2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
The 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship is the eleventh Red Bull Air Race World Championship series.
Aircraft and pilots
Master Class
- Pilot changes
- Mid-season changes
- Cristian Bolton stepped up to the Master Class following the death of Hannes Arch before the Indianapolis round of the series.[2]
Challenger Class
No. |
Pilot |
Rounds |
33 |
Mélanie Astles |
All |
77 |
Francis Barros |
1–3 |
62 |
Florian Bergér |
1–2, 4–6, 8 |
5 |
Cristian Bolton |
1–5 |
48 |
Kevin Coleman |
1–3, 5–8 |
6 |
Luke Czepiela |
1, 3–4, 6–8 |
24 |
Ben Murphy |
1, 3–8 |
17 |
Daniel Ryfa |
1–2, 4–6, 8 |
Pilot changes
- Mélanie Astles, Kevin Coleman, Luke Czepiela and Ben Murphy will make their debuts in the Challenger Class. Astles will become the first female pilot to compete in a Red Bull Air Race event.
Race calendar and results
The eight-event calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 16 December 2015.[3]
Championship standings
Master Class
- Master Class scoring system
Position |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
11–14th |
Points |
15 |
12 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Colour | Result |
Gold | Winner |
Silver | 2nd place |
Bronze | 3rd place |
Green | Points finish |
Blue | Non-points finish |
Non-classified finish (NC) |
Purple | Retired (Ret) |
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
White | Did not start (DNS) |
Withdrew (WD) |
Race cancelled (C) |
Blank |
Did not participate (DNP) |
Excluded (EX) |
Bold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot |
* Arch finished 4th but was later excluded from the results; thus the points for 4th place were not awarded to any pilot.
** The final four wasn't held because of bad weather, 75% of points were awarded for this sitatuion.
Challenger Class
- Challenger Class scoring system
Position |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
Points |
10 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
Ranking
Pos. |
Pilot |
ABU
![United Arab Emirates](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png) |
SPE
![Austria](../I/m/Flag_of_Austria.svg.png) |
CHI
![Japan](../I/m/Flag_of_Japan.svg.png) |
BUD
![Hungary](../I/m/Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png) |
ASC
![United Kingdom](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) |
LAU
![Germany](../I/m/Flag_of_Germany.svg.png) |
IND
![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
LVG
![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
Drop |
Points |
1 |
Florian Bergér |
3 |
1 |
|
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
C |
|
28 |
2 |
Daniel Ryfa |
1 |
3 |
|
1 |
5 |
4 |
|
C |
|
26 |
3 |
Kevin Coleman |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
1 |
6 |
4 |
C |
|
26 |
4 |
Luke Czepiela |
5 |
|
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
C |
|
24 |
5 |
Cristian Bolton |
|
4 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
20 |
6 |
Ben Murphy |
4 |
|
5 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
C |
|
20 |
7 |
Mélanie Astles |
|
6 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
C |
|
16 |
8 |
Francis Barros |
DSQ |
5 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Pos. |
Pilot |
ABU
![United Arab Emirates](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png) |
SPE
![Austria](../I/m/Flag_of_Austria.svg.png) |
CHI
![Japan](../I/m/Flag_of_Japan.svg.png) |
BUD
![Hungary](../I/m/Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png) |
ASC
![United Kingdom](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) |
LAU
![Germany](../I/m/Flag_of_Germany.svg.png) |
IND
![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
LVG
![United States](../I/m/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png) |
Drop |
Points |
References
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