2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

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

Location

Aircraft and pilots

Master Class
Team No. Pilot Aircraft Rounds
Cristian Bolton Racing 5 Cristian Bolton Zivko Edge 540 V2 7–8
Team Sonka 8 Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Breitling Racing Team 9 Nigel Lamb MX Aircraft MXS-R All
11 Mikaël Brageot Master Mentoring Program
12 François Le Vot Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
Team Chambliss 10 Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Team Spielberg 18 Petr Kopfstein Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Matthias Dolderer Racing 21 Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Hannes Arch Racing 22 22 Hannes Arch[1] Zivko Edge 540 V3 1–6
Team Velarde 26 Juan Velarde Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
Team Hamilton 27 Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
Team Falken 31 Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Peter Podlunšek Racing 37 Peter Podlunšek Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
Team Garmin 84 Pete McLeod Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
Matt Hall Racing 95 Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS-R 1–7
Team Goulian 99 Michael Goulian Zivko Edge 540 V2 All

Pilot changes

Mid-season changes

Challenger Class
No. Pilot Rounds
33 Mélanie Astles 2-8
77 Francis Barros 1–3
62 Florian Bergér 1–2, 4–6, 8
5 Cristian Bolton 1–5
48 Kevin Coleman 1–3, 5–8
6 Luke Czepiela 1, 3–4, 6–8
24 Ben Murphy 1, 3–8
17 Daniel Ryfa 1–2, 4–6, 8

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.[3]

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 Bergér report
3  Japan Makuhari, Chiba 4–5 June cancelled Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 Cristian Bolton report
4  Hungary Budapest 16–17 July cancelled Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 Daniel Ryfa report
5  United Kingdom Ascot Racecourse, Ascot 13–14 August Matthias Dolderer Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS Kevin Coleman report
6  Germany Lausitzring, Klettwitz 3–4 September Nigel Lamb Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS Florian Bergér report
7  United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana 1–2 October Yoshihide Muroya Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 Luke Czepiela report
8  United States Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas 15–16 October cancelled due to high winds 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 8 1 2 2 1 C 80.25
2 Matt Hall 9 5 7 3 1 1 4 55.75
3 Hannes Arch † EX * 2 6 2 3 5 41
4 Nigel Lamb 11 3 4 6 6 10 2 C 37.75
5 Nicolas Ivanoff 1 7 DNS 7 7 7 6 C 35
6 Yoshihide Muroya 8 13 1 5 8 14 5 C 31.5
7 Martin Šonka DSQ 9 2 13 5 4 7 C 31
8 Pete McLeod 7 4 12 9 13 3 3 C 30.5
9 Kirby Chambliss 5 6 3 4 9 8 DSQ C 30.25
10 Michael Goulian 6 10 13 10 4 6 10 C 19.75
11 Juan Velarde 10 14 5 8 11 9 8 C 14.25
12 François Le Vot 3 12 10 14 12 12 12 C 10
13 Peter Podlunšek 12 8 11 11 10 13 11 C 4
14 Petr Kopfstein 13 11 9 12 14 11 9 C 4
15 Cristian Bolton 13 C 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
 SPE
 CHI
 BUD
 ASC
 LAU
 IND
 LVG
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot

* Arch finished 4th but was later excluded from the results; thus the points for 4th place were not awarded to any pilot.
** The final four wasn't held because of bad weather, 75% of points were awarded for this situation.

Challenger Class
Challenger Class scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 10 8 6 4 2 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
 SPE
 CHI
 BUD
 ASC
 LAU
 IND
 LVG
 Drop Points
1 Florian Bergér 3 1 4 2 1 C 10 28
2 Daniel Ryfa 1 3 1 5 4 C 6 26
3 Kevin Coleman 2 2 2 1 6 4 C 12 26
4 Luke Czepiela 5 3 3 2 1 C 14 26
5 Cristian Bolton 4 1 6 3 20
6 Ben Murphy 4 5 2 6 3 3 C 6 20
7 Mélanie Astles 6 4 5 4 5 2 C 4 16
8 Francis Barros DSQ 5 6 2
Pos. Pilot ABU
 SPE
 CHI
 BUD
 ASC
 LAU
 IND
 LVG
 Drop Points

References
  1. "Pilots". RedBullAirRace.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. "Bolton steps up to the Master Class". RedBullAirRace.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. "Two amazing new locations announced for the 2016 World Championship". RedBullAirRace.com. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
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