2015 Red Bull Air Race of Fort Worth
# 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Fort Worth

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Fort Worth was the seventh 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 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.

Championship leader Paul Bonhomme took his fourth victory of the season, finishing 0.767 seconds ahead of title rival Matt Hall, while Yoshihide Muroya matched his best Air Race result, with a third-place finish. In the Challenger class, France's Mikaël Brageot took his second win in succession, 0.208 seconds ahead of Peter Podlunšek.

## Master Class

### Qualification

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time | Pen |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 21 | Matthias Dolderer | 55.584 | |
| 2 | 31 | Yoshihide Muroya | 55.610 | |
| 3 | 84 | Pete McLeod | 55.621 | |
| 4 | 95 | Matt Hall | 56.598 | |
| 5 | 10 | Kirby Chambliss | 56.603 | |
| 6 | 55 | Paul Bonhomme | 56.648 | |
| 7 | 26 | Juan Velarde | 56.976 | |
| 8 | 27 | Nicolas Ivanoff | 57.110 | |
| 9 | 22 | Hannes Arch | 59.023 | +3sec |
| 10 | 8 | Martin Šonka | 59.128 | +2sec |
| 11 | 9 | Nigel Lamb | 59.159 | +2sec |
| 12 | 99 | Michael Goulian | 59.762 | |
| 13 | 91 | Péter Besenyei | 59.866 | +2sec |
| 14 | 12 | François Le Vot | 1:02.839 | +3sec |

### Round of 14

| Heat | Pilot One | Time One | Time Two | Pilot Two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kirby Chambliss (5) | 57.952 | 55.846 | Martin Šonka (10) |
| 2 | Matt Hall (4) | 54.800 | 54.620 | Nigel Lamb (11) |
| 3 | Paul Bonhomme (6) | 56.039 | 57.623 | Hannes Arch (9) |
| 4 | Pete McLeod (3) | 56.476 | 57.307 | Michael Goulian (12) |
| 5 | Juan Velarde (7) | 1:00.443 | 59.948 | Nicolas Ivanoff (8) |
| 6 | Yoshihide Muroya (2) | 59.121 | 1:00.308 | Péter Besenyei (13) |
| 7 | Matthias Dolderer (1) | 57.840 | 1:02.940 | François Le Vot (14) |

Key :

* Qualified for next round
* Knocked out
* Fastest loser, qualified
* ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
* ^2 Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties.

### Round of 8

| Heat | Pilot One | Time One | Time Two | Pilot Two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Martin Šonka (10) | 58.046 | 1:00.003 | Nigel Lamb (11) |
| 2 | Pete McLeod (3) | DNF | 56.452 | Paul Bonhomme (6) |
| 3 | Yoshihide Muroya (2) | 57.477 | 1:00.334 | Nicolas Ivanoff (8) |
| 4 | Matthias Dolderer (1) | 56.650 | 56.290 | Matt Hall (4) |

Key :

* Qualified for next round
* Knocked out
* ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties.
* ^2 Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties.

### Final 4

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time | Pen |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 55 | Paul Bonhomme | 55.285 | |
| 2 | 95 | Matt Hall | 56.052 | |
| 3 | 31 | Yoshihide Muroya | 59.413 | +3sec |
| 4 | 8 | Martin Šonka | 1:02.900 | +5sec |

## Challenger Class

### Results

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time | Pen |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 11 | Mikaël Brageot | 1:07.614 | |
| 2 | 37 | Peter Podlunšek | 1:07.822 | |
| 3 | 62 | Florian Berger | 1:10.272 | +3sec |
| 4 | 5 | Cristian Bolton | 1:10.422 | +3sec |
| 5 | 77 | Francis Barros | 1:16.143 | +2sec |
| 6 | 18 | Petr Kopfstein | DNF | |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Pilot | Pts |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Paul Bonhomme | 67 |
| 2 | Matt Hall | 59 |
| 3 | Hannes Arch | 30 |
| 4 | Martin Šonka | 28 |
| 5 | Nigel Lamb | 20 |
| Pos | Pilot | Pts |
| 1 | Mikaël Brageot | 28 |
| 1 | Petr Kopfstein | 28 |
| 1 | Daniel Ryfa | 28 |
| 4 | Cristian Bolton | 24 |
| 5 | Peter Podlunšek | 18 |

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