Red Bull Air Race 2017 - Lausitzring
2017 will see the Red Bull Air Race World Championship return to the Lausitzring after a brilliant round last year. In 2016 when the pilots touched down in the 3.2km (2 mile) tri-oval racetrack, formerly known as Lausitzring, it was the pivotal sixth race of the season. This year it will represent the penultimate race!
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Yoshihide Muroya flew the perfect race in Round 7 at the Lausitzring in Germany, setting the fastest time of the day to take the win in the Final 4. Australia's Matt Hall made a late push for points and finished in 2nd place, with Martin Sonka in 3rd. This puts the Czech pilot back at the top of the standings with just the final race of the year in Indianapolis left on 14-15 October. The title fight is still wide open... join us again soon!
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With two races left to go in the 2017 World Championship we move to the penultimate round on 16-17 September, taking place at the Lausitzring in Germany. Welcome to race weekend! Great to have you with us!
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Last year when the race came to the motorsport track, it was Australia’s Matt Hall who flew to victory taking the win from home hero Matthias Dolderer, who had to settle for second place.
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Pete McLeod was third, making up the podium in what was Round 6.
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As we head into Round 7 for 2017, eyes are once again on McLeod who has moved up to 2nd place in the overall standings after a consistent run of podiums as we near the season end.
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Current standings leader, Martin Sonka of the Czech Republic is only four points ahead of the Canadian and they are followed by Kirby Chambliss who has seen a phenomenal return to form after back to back wins in Budapest and Kazan.
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It’s sure to be the race to watch as half the field could still contend for the 2017 title.
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We’ll be here from today, Friday 15 September, with results from Free Practice and to get you in the race mood for the weekend! See you soon…
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Our starting order for today's Challenger Cup Free Practice:
Luke Czepiela
Daniel Ryfa
Ben Murphy
Daniel Genevey
Florian Berger
Melanie Astles -
Last chance at Lausitzring for Challengers | Red Bull Air Race
Red Bull Air RaceIt’s the final race for the Challengers to see who’s getting their ticket for Indianapolis -
Which Challenger Class Pilots are racing? Is Kenny Chiang racing this weekend? -
We'll have the results of this coming up later this afternoon, once the Challengers have flown in the second session...
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We already have four spaces for the 2017 Challenger Cup final taken, with Berger, Coleman, Ryfa and Czepiela guaranteed a spot
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So the fight for the last two remaining places will be fought out this weekend...
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OFFICIAL CHALLENGER CUP FP1 RESULTS:
RYFA
BERGER
MURPHY
ASTLES
GENEVEY
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Moving on to the Master Class, here is the starting order for Free Practice today at the Lausitzring:
Cristian Bolton
Francois Le Vot
Nicolas Ivanoff
Peter Podlunsek
Mikael Brageot
Juan Velarde
Michael Goulian
Matt Hall
Matthias Dolderer
Petr Kopfstein
Yoshi Muroya
Kirby Chambliss
Pete McLeod
Martin Sonka -
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OFFICIAL MASTER CLASS FP1 RESULTS:
VELARDE
HALL
CHAMBLISS
MCLEOD
SONKA
GOULIAN
KOPFSTEIN
MUROYA
DOLDERER
IVANOFF
BRAGEOT
LE VOT
PODLUNSEK
BOLTON -
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OFFICIAL CHALLENGER CUP FP2 RESULTS:
ASTLES
BERGER
MURPHY
CZEPIELA
GENEVEY
RYFA -
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Ryfa and Astles take the spoils on day one | Red Bull Air Race
Red Bull Air RaceSweden and France top the early Lausitzring timesheets -
Currently we're in the middle of the Master Class FP2 session and we'll share the results when they're in...
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It is also reigning World Champion Matthias Dolderer's birthday today! Racing this weekend in front of the dedicated home fans, the German pilot was sent a special message from the rest of the teams earlier...
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OFFICIAL MASTER CLASS FP2 RESULTS:
SONKA
CHAMBLISS
IVANOFF
MUROYA
MCLEOD
HALL
VELARDE
KOPFSTEIN
BRAGEOT
DOLDERER
GOULIAN
LE VOT
PODLUNSEK
BOLTON -
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Full story from today's Master Class Free Practice sessions...
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Velarde and Sonka storm the Lausitz track | Red Bull Air Race
Red Bull Air RaceJuan Velarde and Martin Sonka dominate the practice sessions -
Lausitz 2017 reactions: Master Class FP1 and 2 | Red Bull Air Race
Red Bull Air RaceThe pilots took to the track in Lausitz today, here’s what they thought -
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That's all from us today but we'll be back tomorrow for Qualifying! Join us from 1200 local time!
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Hello Race Reporter/Writer! What time does the Qualifying Session of the Challenger Cup start?
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Hello and welcome to Qualifying here at the Lausitzring in Germany!
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TODAY'S SCHEDULE (local time):
1200 CHALLENGER CLASS FP3
1350 MASTER CLASS FP3
1520 CHALLENGER CLASS QUALIFYING
1600 MASTER CLASS QUALIFYING (live webcast)
1800 PRESS CONFERENCE (live webcast)
