings.

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Austria Hannes Arch (5) 59.772 DNF France François Le Vot (10)
2 Japan Yoshihide Muroya (4) 59.647 59.492 Spain Juan Velarde (11)
3 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb (6) 1:00.8651 1:02.7782 Canada Pete McLeod (9)
4 France Nicolas Ivanoff (3) 1:00.480 1:02.9341 United States Michael Goulian (12)
5 Czech Republic Martin Šonka (7) DNF 59.808 Australia Matt Hall (8)
6 United States Kirby Chambliss (2) 1:01.1511 1:05.1931 Slovenia Peter Podlunšek (13)
7 Germany Matthias Dolderer (1) 1:04.7632 1:05.0461 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein (14)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified

^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties

^2 Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 France Nicolas Ivanoff (3) 1:02.5781 59.236 Australia Matt Hall (8)
2 Austria Hannes Arch (5) 58.942 1:01.689 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb (6)
3 United States Kirby Chambliss (2) 59.456 1:01.3501 Japan Yoshihide Muroya (4)
4 Germany Matthias Dolderer (1) 58.653 1:03.1492 Spain Juan Velarde (11)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out

^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties

^2 Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties

Final 4

The Final 4 round was not held due to inclement weather. The final results were determined by the times set in the Round of 8, meaning Matthias Dolderer was the event winner. 75% of usual points were awarded in this situation.

Challenger Class

Due to inclement weather on race day the Challenger Class race was cancelled.

Standings after the event

Master Class standings
Pos Pilot Pts
1 Germany Matthias Dolderer 41.25
2 Austria Hannes Arch 26
3 United States Kirby Chambliss 25.25
4 Japan Yoshihide Muroya 22.5
5 France Nicolas Ivanoff 22
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

  1. "Results - Budapest". Retrieved 29 July 2016.

External links

Previous race:
2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba
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Next race:
2016 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot
Previous race:
2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest
Red Bull Air Race of Budapest Next race:
2017 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest
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