Martin Sonka won the sixth round in epic style beating Yoshihide Muroya’s time by just 0.036s and in doing so, became the first pilot to win three races in a row since Hannes Arch in 2010.

This was one of the closest finishes to an Air Race ever with all four pilots finishing withing 0.8s of each other. Muroya flew first in the Final 4 and set a fantastic time of 59.324s – the fastest of the day up until that point. When Sonka entered the track it looked like Muroya had done enough for the win. Sonka was behind Muroya’s time at the split times, but they were shrinking with every advance, and when Sonka passed through the Finish Gate he had clawed the time back and pushed his Japanese rival into second place.

Results Master Class, Wiener Neustadt 2018:

1. Martin Šonka (CZE),

2. Yoshihide Muroya (JPN),

3. Matt Hall (AUS),

4. Mika Brageot (FRA),

5. Petr Kopfstein (CZE),

6. Nicolas Ivanoff (FRA),

7. Pete McLeod (CAN),

8. Kirby Chambliss (USA),

9. Matthias Dolderer (GER),

10. François Le Vot (FRA),

11. Juan Velarde (ESP),

12. Michael Goulian (USA),

13. Ben Murphy (GBR),

14. Cristian Bolton (CHI)

World Championship standings after six races:

1. Martin Šonka (CZE) 64 points,

2. Matt Hall (AUS) 58 pts,

3. Michael Goulian (USA) 55 points,

4. Yoshihide Muroya (JPN) 34 pts,

5. Mika Brageot (FRA) 34 pts,

6. Kirby Chambliss (USA) 22 pts,

7. François Le Vot (FRA) 21 pts,

8. Matthias Dolderer (GER) 17 pts,

9. Juan Velarde (ESP) 16 pts,

10. Petr Kopfstein (CZE) 16 pts,

11. Pete McLeod (CAN) 15 pts,

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