Red Bull Air Race Rio is cancelled


“Due to weather conditions and worse weather to continue the day is no longer valid,” says race director drew searle. Arch takes first, Lamb second, Bonhomme third and fourth to Hall.

Official announcement: Due to adverse weather conditions the Race Committee has taken the decision not to continue with the top 12. The results will be taken from qualifying, the world championship standings will be based on qualifying.

 Wild Card

Rank Name Nation Int. 1 Int. 2 Int. 3 Time Diff. Pen
1 Besenyei Peter HUN   26.85   41.04   1:08.14 1:23.14    0
2 Muroya Yoshihide JPN   27.31   42.14   1:12.10 1:27.38  + 4.24  4
3 Sonka Martin CZE   29.22   45.06   1:13.86 1:29.78  + 6.64  2
4 Rakhmanin Sergey RUS   25.09   46.34   1:14.51 1:31.83  + 8.69  8

Race

Rank Name Nation Rnd. Time Diff Points
1 Arch Hannes AUT  Q 1:20.44   12 + 1
2 Lamb Nigel GBR  Q 1:21.17  + 0.73 10
3 Bonhomme Paul GBR  Q 1:21.62  + 1.18 9
4 Hall Matt AUS  Q 1:21.98  + 1.54 8
5 Chambliss Kirby USA  Q 1:22.88  + 2.44 7
6 Ivanoff Nicolas FRA  Q 1:23.42  + 2.98 6
7 McLeod Pete CAN  Q 1:23.42  + 2.98 5
8 Goulian Michael USA  Q 1:23.58  + 3.14 4
9 Maclean Alejandro ESP  Q 1:25.27  + 4.83 3
10 Dolderer Matthias GER  Q 1:25.40  + 4.96 2
11 Besenyei Peter HUN  WCD 1:23.14   1
12 Muroya Yoshihide JPN  WCD 1:27.38  + 4.24 0
13 Sonka Martin CZE  WCD 1:29.78  + 6.64 0
14 Rakhmanin Sergey RUS  WCD 1:31.83  + 8.69 0

Championship Standings 2010

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Bonhomme Paul GBR 31
2 Lamb Nigel GBR 28
3 Arch Hannes AUT 27
4 Hall Matt AUS 22
5 McLeod Pete CAN 19
6 Chambliss Kirby USA 17
7 Ivanoff Nicolas FRA 15
8 Goulian Michael USA 13
9 Besenyei Peter HUN 12
10 Dolderer Matthias GER 12
11 Muroya Yoshihide JPN 5
12 Maclean Alejandro ESP 3
13 Rakhmanin Sergey RUS 0
14 Sonka Martin CZE 0
15 Kindlemann Adilson BRA 0

See Qualification Day Saturday 8 May

Source and picture: Red bullAir Race.com and  team Goulian