2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba

35°38′23″N 140°01′55″E / 35.63972°N 140.03194°E / 35.63972; 140.03194

2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba is located in Chiba Prefecture
Race Track
Race Track
Extraordinary runway
Extraordinary runway

The 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba was the third round of the 2017 season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.[1] The event was held in Chiba, Japan.

Overview

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On January 19, 2017, 8 cities hosting the 2017 season were announced, and following the 2015 season and the 2016 season, it was decided to hold for the third consecutive and the third time in Japan and Chiba prefecture.[2]

Following Abu Dhabi of the first game and San Diego of the second game, Chiba of the third game is also a maritime race.

Glay will serve as the ambassador of this event.[3]Also, Glay also wrote the theme song "XYZ".[3]

Schedule

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  • 2017
    • January 19 – the schedule is announced.
    • June 3 – First day of the convention. Qualifying day.
    Opening 10: 00, Competition start 13:00, Competition end 16: 00
    • June 4 – Day 2 of the tournament. Final day.
    Opening 10: 00, Competition start 13:00, Competition end 16: 00

It will be carried out even in case of rain, but it will be canceled in the case of stormy weather. Also, we will not carry forward the tournament.[4]

Master Class

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Qualification

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PosNo.PilotRun TimePen
184 Pete McLeod54.609
221 Matthias Dolderer54.656
38 Martin Sonka54.928
431 Yoshihide Muroya54.933
595 Matt Hall55.010
610 Kirby Chambliss55.226
799 Michael Goulian55.539
837 Peter Podlunsek55.605
926 Juan Velarde55.632
1027 Nicolas Ivanoff55.791
1118 Petr Kopfstein55.954
1211 Mikael Brageot56.169
135 Cristian Bolton56.365
1412 Francois Le Vot57.116

Round of 14

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HeatRank1Pilot OneTime OneTime TwoPilot TwoRank2
113 Nicolas Ivanoff58.057155.459 Matt Hall4
26 Petr Kopfstein55.59755.590 Yoshihide Muroya5
310 Juan Velarde57.01255.234 Kirby Chambliss3
49 Mikael Brageot56.03754.787 Martin Sonka1
512 Peter Podlunsek58.008256.380 Michael Goulian8
614 Cristian Bolton59.04455.805 Matthias Dolderer7
711 Francois Le Vot57.33155.209 Pete McLeod2
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified
  • ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in climbing in the gate
  • ^2 Pilot received 2 seconds in incorrect level flying

Round of 8

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HeatRank1Pilot OneTime OneTime TwoPilot TwoRank2
84 Yoshihide Muroya56.964157.2952 Matt Hall6
93 Petr Kopfstein55.732DNF3 Kirby Chambliss8
102 Matthias Dolderer55.333DNF3 Pete McLeod7
115 Michael Goulian55.01854.900 Martin Sonka1
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
  • ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in incorrect level flying
  • ^2 Pilot received 2 seconds in climbing in the gate
  • ^3 DNF in exceeding maximum g


Final 4

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PosNo.PilotRun TimePen
131 Yoshihide Muroya55.288
218 Petr Kopfstein55.846
38 Martin Sonka56.533+2sec1
421 Matthias Dolderer57.943+3sec2
  • ^1 Pilot received 2 in incorrect level flying
  • ^2 Pilot received 3 in penalties


Standings after the event

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Master Class standings
PosPilotPts
1 Yoshihide Muroya30
2 Martin Sonka30
3 Matthias Dolderer23
4 Petr Kopfstein17
5 Pete McLeod14
6 Michael Goulian14
7 Juan Velarde13
8 Peter Podlunsek12
9 Kirby Chambliss10
10 Nicolas Ivanoff10
11 Matt Hall8
12 Cristian Bolton4
13 Mikael Brageot4
14 Francois Le Vot3
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Facility
Sideact
Airplane

References

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  1. ^ "Chiba". Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 RED BULL AIR RACE CALENDAR ANNOUNCED". Red Bull Air Race. January 19, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Event". Red Bull Air Race. Archived from the original on May 7, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Information". Red Bull Air Race. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
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Previous race:
2017 Red Bull Air Race of San Diego
Red Bull Air Race
2017 season
Next race:
2017 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest
Previous race:
2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba
Red Bull Air Race of ChibaNext race:
2018 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba