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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Good morning from a sunny Lausitzring here in Germany! It's Race Day and we're settled in now, ready for a wild ride! -
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This is what the racetrack looks like from above...
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It's a fast and furious track, the first over land in 2017, with 15 Air Gates and with 2 laps to fly
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In Qualifying yesterday, it was Australia's Matt Hall who flew to victory
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RACE DAY LAUSITZRING SCHEDULE (local times):
1300 CHALLENGER CUP
1400 MASTER CLASS ROUND OF 14
1600 MASTER CLASS ROUND OF 8
1630 MASTER CLASS FINAL 4
1730 PRESS CONFERENCE -
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The atmosphere is building as the motorsport mad German fans soak up the entertainment ahead of the race action
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Spirit... ✈️ #redbullairrace #airrace @martinsonka @petrkopfstein
by Matej Horak via Instagram 9/17/2017 10:27:18 AM -
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OFFICIAL CHALLENGER CUP STARTLIST:
CZEPIELA
ASTLES
RYFA
BERGER
GENEVEY
MURPHY -
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What time is the race? Cause i still cant watch it live..A player error timeout occurred....
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OK! This is it! We will be LIVE in just a moment...
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And Luke Czepiela is first to fly in this Challenger Cup race here in Lausitz
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The Polish pilot has 24 points and has already qualified to fly in the final at Indianapolis
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He's through the track's first lap and he sets the pace today
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It's penalty-free which is an improvement on yesterday's DQ in Qualifying... that's 1:01.590 for Czepiela
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Next up is Melanie Astles, 4th in Qualifying yesterday and capable of a 59s run
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- Pylon Hit!
And no! That's our first pylon and 3s in penalties at gate 3 - Pylon Hit!
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She will have to potentially say goodbye to her place in the final
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What a disappointment for the French pilot and her net time is faster than Czepiela's
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First trip out to the infield for our Airgator team now as they repair the pylon
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Sweden's Daniel Ryfa is the next of the 6 pilots to fly... 2 down, 4 to go
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Ryfa is currently in 3rd overall and is tied on 24 points with Czepiela. He's already secured his place for Indianapolis but a win here would bring him to 2 in 2017 to match Berger's record
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After Qualifying, Ryfa said he plans to go all in today, nothing to lose... so we're expecting him to really put up a fight against Berger
