2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
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The 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship is the eleventh Red Bull Air Race World Championship series.

Aircraft and pilots

Master Class

No.	Pilot	Aircraft	Rounds
22	Hannes Arch	Zivko Edge 540	1–2
10	Kirby Chambliss	Zivko Edge 540	1–2
21	Matthias Dolderer	Zivko Edge 540	1–2
99	Michael Goulian	Zivko Edge 540	1–2
95	Matt Hall	MX Aircraft MXS	1–2
27	Nicolas Ivanoff	Zivko Edge 540	1–2
18	Petr Kopfstein	Zivko Edge 540	1–2
9	Nigel Lamb	MX Aircraft MXS	1–2
12	François Le Vot	Zivko Edge 540	1–2
84	Pete McLeod	Zivko Edge 540	1–2
31	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540	1–2
37	Peter Podlunšek	Zivko Edge 540	1–2
8	Martin Šonka	Zivko Edge 540	1–2
26	Juan Velarde	Zivko Edge 540	1–2

Pilot changes

• Reigning champion Paul Bonhomme and inaugural champion Péter Besenyei retired from the sport following the final round of the 2015 season.
• Petr Kopfstein and Peter Podlunšek will make their debuts in the Master Class, having finished equal 1st and 5th respectively in the previous years' Challenger Class standings

Challenger Class

• All Challenger Cup Pilots used an Extra E-330LX.

No.	Pilot	Rounds
33	Mélanie Astles	2
77	Francis Barros	1–2
62	Florian Berger	1–2
5	Cristian Bolton	2
48	Kevin Coleman	1–2
6	Luke Czepiela	1
24	Ben Murphy	1
17	Daniel Ryfa	1–2

Pilot changes

• Mélanie Astles, Kevin Coleman, Luke Czepiela and Ben Murphy will make their debuts in the Challenger Class. Astles will become the first female pilot to compete in a Red Bull Air Race event.

Race calendar and results

The eight-event calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 16 December 2015.

Round	Country	Location	Date	Fastest Qualifying	Winning Pilot	Winning Aircraft	Winning Challenger	Report
1	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	11–12 March	Matt Hall	Nicolas Ivanoff	Zivko Edge 540	Daniel Ryfa	report
2	Austria	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	23–24 April	Juan Velarde	Matthias Dolderer	Zivko Edge 540	Florian Berger	report
3	Japan	Makuhari, Chiba	4–5 June					report
4	Hungary	Budapest	16–17 July					report
5	United Kingdom	Ascot Racecourse, Ascot	13–14 August					report
6	Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Klettwitz	3–4 September					report
7	United States	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana	1–2 October					report
8	United States	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas	15–16 October					report

Championship standings

Master Class

Master Class scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11–14th
Points	15	12	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0

Pos. Pilot ABU SPE CHI BUD ASC LAU IND LVG Points 1 Matthias Dolderer 2 1 27 2 Nicolas Ivanoff 1 7 19 3 Hannes Arch 4 2 19 4 Pete McLeod 7 4 11 5 Kirby Chambliss 5 6 11 6 Nigel Lamb 11 3 9 7 François Le Vot 3 12 9 8 Matt Hall 9 5 8 9 Michael Goulian 6 10 6 10 Peter Podlunšek 12 8 3 11 Yoshihide Muroya 8 13 3 12 Martin Šonka DSQ 9 2 13 Juan Velarde 10 14 1 14 Petr Kopfstein 13 11 0 Pos. Pilot ABU SPE CHI BUD ASC LAU IND LVG Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot

Challenger Class

Challenger Class scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	10	8	6	4	2	0

Ranking

Pos.	Pilot	ABU	SPE	CHI	BUD	ASC	LAU	IND	Drop	Points
1										-
Pos.	Pilot	ABU	SPE	CHI	BUD	ASC	LAU	IND	Drop	Points

External links

• Red Bull Air Race official website
• Unofficial Air Race website