2017 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest explained

47.5064°N 19.0425°WThe 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest was the fourth round of the 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.^[1] The event was held on the Danube in Budapest, Hungary.

Master Class

Qualification

		Pilot	Run Time
1	84	Pete McLeod	59.508
2	31	Yoshihide Muroya	59.950
3	18	Petr Kopfstein	1:01.296
4	8	Martin Sonka	1:01.345
5	95	Matt Hall	1:01.431
6	99	Michael Goulian	1:01.541
7	10	Kirby Chambliss	1:01.546
8	12	Francois Le Vot	1:02.444
9	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	1:02.515
10	11	Mikael Brageot	1:02.588
11	37	Peter Podlunsek	1:03.818
12	5	Cristian Bolton	1:05.235	+2sec
13	21	Matthias Dolderer	DNF
14	26	Juan Velarde	DNF

• Incorrect passing (Incorrect Level Flying) at gate 8 ^[2]
• Exceeding Maximum G in gate 13
• Exceeding Maximum G in gate 7

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 1 Mikaël Brageot 1:01.970 1:02.336 Matt Hall 2 Peter Podlunsek DNS 1:02.138 Martin Sonka 3 Nicolas Ivanoff 1:00.908 DNF Michael Goulian 4 Cristian Bolton 1:03.356 1:01.872 Petr Kopfstein 5 Francois Le Vot 1:02.529 1:01.786 Kirby Chambliss 6 Matthias Dolderer DNF 1:00.572 Yoshihide Muroya 7 Juan Velarde 1:02.484 1:01.033 Pete McLeod

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified

• due to technical issues^[3]
• Exceeding Maximum G in gate 18
• Exceeding Maximum G in gate 7

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Pilot Two 8 Petr Kopfstein 1:02.448 1:01.214 Kirby Chambliss 9 Mikael Brageot 1:03.027 1:02.949 Pete McLeod 10 Martin Sonka 1:00.428 1:03.849 Nicolas Ivanoff 11 Matt Hall DNF 1:04.750 Yoshihide Muroya

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out

• Incorrect passing (Sinking in the gate) at gate 19 ^[4]
• Incorrect passing (Climbing in the gate) at gate 7 ^[4]
• Incorrect passing (Incorrect Level Flying) at gate 17 ^[4]
• Exceeding Maximum G in gate 7 ^[4]
• Incorrect passing (Sinking in the gate) at gate 8 ^[4]

Final 4

		Pilot	Run Time
1	10	Kirby Chambliss	1:00.632
2	84	Pete McLeod	1:00.740
3	31	Yoshihide Muroya	1:01.188
4	8	Martin Sonka	1:01.699	+2sec

• Incorrect passing (Climbing in the gate) at Gate 18 ^[5]

Challenger Class

Results

		Pilot	Run Time
1	62	Florian Berger	1:09.946
2	6	Luke Czepiela	1:13.515
3	17	Daniel Ryfa	1:14.735	+2sec
4	15	Baptiste Vignes	1:15.048
5	7	Kenny Chiang	1:17.042	+4sec
6	78	Daniel Genevey	1:20.649	+4sec

• Incorrect passing (Incorrect Level Flying) at gate 3 ^[6]
• Incorrect passing (Incorrect Level Flying) at gate 6, Incorrect passing (Climbing in the gate) at gate 18
• Incorrect passing (Flying too high) at gate 5, Incorrect passing (Incorrect Level Flying) at gate 11

Standings after the event

Master Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Yoshihide Muroya	39
2	Martin Sonka	37
3	Pete McLeod	26
4	Kirby Chambliss	25
5	Petr Kopfstein	23
6	Matthias Dolderer	23
7	Juan Velarde	15
8	Michael Goulian	14
9	Nicolas Ivanoff	14
10	Peter Podlunsek	12
11	Matt Hall	11
12	Mikael Brageot	9
13	Cristian Bolton	4
14	Francois Le Vot	4

Challenger Class standings

Pos	Pilot
1	Florian Berger	28
2	Daniel Ryfa	16
3	Luke Czepiela	14
4	Kevin Coleman	10
5	Mélanie Astles	6
6	Baptiste Vignes	6
7	Daniel Genevey	4
8	Ben Murphy	4
9	Kenny Chiang	2

External links

• Red Bull Air Race of Budapest Result

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Notes and References

1. News: Budapest Red Bull Air Race . 5 July 2017.
2. Web site: McLeod is magic in Budapest Qualifying . 2017-07-09.
3. Web site: Muroya set the pace in Round of 14 . 2017-07-09.
4. Web site: Sonka fastest in Round of 8 . 2017-07-09.
5. Web site: Chambliss cruises to top spot in Budapest . 2017-07-09.
6. Web site: Bergér smashes track record to take Challenger win . 2017-07-09.