2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
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The 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship is the eleventh Red Bull Air Race World Championship series.

Aircraft and pilots

Master Class

No. Pilot Aircraft Rounds
22 Austria Hannes Arch[1] Zivko Edge 540 1-2
10 United States Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 1-2
21 Germany Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 1-2
99 United States Michael Goulian Zivko Edge 540 1-2
95 Australia Matt Hall MX Aircraft MXS 1-2
27 France Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 1-2
18 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein Zivko Edge 540 1-2
9 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb MX Aircraft MXS 1-2
12 France François Le Vot Zivko Edge 540 1-2
84 Canada Pete McLeod Zivko Edge 540 1-2
31 Japan Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 1-2
37 Slovenia Peter Podlunšek Zivko Edge 540 1-2
8 Czech Republic Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 1-2
26 Spain Juan Velarde Zivko Edge 540 1-2

Pilot changes

Challenger Class

No. Pilot Rounds
33 France Mélanie Astles 2
77 Brazil Francis Barros 1-2
62 Germany Florian Berger 1-2
5 Chile Cristian Bolton 2
48 United States Kevin Coleman 1-2
6 Poland Luke Czepiela 1
24 United Kingdom Ben Murphy 1
17 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 1-2

Pilot changes

Race calendar

The eight-event calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 16 December 2015.[2]

Round Country Location Date Fastest Qualifying Winning Pilot Winning Aircraft Winning Challenger Report
1  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 11–12 March Australia Matt Hall France Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 Sweden Daniel Ryfa report
2  Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 23–24 April Spain Juan Velarde Germany Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 Germany Florian Berger report
3  Japan Makuhari, Chiba 4–5 June report
4  Hungary Budapest 16–17 July report
5  United Kingdom Ascot Racecourse, Ascot 13–14 August report
6  Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Klettwitz 3–4 September report
7  United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana 1–2 October report
8  United States Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas 15–16 October report

References

  1. "Pilots". RedBullAirRace.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. "Two amazing new locations announced for the 2016 World Championship". RedBullAirRace.com. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

External links

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