2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi
# 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi was the first 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 Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

Paul Bonhomme from Great Britain took the opening race victory, finishing 0.084 seconds ahead of Australian pilot Matt Hall. The podium was completed by Canada's Pete McLeod, after Hannes Arch received a two-second time penalty. In the Challenger class, Chile's Cristian Bolton took the opening win ahead of Petr Kopfstein from the Czech Republic, while Mikaël Brageot completed the podium, after Daniel Ryfa received a two-second time penalty.

## Master Class

### Qualification

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time | Pen |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 55 | Paul Bonhomme | 57.178 | |
| 2 | 95 | Matt Hall | 57.800 | |
| 3 | 31 | Yoshihide Muroya | 59.093 | |
| 4 | 10 | Kirby Chambliss | 1:00.036 | |
| 5 | 21 | Matthias Dolderer | 1:00.111 | +2sec |
| 6 | 84 | Pete McLeod | 1:00.256 | +2sec |
| 7 | 99 | Michael Goulian | 1:00.716 | |
| 8 | 27 | Nicolas Ivanoff | 1:00.788 | +2sec |
| 9 | 26 | Juan Velarde | 1:01.514 | |
| 10 | 22 | Hannes Arch | 1:01.527 | +4sec |
| 11 | 91 | Péter Besenyei | 1:02.208 | |
| 12 | 8 | Martin Šonka | 1:02.628 | +4sec |
| 13 | 12 | François Le Vot | 1:03.649 | +2sec |
| 14 | 9 | Nigel Lamb | DSQ | |

### Round of 14

| Heat | Pilot One | Time One | Time Two | Pilot Two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Matthias Dolderer (5) | 57.653 | 58.698 | Hannes Arch (10) |
| 2 | Kirby Chambliss (4) | DNS | 1:03.899 | Péter Besenyei (11) |
| 3 | Pete McLeod (6) | 1:00.901 | 1:08.541 | Juan Velarde (9) |
| 4 | Yoshihide Muroya (3) | 58.280 | 1:00.210 | Martin Šonka (12) |
| 5 | Michael Goulian (7) | 1:00.872 | 1:02.278 | Nicolas Ivanoff (8) |
| 6 | Matt Hall (2) | 1:00.278 | 1:01.014 | François Le Vot (13) |
| 7 | Paul Bonhomme (1) | 56.901 | 57.108 | Nigel Lamb (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 8 seconds in penalties

### Round of 8

| Heat | Pilot One | Time One | Time Two | Pilot Two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hannes Arch (10) | 59.760 | 59.852 | Péter Besenyei (11) |
| 2 | Yoshihide Muroya (3) | 59.597 | 59.116 | Pete McLeod (6) |
| 3 | Matt Hall (2) | 58.520 | 1:01.814 | Nicolas Ivanoff (8) |
| 4 | Paul Bonhomme (1) | 58.094 | 59.576 | Nigel Lamb (14) |

Key :

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

### Final 4

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time | Pen |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 55 | Paul Bonhomme | 57.787 | |
| 2 | 95 | Matt Hall | 57.871 | |
| 3 | 84 | Pete McLeod | 58.843 | |
| 4 | 22 | Hannes Arch | 1:00.233 | +2sec |

## Challenger Class

### Results

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time | Pen |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Cristian Bolton | 1:02.231 | |
| 2 | 18 | Petr Kopfstein | 1:02.605 | |
| 3 | 11 | Mikaël Brageot | 1:03.025 | |
| 4 | 62 | Florian Berger | 1:03.597 | |
| 5 | 17 | Daniel Ryfa | 1:04.735 | +2sec |
| 6 | 77 | Francis Barros | DSQ | |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Pilot | Pts |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Paul Bonhomme | 12 |
| 2 | Matt Hall | 9 |
| 3 | Pete McLeod | 7 |
| 4 | Hannes Arch | 5 |
| 5 | Nigel Lamb | 4 |
| Pos | Pilot | Pts |
| 1 | Cristian Bolton | 10 |
| 2 | Petr Kopfstein | 8 |
| 3 | Mikaël Brageot | 6 |
| 4 | Florian Bergér | 4 |
| 5 | Daniel Ryfa | 2 |

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