Petr Kopfstein and Peter Podlunšek made their debuts in the Master Class, having finished equal 1st and 5th respectively in the previous years' Challenger Class standings.
Mid-season changesedit
Cristian Bolton stepped up to the Master Class following the death of Hannes Arch before the Indianapolis round of the series.[2]
Mélanie Astles, Kevin Coleman, Luke Czepiela and Ben Murphy will make their debuts in the Challenger Class. Astles will become the first female pilot to compete in a Red Bull Air Race event.
Race calendar and resultsedit
The eight-event calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 16 December 2015.[3]
* Arch finished 4th but was later excluded from the results; thus the points for 4th place were not awarded to any pilot. ** The final four wasn't held because of bad weather, 75% of points were awarded for this situation.
^"Pilots". RedBullAirRace.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^"Bolton steps up to the Master Class". RedBullAirRace.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^"Two amazing new locations announced for the 2016 World Championship". RedBullAirRace.com. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
External linksedit
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2016, bull, race, world, championship, previous, 2015, next, 2017, eleventh, bull, race, world, championship, series, dhabispielbergchibabudapestascotlausitzindianapolislas, vegasclass, notpageimage, location, contents, aircraft, pilots, master, class, pilot, . 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship Previous 2015 Next 2017 The 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the eleventh Red Bull Air Race World Championship series Abu DhabiSpielbergChibaBudapestAscotLausitzIndianapolisLas Vegasclass notpageimage Location Contents 1 Aircraft and pilots 1 1 Master Class 1 1 1 Pilot changes 1 1 2 Mid season changes 1 2 Challenger Class 1 2 1 Pilot changes 2 Race calendar and results 3 Championship standings 3 1 Master Class 3 2 Challenger Class 4 References 5 External linksAircraft and pilots editMaster Class edit Team No Pilot Aircraft RoundsCristian Bolton Racing 5 nbsp Cristian Bolton Zivko Edge 540 V2 7 8Team Sonka 8 nbsp Martin Sonka Zivko Edge 540 V3 AllBreitling Racing Team 9 nbsp Nigel Lamb MX Aircraft MXS R All11 nbsp Mikael Brageot Master Mentoring Program12 nbsp Francois Le Vot Zivko Edge 540 V2 AllTeam Chambliss 10 nbsp Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 V3 AllTeam Spielberg 18 nbsp Petr Kopfstein Zivko Edge 540 V3 AllMatthias Dolderer Racing 21 nbsp Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 V3 AllHannes Arch Racing 22 22 nbsp Hannes Arch 1 Zivko Edge 540 V3 1 6Team Velarde 26 nbsp Juan Velarde Zivko Edge 540 V2 AllTeam Hamilton 27 nbsp Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 V2 AllTeam Falken 31 nbsp Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 AllPeter Podlunsek Racing 37 nbsp Peter Podlunsek Zivko Edge 540 V2 AllTeam Garmin 84 nbsp Pete McLeod Zivko Edge 540 V3 AllMatt Hall Racing 95 nbsp Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS R 1 7Team Goulian 99 nbsp Michael Goulian Zivko Edge 540 V2 AllPilot changes edit Reigning champion Paul Bonhomme and inaugural champion Peter Besenyei retired from the sport following the final round of the 2015 season Petr Kopfstein and Peter Podlunsek made their debuts in the Master Class having finished equal 1st and 5th respectively in the previous years Challenger Class standings Mid season changes edit Cristian Bolton stepped up to the Master Class following the death of Hannes Arch before the Indianapolis round of the series 2 Challenger Class edit All Challenger Cup Pilots used an Extra 330LX No Pilot Rounds33 nbsp Melanie Astles 2 877 nbsp Francis Barros 1 362 nbsp Florian Berger 1 2 4 6 85 nbsp Cristian Bolton 1 548 nbsp Kevin Coleman 1 3 5 86 nbsp Luke Czepiela 1 3 4 6 824 nbsp Ben Murphy 1 3 817 nbsp Daniel Ryfa 1 2 4 6 8Pilot changes edit Melanie Astles Kevin Coleman Luke Czepiela and Ben Murphy will make their debuts in the Challenger Class Astles will become the first female pilot to compete in a Red Bull Air Race event Race calendar