# 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba

35°38′23″N 140°01′55″E﻿ / ﻿35.63972°N 140.03194°E﻿ / 35.63972; 140.03194
The 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba was the third round of the 2017 season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held in Chiba, Japan.

## Overview

On January 19, 2017, 8 cities hosting the 2017 season were announced, and following the 2015 season and the 2016 season, it was decided to hold for the third consecutive and the third time in Japan and Chiba prefecture.
Following Abu Dhabi of the first game and San Diego of the second game, Chiba of the third game is also a maritime race.
Glay will serve as the ambassador of this event. Also, Glay also wrote the theme song "XYZ".

### Schedule

* 2017
** January 19 – the schedule is announced.
** June 3 – First day of the convention. Qualifying day.
    Opening 10: 00, Competition start 13:00, Competition end 16: 00
** June 4 – Day 2 of the tournament. Final day.
    Opening 10: 00, Competition start 13:00, Competition end 16: 00
It will be carried out even in case of rain, but it will be canceled in the case of stormy weather. Also, we will not carry forward the tournament.

## Master Class
### Qualification

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time |
| 1 | 84 | Pete McLeod | 54.609 |
| 2 | 21 | Matthias Dolderer | 54.656 |
| 3 | 8 | Martin Sonka | 54.928 |
| 4 | 31 | Yoshihide Muroya | 54.933 |
| 5 | 95 | Matt Hall | 55.010 |
| 6 | 10 | Kirby Chambliss | 55.226 |
| 7 | 99 | Michael Goulian | 55.539 |
| 8 | 37 | Peter Podlunsek | 55.605 |
| 9 | 26 | Juan Velarde | 55.632 |
| 10 | 27 | Nicolas Ivanoff | 55.791 |
| 11 | 18 | Petr Kopfstein | 55.954 |
| 12 | 11 | Mikael Brageot | 56.169 |
| 13 | 5 | Cristian Bolton | 56.365 |
| 14 | 12 | Francois Le Vot | 57.116 |

### Round of 14

| Heat | Rank1 | Pilot One | Time One | Time Two | Pilot Two | Rank2 |
| 1 | 13 | Nicolas Ivanoff | 58.057 | 55.459 | Matt Hall | 4 |
| 2 | 6 | Petr Kopfstein | 55.597 | 55.590 | Yoshihide Muroya | 5 |
| 3 | 10 | Juan Velarde | 57.012 | 55.234 | Kirby Chambliss | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | Mikael Brageot | 56.037 | 54.787 | Martin Sonka | 1 |
| 5 | 12 | Peter Podlunsek | 58.008 | 56.380 | Michael Goulian | 8 |
| 6 | 14 | Cristian Bolton | 59.044 | 55.805 | Matthias Dolderer | 7 |
| 7 | 11 | Francois Le Vot | 57.331 | 55.209 | Pete McLeod | 2 |
Key :
* Qualified for next round
* Knocked out
* Fastest loser, qualified
* ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in climbing in the gate
* ^2 Pilot received 2 seconds in incorrect level flying

### Round of 8

| Heat | Rank1 | Pilot One | Time One | Time Two | Pilot Two | Rank2 |
| 8 | 4 | Yoshihide Muroya | 56.964 | 57.295 | Matt Hall | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | Petr Kopfstein | 55.732 | DNF | Kirby Chambliss | 8 |
| 10 | 2 | Matthias Dolderer | 55.333 | DNF | Pete McLeod | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | Michael Goulian | 55.018 | 54.900 | Martin Sonka | 1 |
Key :
* Qualified for next round
* Knocked out
* ^1 Pilot received 2 seconds in incorrect level flying
* ^2 Pilot received 2 seconds in climbing in the gate
* ^3 DNF in exceeding maximum g

### Final 4

| Pos | No. | Pilot | Run Time | Pen |
| 1 | 31 | Yoshihide Muroya | 55.288 | |
| 2 | 18 | Petr Kopfstein | 55.846 | |
| 3 | 8 | Martin Sonka | 56.533 | +2sec |
| 4 | 21 | Matthias Dolderer | 57.943 | +3sec |
* ^1 Pilot received 2 in incorrect level flying
* ^2 Pilot received 3 in penalties

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Pilot | Pts |
| 1 | Yoshihide Muroya | 30 |
| 2 | Martin Sonka | 30 |
| 3 | Matthias Dolderer | 23 |
| 4 | Petr Kopfstein | 17 |
| 5 | Pete McLeod | 14 |
| 6 | Michael Goulian | 14 |
| 7 | Juan Velarde | 13 |
| 8 | Peter Podlunsek | 12 |
| 9 | Kirby Chambliss | 10 |
| 10 | Nicolas Ivanoff | 10 |
| 11 | Matt Hall | 8 |
| 12 | Cristian Bolton | 4 |
| 13 | Mikael Brageot | 4 |
| 14 | Francois Le Vot | 3 |

## Gallery
### Facility

* Race Track
* Race Control
* Runway
* Hangar

### Sideact

* JGSDF AH-64D
* Chiba Fire Rescue Demonstration
* Breitling DC-3 HB-IRJ
* Zero N553TT

### Airplane

* Yoshihide Muroya (N31YM)
* Petr Kopfstein (N513AG)
* Martin Sonka (N806PB)