The Aviation Magazine Volume 7, Issue 1 #40 Jan-Feb 2016 | Page 24
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The final stop of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Champion season was at
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Paul Bonhomme was crowned the 2015 Red Bull
Air Race World Champion on Sunday after finishing a close second place in
the final race of the season at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway behind Matt
Hall, staving off a thrilling challenge from the hard‐charging Australian. Ger‐
many’s Matthias Dolderer took a strong third to win his second podium of
the season.
Around 20,000 spectators followed the racing action over the weekend, de‐
spite the weather conditions, as Hall the winner of the Las Vegas race indi‐
cated “The conditions were shocking” of the ominous rain clouds in the de‐
sert area around the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
It was Bonhomme’s third championship, in his 10th season after the British
ace won the title 2009 and 2010. Bonhomme, who had to overcome techni‐
cal problems just before the final race, ended up with 76 world champion‐
ship points, just five ahead of Hall on 71 with Austria’s Hannes Arch third
overall with 34 points.