2016 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis

Coordinates: 39°47′54″N 86°13′58″W / 39.79833°N 86.23278°W / 39.79833; -86.23278

Race Track

Race Track (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)

The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis was the seventh round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.^[1] The event was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Indianapolis, the United States. German pilot Matthias Dolderer wrapped up his first championship with a round remaining, while Chilean pilot Cristian Bolton made his debut as a replacement for the late Hannes Arch.

Master Class

Qualification

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	31	Yoshihide Muroya	1:02.073
2	95	Matt Hall	1:02.255
3	9	Nigel Lamb	1:03.209
4	21	Matthias Dolderer	1:03.378
5	26	Juan Velarde	1:04.052
6	8	Martin Šonka	1:04.144	+1sec
7	84	Pete McLeod	1:04.185	+2sec
8	10	Kirby Chambliss	1:04.516	+1sec
9	99	Michael Goulian	1:05.043	+2sec
10	18	Petr Kopfstein	1:05.267
11	27	Nicolas Ivanoff	1:05.500	+2sec
12	12	François Le Vot	1:05.785
13	37	Peter Podlunšek	1:06.349	+1sec
14	5	Cristian Bolton	1:07.408

Round of 14

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two 1 Juan Velarde (5) 1:05.984 1:06.133 Petr Kopfstein (10) 2 Matthias Dolderer (4) 1:03.661 1:05.026 Nicolas Ivanoff (11) 3 Martin Šonka (6) 1:06.3932 1:06.534 Michael Goulian (9) 4 Nigel Lamb (3) 1:04.984 1:07.5971 François Le Vot (12) 5 Pete McLeod (7) 1:05.2492 DSQ Kirby Chambliss (8) 6 Matt Hall (2) 1:04.179 1:06.6602 Peter Podlunšek (13) 7 Yoshihide Muroya (1) 1:07.6973 1:08.5322 Cristian Bolton (14)

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out Fastest loser, qualified

^1 Pilot received 1 second in penalties

^2 Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties

^3 Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties

Round of 8

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two 1 Pete McLeod (7) 1:04.525 1:05.888 Nicolas Ivanoff (11) 2 Nigel Lamb (3) 1:07.2851 1:08.7132 Juan Velarde (5) 3 Matt Hall (2) 1:04.322 1:07.4461 Martin Šonka (6) 4 Yoshihide Muroya (1) 1:03.730 1:02.827 Matthias Dolderer (4)

Key Qualified for next round Knocked out

^1 Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties

^2 Pilot received 4 seconds in penalties

Final 4

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	21	Matthias Dolderer	1:03.335
2	9	Nigel Lamb	1:04.326
3	84	Pete McLeod	1:05.398
4	95	Matt Hall	1:06.623	+3sec

Challenger Class

Results

Pos	No.	Pilot	Run Time	Pen
1	6	Luke Czepiela	1:16.484
2	33	Mélanie Astles	1:17.053
3	24	Ben Murphy	1:20.651	+3sec
4	48	Kevin Coleman	1:24.503	+6sec

Standings after the event

Master Class standings Pos Pilot Pts 1 Matthias Dolderer 80.25 2 Matt Hall 55.75 3 Hannes Arch 41 4 Nigel Lamb 37.75 5 Nicolas Ivanoff 35

Challenger Class standings Pos Pilot Pts 1 Florian Berger 28 2 Daniel Ryfa 26 Kevin Coleman 4 Luke Czepiela 24 5 Cristian Bolton 20 Ben Murphy

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

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