2016 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis

Peter Podlunsek during the 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis

Race Track

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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. The event took place 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) 1:06.393 1:06.534 Michael Goulian (9) 4 Nigel Lamb (3) 1:04.984 1:07.597 François Le Vot (12) 5 Pete McLeod (7) 1:05.249 DSQ Kirby Chambliss (8) 6 Matt Hall (2) 1:04.179 1:06.660 Peter Podlunšek (13) 7 Yoshihide Muroya (1) 1:07.697 1:08.532 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) 1:07.285 1:08.713 Juan Velarde (5) 3 Matt Hall (2) 1:04.322 1:07.446 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.