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. The event was held on the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. Much of the event was cancelled due to heavy rain.
Master Class
Qualification Qualifying was cancelled due to inclement weather. Round of 14 fixtures were decided by championship standings.
Round of 14 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Hannes Arch (5) 59.772 DNF François Le Vot (10) 2 Yoshihide Muroya (4) 59.647 59.492 Juan Velarde (11) 3 Nigel Lamb (6) 1:00.865 1:02.778 Pete McLeod (9) 4 Nicolas Ivanoff (3) 1:00.480 1:02.934 Michael Goulian (12) 5 Martin Šonka (7) DNF 59.808 Matt Hall (8) 6 Kirby Chambliss (2) 1:01.151 1:05.193 Peter Podlunšek (13) 7 Matthias Dolderer (1) 1:04.763 1:05.046 Petr Kopfstein (14)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified
Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties
Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties
Round of 8 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Nicolas Ivanoff (3) 1:02.578 59.236 Matt Hall (8) 2 Hannes Arch (5) 58.942 1:01.689 Nigel Lamb (6) 3 Kirby Chambliss (2) 59.456 1:01.350 Yoshihide Muroya (4) 4 Matthias Dolderer (1) 58.653 1:03.149 Juan Velarde (11)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out
Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties
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 1 Matthias Dolderer 41.25 2 Hannes Arch 26 3 Kirby Chambliss 25.25 4 Yoshihide Muroya 22.5 5 Nicolas Ivanoff 22
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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