Promising excitement and a spectacular race in Putrajaya, the race is on here as Austria’s Hannes Arch blazed a trail throught the racetrack today to win Qualifying with a new course record of 1:15.144.

Close behind was Canada’s Pete McLeod well ahead of Matt Hall from Australia. Defending World Champion Paul Bonhomme was more than 1.5 seconds behind Arch in fourth.

Official Qualifying results:

1.ARCH Hannes (AUT) 1:15.144

2. MCLEOD Pete (CAN) 1:15. 867

3. HALL Matt (AUS) 1:16.144

4. BONHOMME Paul (GBR) 1:16.586

5. LAMB Nigel (GBR) 1:16.842

6. BESENYEI Peter (HUN) 1:17.220

7. DOLDERER Matthias (GER) 1:17.640

8. MUROYA Yoshi (JPN) 1:17.833

9. GOULIAN Mike (USA) 1:18.565

10. CHAMBLISS Kirby (USA) 1:18.580

11. IVANOFF Nicolas (FRA) 1:19.253

12. SONKA Martin (CZE) 1:19.275

Official Challenger Cup results:

1. LE VOT Francois (FRA) 1:26.027

2. KOPFSTEIN Petr (CZE) 1:26.850

3. RYFA Daniel (SWE) 1:27.081

4. VELARDE Juan (ESP) 1:27.186

5. PODLUNSEK Peter (SLO) 1:27.286

6. OTHMAN Halim (MAS) 1:28.913

Source: Redbullairrace.com