The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis was the seventh round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Indianapolis, the United States. German pilot Matthias Dolderer wrapped up his first championship with a round remaining, while Chilean pilot Cristian Bolton made his debut as a replacement for the late Hannes Arch.
Master Class
Qualification Pilot Run Time 1 31 Yoshihide Muroya 1:02.073 2 95 Matt Hall 1:02.255 3 9 Nigel Lamb 1:03.209 4 21 Matthias Dolderer 1:03.378 5 26 Juan Velarde 1:04.052 6 8 Martin Šonka 1:04.144 +1sec 7 84 Pete McLeod 1:04.185 +2sec 8 10 Kirby Chambliss 1:04.516 +1sec 9 99 Michael Goulian 1:05.043 +2sec 10 18 Petr Kopfstein 1:05.267 11 27 Nicolas Ivanoff 1:05.500 +2sec 12 12 François Le Vot 1:05.785 13 37 Peter Podlunšek 1:06.349 +1sec 14 5 Cristian Bolton 1:07.408
Round of 14 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Juan Velarde (5) 1:05.984 1:06.133 Petr Kopfstein (10) 2 Matthias Dolderer (4) 1:03.661 1:05.026 Nicolas Ivanoff (11) 3 Martin Šonka (6) 1:06.393 1:06.534 Michael Goulian (9) 4 Nigel Lamb (3) 1:04.984 1:07.597 François Le Vot (12) 5 Pete McLeod (7) 1:05.249 DSQ Kirby Chambliss (8) 6 Matt Hall (2) 1:04.179 1:06.660 Peter Podlunšek (13) 7 Yoshihide Muroya (1) 1:07.697 1:08.532 Cristian Bolton (14)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified
Pilot received 1 second in penalties
Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties
Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties
Round of 8 Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Pete McLeod (7) 1:04.525 1:05.888 Nicolas Ivanoff (11) 2 Nigel Lamb (3) 1:07.285 1:08.713 Juan Velarde (5) 3 Matt Hall (2) 1:04.322 1:07.446 Martin Šonka (6) 4 Yoshihide Muroya (1) 1:03.730 1:02.827 Matthias Dolderer (4)Key Qualified for next round Knocked out
Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties
Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties
Final 4
Pilot Run Time 1 21 Matthias Dolderer 1:03.335 2 9 Nigel Lamb 1:04.326 3 84 Pete McLeod 1:05.398 4 95 Matt Hall 1:06.623 +3sec
Challenger Class
Results Pilot Run Time 1 6 Luke Czepiela 1:16.484 2 33 Mélanie Astles 1:17.053 3 24 Ben Murphy 1:20.651 +3sec 4 48 Kevin Coleman 1:24.503 +6sec
Standings after the event
Master Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Matthias Dolderer 80.25 2 Matt Hall 55.75 3 Hannes Arch 41 4 Nigel Lamb 37.75 5 Nicolas Ivanoff 35
Challenger Class standings Pos Pilot 1 Florian Berger 28 2 Daniel Ryfa 26 Kevin Coleman 4 Luke Czepiela 24 5 Cristian Bolton 20 Ben Murphy
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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