2015 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba


The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba was the second 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 Chiba, a port city in Japan.
Championship leader Paul Bonhomme took his second victory in as many races, finishing 0.382 seconds clear of Matt Hall, who finished second to Bonhomme as he did in Abu Dhabi. The podium was completed by Matthias Dolderer, who matched his career best result with third place. In the Challenger class, Petr Kopfstein took victory by 0.592 seconds ahead of Daniel Ryfa.

Master Class

Qualification

PilotRun Time
127 Nicolas Ivanoff51.102
221 Matthias Dolderer51.530
355 Paul Bonhomme51.653
495 Matt Hall51.951
599 Michael Goulian52.014
68 Martin Šonka52.024
710 Kirby Chambliss52.086
826 Juan Velarde52.106
931 Yoshihide Muroya52.429
1084 Pete McLeod52.614
119 Nigel Lamb53.375
1222 Hannes Arch53.416+2sec
1391 Péter Besenyei55.183
1412 François Le VotDNS

Round of 14


  • Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
  • Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties.
  • Pilot received 5 seconds in penalties.
  • Pilot received 6 seconds in penalties.

    Round of 8

Final 4

PilotRun Time
155 Paul Bonhomme51.502
295 Matt Hall51.884
321 Matthias Dolderer53.903+2sec
427 Nicolas IvanoffDNF

Challenger Class

Results

PilotRun Time
118 Petr Kopfstein56.584
217 Daniel Ryfa57.176
35 Cristian Bolton57.865
462 Florian Berger58.340
577 Francis Barros59.053
637 Peter Podlunšek1:01.708+4sec

Standings after the event

;Master Class standings
PosPilot
1 Paul Bonhomme24
2 Matt Hall18
3 Nigel Lamb8
4 Matthias Dolderer7
4 Pete McLeod7

;Challenger Class standings
PosPilot
1 Petr Kopfstein18
2 Cristian Bolton16
3 Daniel Ryfa10
4 Florian Berger8
5 Mikaël Brageot6

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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