2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest
# 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest was the fourth 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 on the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary.

Austria's Hannes Arch took his second successive victory by 0.207 seconds ahead of championship leader Paul Bonhomme, with Martin Šonka completing the podium in third place. In the Challenger class, Daniel Ryfa took his second successive win by 0.227 seconds ahead of Mikaël Brageot, with Peter Podlunšek and Petr Kopfstein also finishing within a second of Ryfa.

## Master Class

### Qualification

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time | Pen |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 95 | Matt Hall | 58.323 | |
| 2 | 31 | Yoshihide Muroya | 59.011 | |
| 3 | 22 | Hannes Arch | 59.328 | |
| 4 | 84 | Pete McLeod | 59.480 | |
| 5 | 10 | Kirby Chambliss | 59.496 | |
| 6 | 9 | Nigel Lamb | 59.553 | |
| 7 | 8 | Martin Šonka | 59.756 | |
| 8 | 55 | Paul Bonhomme | 59.812 | |
| 9 | 27 | Nicolas Ivanoff | 1:00.151 | |
| 10 | 91 | Péter Besenyei | 1:00.862 | |
| 11 | 12 | François Le Vot | 1:02.364 | |
| 12 | 26 | Juan Velarde | 1:03.839 | +2sec |
| 13 | 21 | Matthias Dolderer | 1:03.974 | +4sec |
| 14 | 99 | Michael Goulian | 1:04.403 | +4sec |

### Round of 14

| Heat | Pilot One | Time One | Time Two | Pilot Two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Péter Besenyei (10) | 1:01.070 | 1:03.386 | Kirby Chambliss (5) |
| 2 | François Le Vot (11) | 1:05.976 | 1:02.866 | Pete McLeod (4) |
| 3 | Nicolas Ivanoff (9) | DNF | DNF | Nigel Lamb (6) |
| 4 | Juan Velarde (12) | 1:06.072 | 1:02.497 | Hannes Arch (3) |
| 5 | Paul Bonhomme (8) | 1:01.028 | 1:01.088 | Martin Šonka (7) |
| 6 | Matthias Dolderer (13) | 1:02.072 | 1:02.279 | Yoshihide Muroya (2) |
| 7 | Michael Goulian (14) | 1:04.953 | 58.400 | Matt Hall (1) |

Key :

* Qualified for next round
* Knocked out
* Fastest loser, qualified
* ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties
* ^2 Pilot advanced as they were the higher-placed in qualifying

### Round of 8

| Heat | Pilot One | Time One | Time Two | Pilot Two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pete McLeod (4) | 59.460 | 1:00.887 | Péter Besenyei (10) |
| 2 | Hannes Arch (3) | 1:02.746 | DNF | Nigel Lamb (6) |
| 3 | Paul Bonhomme (8) | 1:00.521 | 1:02.116 | Matthias Dolderer (13) |
| 4 | Matt Hall (1) | 59.884 | 59.701 | Martin Šonka (7) |

Key :

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

### Final 4

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 22 | Hannes Arch | 59.350 |
| 2 | 55 | Paul Bonhomme | 59.557 |
| 3 | 8 | Martin Šonka | 1:00.658 |
| 4 | 84 | Pete McLeod | 1:01.113 |

## Challenger Class

### Results

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 17 | Daniel Ryfa | 1:09.070 |
| 2 | 11 | Mikaël Brageot | 1:09.297 |
| 3 | 37 | Peter Podlunšek | 1:09.713 |
| 4 | 18 | Petr Kopfstein | 1:09.822 |
| 5 | 5 | Cristian Bolton | 1:11.686 |
| 6 | 62 | Florian Berger | 1:11.954 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Pilot | Pts |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Paul Bonhomme | 34 |
| 2 | Hannes Arch | 29 |
| 2 | Matt Hall | 29 |
| 4 | Martin Šonka | 16 |
| 5 | Pete McLeod | 14 |
| Pos | Pilot | Pts |
| 1 | Daniel Ryfa | 28 |
| 2 | Petr Kopfstein | 22 |
| 2 | Cristian Bolton | 22 |
| 2 | Mikaël Brageot | 22 |
| 5 | Peter Podlunšek | 10 |

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