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.

Matt Hall　MXS-R

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

Yoshihide Muroya

Qualification

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	51.102
2	21	Matthias Dolderer	51.530
3	55	Paul Bonhomme	51.653
4	95	Matt Hall	51.951
5	99	Michael Goulian	52.014
6	8	Martin Šonka	52.024
7	10	Kirby Chambliss	52.086
8	26	Juan Velarde	52.106
9	31	Yoshihide Muroya	52.429
10	84	Pete McLeod	52.614
11	9	Nigel Lamb	53.375
12	22	Hannes Arch	53.416	+2sec
13	91	Péter Besenyei	55.183
14	12	François Le Vot	DNS

Round of 14

François Le Vot

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two 1 Michael Goulian (5) 52.976 55.7823 Pete McLeod (10) 2 Matt Hall (4) 50.888 51.826 Nigel Lamb (11) 3 Martin Šonka (6) 54.7531 50.779 Yoshihide Muroya (9) 4 Paul Bonhomme (3) 51.560 54.8371 Hannes Arch (12) 5 Kirby Chambliss (7) 54.106 54.241 Juan Velarde (8) 6 Matthias Dolderer (2) 55.050 59.9282 Péter Besenyei (13) 7 Nicolas Ivanoff (1) 55.1011 1:03.2794 François Le Vot (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.
• ^3 Pilot received 5 seconds in penalties.
• ^4 Pilot received 6 seconds in penalties.

Round of 8

室屋義秀

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two 1 Matt Hall (4) 51.452 52.917 Michael Goulian (5) 2 Paul Bonhomme (3) 51.392 DNF Yoshihide Muroya (9) 3 Matthias Dolderer (2) 52.365 53.631 Kirby Chambliss (7) 4 Nicolas Ivanoff (1) 52.146 52.448 Nigel Lamb (11)

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out

Final 4

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	55	Paul Bonhomme	51.502
2	95	Matt Hall	51.884
3	21	Matthias Dolderer	53.903	+2sec
4	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	DNF

Challenger Class

Challenger Class

Results

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	18	Petr Kopfstein	56.584
2	17	Daniel Ryfa	57.176
3	5	Cristian Bolton	57.865
4	62	Florian Berger	58.340
5	77	Francis Barros	59.053
6	37	Peter Podlunšek	1:01.708	+4sec

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Paul Bonhomme	24
2	Matt Hall	18
3	Nigel Lamb	8
4	Matthias Dolderer	7
	Pete McLeod

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot	Pts
1	Petr Kopfstein	18
2	Cristian Bolton	16
3	Daniel Ryfa	10
4	Florian Berger	8
5	Mikaël Brageot	6

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