In
the Red Bull Air Race, which is the official world
championship of the Fédération Aéronautique
Internationale (FAI), the world's top pilots hit speeds
of 370 km/h while enduring forces of up to 10G as they
navigate as precisely as possible through a low-level
slalom track marked by 25-metre high air-filled pylons.
The Red Bull Air Race World Championship moves to its
next stop to
Spielberg, Austria on September 5-6.
Results Ascot: 1. Paul
Bonhomme (GBR), 2. Matt Hall (AUS), 3. Yoshihide Muroya
(JPN), 4. Nicolas Ivanoff (FRA), 5. Nigel Lamb (GBR), 6.
Peter Besenyei (HUN), 7. Martin Sonka (CZE), 8. Hannes
Arch (AUT), 9. Michael Goulian (USA), 10. Matthias Dolderer (GER),
11. Juan Velarde (ESP), 12. Kirby Chambliss (USA), 13. Pete McLeod (CAN), 14.
François Le Vot (FRA)
World Championship standings: 1. Bonhomme 46 points, 2.
Hall 38, 3. Arch 30, 4. Sonka 18, 5. Lamb 17, 6. McLeod
14, 7. Dolderer 12, 8. Muroya 11, 9. Ivanoff 11, 10.
Goulian 8, 11. Besenyei 8, 12. Chambliss 2, 13. Velarde,
14. Le Vot
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