2017 Red Bull Air Race of Kazan

Coordinates: 55°47′53″N 49°05′34″E / 55.79806°N 49.09278°E / 55.79806; 49.09278
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55°47′53″N 49°05′34″E / 55.79806°N 49.09278°E / 55.79806; 49.09278

2017 Red Bull Air Race of Kazan is located in Tatarstan
Race Track
Race Track
Extraordinary runway (kazanring)
Extraordinary runway (kazanring)

The 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Kazan was the fifth round of the 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.[1] The event was held on Kazanka River in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. It was the first non-cancelled race taking place in Russia.

Master class[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 84 Canada Pete McLeod 0:54.562
2 8 Czech Republic Martin Sonka 0:56.339
3 9 France Nicolas Ivanoff 0:56.450
4 10 United States Kirby Chambliss 0:56.703
5 99 United States Michael Goulian 0:56.837
6 95 Australia Matt Hall 0:57.068
7 18 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein 0:57.426
8 37 Slovenia Peter Podlunsek 0:57.504
9 31 Japan Yoshihide Muroya 0:57.847
10 26 Spain Juan Velarde 0:58.323
11 21 Germany Matthias Dolderer 0:59.478 +2sec1
12 5 Chile Cristian Bolton 1:00.685
13 12 France Francois Le Vot SCO2
14 11 France Mikael Brageot DNF3
  • ^1 Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) at gate 3[2]
  • ^2 Safety climb out[2]
  • ^3 Exceeding maximum G in gate 4[2]

Round of 14[edit]

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
1 Spain Juan Velarde 0:59.128 1:00.5311 United States Michael Goulian
2 Germany Matthias Dolderer 1:01.3572 1:01.2873 United States Kirby Chambliss
3 Japan Yoshihide Muroya 1:04.1534 1:02.7945 Australia Matt Hall
4 Chile Cristian Bolton 1:01.837 1:01.9006 France Nicolas Ivanoff
5 Slovenia Peter Podlunsek 1:05.2727 1:01.864 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein
6 France Francois Le Vot 1:00.794 1:00.952 Czech Republic Martin Sonka
7 France Mikael Brageot 1:03.6508 0:58.358 Canada Pete McLeod
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
Fastest loser, qualified
  • ^1 Pylon Hit at gate 4[3]
  • ^2 Pylon hit at gate 6b[3]
  • ^3 Pylon hit at gate 10[3]
  • ^4 Pylon hit at gate 10, incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in gate 14[3]
  • ^5 Pylon hit at gate 3[3]
  • ^6 Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in gate 14[3]
  • ^7 Pylon hit gate 10,11[3]
  • ^8 Pylon hit at gate 4[3]

Round of 8[edit]

Heat Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two
8 United States Kirby Chambliss 0:59.157 1:02.887 1 France Francois Le Vot
9 Chile Cristian Bolton 1:03.826 2 1:00.537 3 United States Michael Goulian
10 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein 0:58.380 0:59.319 Spain Juan Velarde
11 Australia Matt Hall 1:01.953 0:59.596 4 Canada Pete McLeod
Key
Qualified for next round
Knocked out
  • ^1 Pylon hit
  • ^2 Exceeding start speed limit, incorrect passing (climbing in the gate)
  • ^3 Pylon hit
  • ^4 Pylon hit

Final 4[edit]

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 10 United States Kirby Chambliss 0:58.378
2 84 Canada Pete McLeod 0:59.125 +2sec 1
3 99 United States Michael Goulian 0:59.650
4 18 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein 1:04.297 +6sec 2
  • ^1 Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in gate 3[4]
  • ^2 Pylon hits at gates 10, 11

Challenger Class[edit]

Results (Rescheduled Chiba race)[edit]

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 6 Poland Luke Czepiela 1:07.091
2 17 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 1:07.190 +2sec1
3 24 United Kingdom Ben Murphy 1:08.187
4 78 Hungary Daniel Genevey 1:08.339
5 33 France Melanie Astles 1:09.771 +3sec2
6 15 France Baptiste Vignes 1:09.964
7 7 China Kenny Chiang 1:10.196 +3sec3
8 48 United States Kevin Coleman 1:10.308 +3sec4
  • ^1 Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) at gate 14[5]
  • ^2 Pylon hit at gate 4[5]
  • ^3 Pylon hit at gate 4[5]
  • ^4 Pylon hit at gate 4[5]

Results[edit]

Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 7 China Kenny Chiang 1:07.264
2 15 FranceBaptiste Vignes 1:08.265
3 48 United States Kevin Coleman 1:08.965
4 33 France Mélanie Astles 1:09.505
5 24 United Kingdom Ben Murphy 1:09.987 +2sec1
6 17 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 1:14.115 +8sec2
  • ^1 Incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in Gate 7[6]
  • ^2 Pylon hit at gates 4, 7, incorrect passing (incorrect level flying) in gate 14[6]

Standings after the event[edit]

Challenger Class standings
Pos Pilot Pts
1 Germany Florian Berger 28
2 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 24
3 Poland Luke Czepiela 24
4 United States Kevin Coleman 16
5 France Baptiste Vignes 14
6 China Kenny Chiang 12
7 France Mélanie Astles 12
8 United Kingdom Ben Murphy 12
9 Hungary Daniel Genevey 8

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kazan Red Bull Air Race Red Bull Air Race". Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Magnificent McLeod tops Qualifying in Kazan". Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Marvellous McLeod storms through Round of 14". Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  4. ^ "Chambliss crowned king in Kazan". Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  5. ^ a b c d "Czepiela takes Challenger win". Archived from the original on 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  6. ^ a b "Chiang astounds with Kazan win". Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-07-09.

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