and results editThe eight event calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 16 December 2015 3 Round Country Location Date Fastest Qualifying Winning Pilot Winning Aircraft Winning Challenger Report1 nbsp United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 11 12 March nbsp Matt Hall nbsp Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 nbsp Daniel Ryfa report2 nbsp Austria Red Bull Ring Spielberg 23 24 April nbsp Juan Velarde nbsp Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 nbsp Florian Berger report3 nbsp Japan Makuhari Chiba 4 5 June cancelled nbsp Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 nbsp Cristian Bolton report4 nbsp Hungary Budapest 16 17 July cancelled nbsp Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 nbsp Daniel Ryfa report5 nbsp United Kingdom Ascot Racecourse Ascot 13 14 August nbsp Matthias Dolderer nbsp Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS nbsp Kevin Coleman report6 nbsp Germany Lausitzring Klettwitz 3 4 September nbsp Nigel Lamb nbsp Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS nbsp Florian Berger report7 nbsp United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indiana 1 2 October nbsp Yoshihide Muroya nbsp Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 nbsp Luke Czepiela report8 nbsp United States Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas 15 16 October cancelled due to high winds reportChampionship standings editMaster Class edit Master Class scoring systemPosition 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11 14th Points 15 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0Pos Pilot ABU nbsp SPE nbsp CHI nbsp BUD nbsp ASC nbsp LAU nbsp IND nbsp LVG nbsp Points1 nbsp Matthias Dolderer 2 1 8 1 2 2 1 C 80 252 nbsp Matt Hall 9 5 7 3 1 1 4 55 753 nbsp Hannes Arch EX 2 6 2 3 5 414 nbsp Nigel Lamb 11 3 4 6 6 10 2 C 37 755 nbsp Nicolas Ivanoff 1 7 DNS 7 7 7 6 C 356 nbsp Yoshihide Muroya 8 13 1 5 8 14 5 C 31 57 nbsp Martin Sonka DSQ 9 2 13 5 4 7 C 318 nbsp Pete McLeod 7 4 12 9 13 3 3 C 30 59 nbsp Kirby Chambliss 5 6 3 4 9 8 DSQ C 30 2510 nbsp Michael Goulian 6 10 13 10 4 6 10 C 19 7511 nbsp Juan Velarde 10 14 5 8 11 9 8 C 14 2512 nbsp Francois Le Vot 3 12 10 14 12 12 12 C 1013 nbsp Peter Podlunsek 12 8 11 11 10 13 11 C 414 nbsp Petr Kopfstein 13 11 9 12 14 11 9 C 415 nbsp Cristian Bolton 13 C 0Pos Pilot ABU nbsp SPE nbsp CHI nbsp BUD nbsp ASC nbsp LAU nbsp IND nbsp LVG nbsp Points Colour ResultGold WinnerSilver Second placeBronze Third placeGreen Points finishBlue Non points finishNon classified finish NC Purple Retired Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Did not pre qualify DNPQ Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Withdrew WD Race cancelled C Blank Did not practice DNP Did not arrive DNA Excluded EX Bold Fastest Qualifying Pilot Arch finished 4th but was later excluded from the results thus the points for 4th place were not awarded to any pilot The final four wasn t held because of bad weather 75 of points were awarded for this situation Challenger Class edit Challenger Class scoring systemPosition 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Points 10 8 6 4 2 0Pos Pilot ABU nbsp SPE nbsp CHI nbsp BUD nbsp ASC nbsp LAU nbsp IND nbsp LVG nbsp Drop Points1 nbsp Florian Berger 3 1 4 2 1 C 10 282 nbsp Daniel Ryfa 1 3 1 5 4 C 6 263 nbsp Kevin Coleman 2 2 2 1 6 4 C 12 264 nbsp Luke Czepiela 5 3 3 2 1 C 14 265 nbsp Cristian Bolton 4 1 6 3 206 nbsp Ben Murphy 4 5 2 6 3 3 C 6 207 nbsp Melanie Astles 6 4 5 4 5 2 C 4 168 nbsp Francis Barros DSQ 5 6 2Pos Pilot ABU nbsp SPE nbsp CHI nbsp BUD nbsp ASC nbsp LAU nbsp IND nbsp LVG nbsp Drop PointsReferences edit Pilots RedBullAirRace com Retrieved 6 February 2016 Bolton steps up to the Master Class RedBullAirRace com Retrieved 23 September 2016 Two amazing new locations announced for the 2016 World Championship RedBullAirRace com 16 December 2015 Retrieved 16 December 2015 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016 in Red Bull Air Race Red Bull Air Race official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship amp oldid 1082715920, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
