Paul Bonhomme wins Red Bull Air Race in the UK

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ASCOT (United Kingdom) Britain’s Paul Bonhomme and Nigel Lamb won first and second place at the Red Bull Air Race at the Ascot Racecourse on Sunday.

The Austrian Hannes Arch finished a distant eighth on Sunday, but still leads the World Championship. Nicolas Ivanoff of France got his first podium since 2009 by taking third place with a time of 1:11.884.

Top 12

Heat 1
 Matthias Dolderer  GER  Win
 Paul Bonhomme  GBR  Lose

 

Heat 2
 Hannes Arch AUT  Win
 Kirby Chambliss USA  Lose

 

Heat 3
 Yoshidide Muroya JPN  Win
 Martin Sonka CZE  Lose

 

Heat 4
 Matt Hall  AUS Win
 Nigel Lamb  GBR  Lose

 

Heat 5
 Nicolas Ivanoff  FRA  Win
 Michael Goullian  USA  Lose

 

Heat 6
 Peter Besenyei  HUN Win
 Pete McLeod  CAN Lose

The six winners plus the two fastest losers Paul Bonhomme and Nigel Lamb move forward to the Super 8.

Super 8

Rank Pilot Nation Time
1  Nigel Lamb  GBR  1:12.441
2  Matthias Dolderer  GER  1:12.736
3  Paul Bonhomme  GBR  1:12.828
4  Nicolas Ivanoff  FRA  1:13.077
5  Matt Hall  AUS  1:13.279
6  Yoshihide Muroya  JPN  1:14.492
7  Peter Besenyei  HUN  1:15.066
8  Hannes Arch  AUT  1:16.421

Final 4

Rank Pilot Nation Time
1  Paul Bonhomme  GBR  1:11.579
2  Nigel Lamb  GBR  1:11.750
3  Nicolas Ivanoff  FRA  1:11.884
4  Matthias Dolderer  GER  1:12.024

 

Race

Rank Pilot Nation Round Points
1  Paul Bonhomme  GBR  F4  12
2  Nigel Lamb  GBR  F4  9
3  Nicolas Ivanoff  FRA  F4  7
4  Matthias Dolderer  GER  F4  5
5  Matt Hall  AUS  S8  4
6  Yoshihide Muroya  JPN  S8  3
7  Peter Besenyei  HUN  S8  2
8  Hannes Arch  AUT  S8  1
9  Martin Sonka  CZE  T12  0
10  Kirby Chambliss  USA  T12  0
11  Pete McLeod  CAN  T12  0
12  Michael Goulian  USA  T12  0

World Championship Standings 2014 After 5 Races

Rank Pilot Nation Points
1  Hannes Arch  AUT  43
2  Paul Bonhomme  GBR  41
3  Nigel Lamb  GBR  35
4  Matt Hall  AUS  25
5  Pete McCleod  CAN  18
6  Nicolas Ivanoff  FRA  15
7  Yoshihide Muroya  JPN  10
8  Mathias Dolderer  GER  9
9  Martin Sonka  CZE  8
10  Peter Besenyei  HUN  6
11  Kirby Chambliss  USA  5
12  Mike Goulian  USA  0

Source: www.redbullairrace.com