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2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba

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The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba was the third round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.[1] The event was held in Chiba, Japan.

Master Class

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Qualification

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Due to the high seas and rough conditions on the racetrack on Saturday, the Race Committee was forced to cancel the Qualifying session of the Master Class. The Round of 14 fixtures were decided by championship position, whilst the Challenger Class race would take place on Sunday.

Round of 14

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Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 United States Kirby Chambliss (5) 1:06.509 1:11.6083 Slovenia Peter Podlunšek (10)
2 Canada Pete McLeod (4) DNF 1:06.0221 Japan Yoshihide Muroya (11)
3 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb (6) 1:05.552 DNF United States Michael Goulian (9)
4 Austria Hannes Arch (3) 1:05.356 1:04.352 Czech Republic Martin Šonka (12)
5 France François Le Vot (7) 1:11.0642 1:05.029 Australia Matt Hall (8)
6 France Nicolas Ivanoff (2) DNS 1:06.604 Spain Juan Velarde (13)
7 Germany Matthias Dolderer (1) 1:05.125 1:06.752 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein (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 3 seconds in penalties

Round of 8

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Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Austria Hannes Arch (3) 1:06.1441 1:05.128 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb (6)
2 Germany Matthias Dolderer (1) DNF 1:04.610 Japan Yoshihide Muroya (11)
3 United States Kirby Chambliss (5) 1:05.352 DNF Australia Matt Hall (8)
4 Czech Republic Martin Šonka (12) 1:05.144 1:06.143 Spain Juan Velarde (13)
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
  • ^1 Pilot received 1 second in penalties

Final 4

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Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 31 Japan Yoshihide Muroya 1:04.992
2 8 Czech Republic Martin Šonka 1:05.097
3 10 United States Kirby Chambliss 1:05.618
4 9 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb 1:05.734

Challenger Class

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Results

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Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 5 Chile Cristian Bolton 1:15.747
2 48 United States Kevin Coleman 1:16.304
3 6 Poland Luke Czepiela 1:17.514
4 33 France Mélanie Astles 1:17.730
5 24 United Kingdom Ben Murphy 1:18.496
6 77 Brazil Francis Barros 1:21.439 +3secs

Standings after the event

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

References

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  1. ^ "Results - Chiba". Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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Previous race:
2016 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg
Red Bull Air Race
2016 season
Next race:
2016 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest
Previous race:
2015 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba
Red Bull Air Race of Chiba Next race:
2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba