2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba

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.

Race Track
Extraordinary runway
Race Track

Overview

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
  • 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

Qualification
Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 84 Pete McLeod 54.609
2 21 Matthias Dolderer 54.656
3 8 Martin Sonka 54.928
4 31 Yoshihide Muroya 54.933
5 95 Matt Hall 55.010
6 10 Kirby Chambliss 55.226
7 99 Michael Goulian 55.539
8 37 Peter Podlunsek 55.605
9 26 Juan Velarde 55.632
10 27 Nicolas Ivanoff 55.791
11 18 Petr Kopfstein 55.954
12 11 Mikael Brageot 56.169
13 5 Cristian Bolton 56.365
14 12 Francois Le Vot 57.116

Round of 14
Heat Rank1 Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two Rank2
1 13 Nicolas Ivanoff 58.0571 55.459 Matt Hall 4
2 6 Petr Kopfstein 55.597 55.590 Yoshihide Muroya 5
3 10 Juan Velarde 57.012 55.234 Kirby Chambliss 3
4 9 Mikael Brageot 56.037 54.787 Martin Sonka 1
5 12 Peter Podlunsek 58.0082 56.380 Michael Goulian 8
6 14 Cristian Bolton 59.044 55.805 Matthias Dolderer 7
7 11 Francois Le Vot 57.331 55.209 Pete McLeod 2
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
Heat Rank1 Pilot One Time One Time Two Pilot Two Rank2
8 4 Yoshihide Muroya 56.9641 57.2952 Matt Hall 6
9 3 Petr Kopfstein 55.732 DNF3 Kirby Chambliss 8
10 2 Matthias Dolderer 55.333 DNF3 Pete McLeod 7
11 5 Michael Goulian 55.018 54.900 Martin Sonka 1
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
Pos No. Pilot Run Time Pen
1 31 Yoshihide Muroya 55.288
2 18 Petr Kopfstein 55.846
3 8 Martin Sonka 56.533 +2sec1
4 21 Matthias Dolderer 57.943 +3sec2
  • ^1 Pilot received 2 in incorrect level flying
  • ^2 Pilot received 3 in penalties


Standings after the event
Master Class standings
Pos Pilot Pts
1 Yoshihide Muroya 30
2 Martin Sonka 30
3 Matthias Dolderer 23
4 Petr Kopfstein 17
5 Pete McLeod 14
6 Michael Goulian 14
7 Juan Velarde 13
8 Peter Podlunsek 12
9 Kirby Chambliss 10
10 Nicolas Ivanoff 10
11 Matt Hall 8
12 Cristian Bolton 4
13 Mikael Brageot 4
14 Francois Le Vot 3
Facility
Sideact
Airplane

References
  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. "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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