2015 Red Bull Air Race of Rovinj
# 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Rovinj

The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Rovinj was the third 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 Rovinj, a coastal city in Croatia.

The race was won by Austria's Hannes Arch by 0.071 seconds from Martin Šonka, with Matt Hall in third, 0.148 seconds down on Arch's time.

## Master Class

### Qualification

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time | Pen |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 55 | Paul Bonhomme | 54.266 | |
| 2 | 31 | Yoshihide Muroya | 54.305 | |
| 3 | 95 | Matt Hall | 54.329 | |
| 4 | 21 | Matthias Dolderer | 54.360 | |
| 5 | 8 | Martin Šonka | 54.472 | |
| 6 | 22 | Hannes Arch | 55.205 | |
| 7 | 10 | Kirby Chambliss | 56.098 | |
| 8 | 99 | Michael Goulian | 57.541 | +2sec |
| 9 | 91 | Péter Besenyei | 57.714 | |
| 10 | 26 | Juan Velarde | 57.788 | |
| 11 | 12 | François Le Vot | 59.031 | |
| 12 | 9 | Nigel Lamb | 59.583 | +5sec |
| 13 | 84 | Pete McLeod | 59.592 | +5sec |
| 14 | 27 | Nicolas Ivanoff | 59.772 | +5sec |

### Round of 14

| Heat | Pilot One | Time One | Time Two | Pilot Two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Martin Šonka (5) | 55.808 | 59.765 | Juan Velarde (10) |
| 2 | Matthias Dolderer (4) | 58.452 | 1:02.068 | François Le Vot (11) |
| 3 | Hannes Arch (6) | 56.106 | 59.516 | Péter Besenyei (9) |
| 4 | Matt Hall (3) | 54.818 | 54.702 | Nigel Lamb (12) |
| 5 | Kirby Chambliss (7) | 58.886 | 55.601 | Michael Goulian (8) |
| 6 | Yoshihide Muroya (2) | 56.787 | 54.091 | Pete McLeod (13) |
| 7 | Paul Bonhomme (1) | 53.968 | 55.449 | Nicolas Ivanoff (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.
* ^3 Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties.

### Round of 8

| Heat | Pilot One | Time One | Time Two | Pilot Two |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Matthias Dolderer (4) | 55.635 | 54.216 | Martin Šonka (5) |
| 2 | Hannes Arch (6) | 53.817 | 53.964 | Nigel Lamb (12) |
| 3 | Michael Goulian (8) | 55.200 | 55.888 | Pete McLeod (13) |
| 4 | Paul Bonhomme (1) | DNF | 53.166 | Matt Hall (3) |

Key :

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

### Final 4

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 22 | Hannes Arch | 54.012 |
| 2 | 8 | Martin Šonka | 54.083 |
| 3 | 95 | Matt Hall | 54.160 |
| 4 | 99 | Michael Goulian | DNF |

## Challenger Class

### Results

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time | Pen |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 17 | Daniel Ryfa | 1:05.103 | |
| 2 | 11 | Mikaël Brageot | 1:07.060 | |
| 3 | 5 | Cristian Bolton | 1:08.643 | +2sec |
| 4 | 37 | Peter Podlunšek | 1:10.800 | +5sec |
| 5 | 77 | Francis Barros | 1:13.533 | +2sec |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Pilot | Pts |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Paul Bonhomme | 25 |
| 1 | Matt Hall | 25 |
| 3 | Hannes Arch | 17 |
| 4 | Nigel Lamb | 12 |
| 5 | Matthias Dolderer | 10 |
| Pos | Pilot | Pts |
| 1 | Cristian Bolton | 22 |
| 2 | Daniel Ryfa | 20 |
| 3 | Petr Kopfstein | 18 |
| 4 | Mikaël Brageot | 14 |
| 5 | Florian Berger | 8 |

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