The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi was the first round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Master Class
Qualification
Pilot Run Time 1 95 Matt Hall 58.079 2 21 Matthias Dolderer 58.268 3 99 Michael Goulian 59.184 4 31 Yoshihide Muroya 59.242 5 27 Nicolas Ivanoff 59.523 6 22 Hannes Arch 59.764 7 9 Nigel Lamb 1:00.160 8 84 Pete McLeod 1:00.424 9 26 Juan Velarde 1:01.008 10 8 Martin Šonka 1:01.503 +2secs 11 18 Petr Kopfstein 1:01.972 12 12 François Le Vot 1:02.135 13 37 Peter Podlunšek 1:02.154 +2secs 14 10 Kirby Chambliss DNF
Round of 14 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Martin Šonka (10) DSQ 1:02.628 Nicolas Ivanoff (5) 2 Petr Kopfstein (11) 1:05.009 1:01.154 Yoshihide Muroya (4) 3 Juan Velarde (9) 1:01.684 1:01.607 Hannes Arch (6) 4 François Le Vot (12) 1:00.752 1:00.653 Michael Goulian (3) 5 Pete McLeod (8) 1:00.408 1:01.722 Nigel Lamb (7) 6 Peter Podlunšek (13) 1:04.992 1:02.301 Matthias Dolderer (2) 7 Kirby Chambliss (14) 59.864 1:01.299 Matt Hall (1)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties
Round of 8 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 François Le Vot (12) 1:03.748 DNF Yoshihide Muroya (4) 2 Hannes Arch (6) 58.729 59.449 Michael Goulian (3) 3 Pete McLeod (8) DNF 58.734 Matthias Dolderer (2) 4 Kirby Chambliss (14) 59.260 58.601 Nicolas Ivanoff (5)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out
Final 4
Pilot Run Time 1 27 Nicolas Ivanoff 58.550 2 21 Matthias Dolderer 58.660 3 12 François Le Vot 1:02.281 +2secs 4 22 Hannes Arch DSQ
Challenger Class
Results
Pilot Run Time 1 17 Daniel Ryfa 1:06.308 2 48 Kevin Coleman 1:06.945 3 62 Florian Berger 1:08.325 4 24 Ben Murphy 1:08.390 5 6 Luke Czepiela 1:09.206 6 77 Francis Barros DSQ
Standings after the event
Master Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Nicolas Ivanoff 15 2 Matthias Dolderer 12 3 François Le Vot 9 4 Hannes Arch 7 5 Kirby Chambliss 6
Challenger Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Daniel Ryfa 10 2 Kevin Coleman 8 3 Florian Berger 6 4 Ben Murphy 4 5 Luke Czepiela 2
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
External links
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