Red Bull Air Race - Spielberg 2016
Returning for its third year to the famous Austrian race location for 2016, Spielberg takes its Red Bull Air Race hosting to new heights. The competition this year is the hottest in history with a fresh crop of new talent and seasoned racers hungry for the win! Qualifying on Saturday 23 and Race Day Sunday 24 April! Be with us for the supercharged second stop of the season!
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What are the chances of Masterclass qualifying also being cancelled? Is it looking like things will clear up in the next half hour? -
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Challengers Qualifying cancelled? I'm guessing this means the best pilot from the previously completed flying session gets the bonus qualifying point. It has happened before. -
Latest news is that Masters Qualifying is going ahead but with a delayed start time of 16:20... but there'll be plenty to see from behind the scenes at the race hangars from 16:00!
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Spielberg 2016: track explanation | Red Bull Air Race
Red Bull Air RaceRace Director Steve Jones takes us through the Spielberg racetrack, presented by Garmin -
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"It's so frustrating because we had a satisfying training result," says Hannes Arch
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"I don't think the wind is going to be an issue today, we've not got any forecast of higher wind conditions," says commentator Paul Bonhomme
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"We had some issues with the spark plugs... If the engine isn't running at 100% and there's no point of getting airborne" says Dolderer.
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Hall going harder in this second run and the splits are looking great.... two green splits but no! The call comes to knock it off as Hall gets an automatic DNF.
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Oh god, that was absolutely unexpected. And radio failure... Wow, that's bad. -
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Muroya up next... he's sporting new wingtips and looking to equal or better his second place finish with 56.938 earlier today
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Well that sucks... consecutive qualifying laps mean no opportunity to rectify no smoke issue
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Muroya back into the track once more... there's definitely a problem with his smoke and the buzzer goes as Muroya picks up another 1s for insufficient smoke. It's looking a little faster and more assertive... perhaps not the same level of aggression that we saw earlier. It's a good time but over 2s off Velarde's pace and that only places him in 6th overall so far.Muroya 58.286
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that's only an technical error.... there would be another day for japanese samurai! -
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Pete McLeod cleared into the track... the Team Garmin pilot has achieved a best time of 7th place in free practice. Even with just 191.88kts on the clock through the Start Gate Pete McLeod looking fast through the first split... but there's some extra baggage and Pete McLeod appears to be having to work harder through the racetrack. He's through the Finish Gate with 58.525 on his Run 1. That's not as fast as FP3 but he's got another chance to go faster.
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Redbull...what can a mere mortal adrenaline junkie do, to get a ride with one of these planes? A ride to make you pass out from g forces?
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McLeod returning to the track for Run 2, a little wide on the chicane gate but the pace is looking better this time around.
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Up the mountain he goes and into lap 2... McLeod appearing to lose some significant time on that vertical turn and he can't maintain a speedy pace through that back end of the track. It's consistent and it's clean though, and that'll be a good foundation for the Round of 14 tomorrow at least.McLeod 58.350, currently in 7th place overall.
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How I wish the australian NBN actually worked. I keep occasionally getting a glimpse then my internet cuts out.... YAY!
