Red Bull Air Race 2017 - Chiba
The Red Bull Air Race World Championship touches down once again in Japan on 3-4 June 2017, in the sprawling metropolis of Chiba City. Chiba is renowned as the birthplace of civil aviation in Japan and is famed for its samurai and warrior heritage.
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Beautiful! It's 54.933 and that's just +0.324 behind McLeod and enough for 2nd place! -
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The fans are delighted with that result and they show their appreciation!
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Dolderer flies next and he's got it all to play for here in Japan if he wants to move ahead of Sonka in the standings
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And it's 54.656 and he bumps Muroya down into 3rd as he sits just +0.047 behind McLeod in 2nd!
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Wow! That was impressive and he doesn't need to do anything more as he'll get a favourable head to head match tomorrow
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Second run for Dolderer – a run of two halves! Very strong but then off his lines and he deviates from the track! What happened?!
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Final pilot to fly in Chiba Qualifying is current standings leader Martin Sonka, who was also fastest in FP4, setting the track record with 54.371
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But can he repeat that and move ahead of McLeod to claim the Qualifying in Japan?
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Q1 for Sonka and he's red on the split times, it's a convicing run but he's not on the pace
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Last run of the day here in Chiba – Sonka has his Q2 to try to improve here... but it's a done deal and he gets a DNF for exceeding maximum G! Not what any of us were expecting...
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Sonka: "We can gain a lot at Gates 6 and 7 or spoil everything. Gate 3 is really challenging especially with the crowd line."
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Muroya: "Our flight is quite solid and we are flying our own tactics. If we stick with the same plan tomorrow it should work well enough."
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OFFICIAL CHIBA QUALIFYING RESULT:
MCLEOD
DOLDERER
SONKA
MUROYA
HALL
CHAMBLISS
GOULIAN
PODLUNSEK
VELARDE
IVANOFF
KOPFSTEIN
BRAGEOT
BOLTON
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McLeod masters track to take Qualifying | Red Bull Air Race
Red Bull Air RacePete McLeod puts in a perfect flight to take top spot -
And that's a wrap from Qualifying here in Chiba! Thanks for joining us and we'll be back again tomorrow for Race Day at 0400UTC.
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Hello and welcome to Race Day from Chiba in Japan! It is hot here and we are looking forward to some sizzling action over Tokyo Bay!
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Hi Race Reporter! Did I miss anything? What time does Race Day start?
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All the very best to number 95, Matt Hall and his team👍🏻
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Following a nail-biting Qualifying yesterday, which saw Canadian Pete McLeod fly to victory, here's how they pilots line up in the head to head heats
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Chiba 2017: Round of 14 Preview | Red Bull Air Race
Red Bull Air RaceHow they line up for the opening round of Race Day -
It's all eyes on home hero Yoshi Muroya though here in Japan – and after taking his maiden win here on home soil in 2016 hopes are high for a repeat performance!
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It's almost time for the Round of 14. Will @yoshi_muroya repeat last year's win? ✈️🏁😎🇯🇵
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#airrace #chiba #japan #raceby Red Bull Air Race via Instagram 6/4/2017 3:58:28 AM -
レッドブルエアレース2017！！！！
#airrace #redbull #redbullairrace2017chiba #空フェスby MARI via Instagram 6/4/2017 3:58:36 AM -
熱いぜ！
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#熱い#暑い#晴天
#日に焼ける
#じりじり
#airrace#室屋義秀
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