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Red Bull Air Race 2017 - Budapest
Budapest is the spiritual home of the Red Bull Air Race and will once again be the fourth stop on the 2017 World Championship calendar on 1-2 July. As one of the most popular stops, the Hungarian capital always pulls in a monumental crowd to witness the racing action. Follow it here!
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The American knows this race location well, having competed every time in the 11 races that have taken place in Budapest -
Let's see what he can do today... and it's green again on the first split time... seems this is a pattern... but it's red again on the following split times and it's a 1:02.145 moving him into 2nd position
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Second go for Chambliss and it's smooth and stable, but he just can't quite edge past Hall
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1:01.546 for Q2 for Chambliss, so it's a definite improvement and should secure him a decent spot for tomorrow. He sits behind Hall in 2nd with 9 pilots to go...
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Hall: "It's good, I'm still flying a bit conservatively and i can go faster than that. I'm happy with how smooth I'm flying. Confidence is growing a lot and I'm still working on the pull for the turns."
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And that's a disappointment for the team as Podlunsek gets a DNF for exceeding maximum G...
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He'll just have one shot at getting a decent time in Qualifying... which really puts the pressure on now
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192.2kts through the Start Gate and it's slow for the Slovenian... red on the split times as we get to Gate 16...
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It's red again... he is throwing away the seconds out on the track with that line
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It's 1:03.818 and almost guaranteed a tough ride tomorrow for Podlunsek, although it's 3s quicker than his FP3 time so there's something the team can smile about
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Spain's Velarde is next to compete... and that is the worst news! He's over 12G and that is an automatic DQ and he forfeits his Qualifying opportunity... which will very likely put him up against the fastest pilot for tomorrow in the R14
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Second of our Americans out into the track next – it's Mike Goulian
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Goulian seems to be on the up this season and his confidence is increasing...
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It's a green light at the first sector time... but quickly followed by reds...
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It's the buzzer! Incorrect level at Gate 6 and it's a frustrating run for Goulian. He posts 1:04.040... with another run to try to improve. Q1 puts him in 6th place...
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Goulian is back and this is all to play for – if he doesn't nail this he'll vastly reduce his chances of success for points in Budapest
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Seems he's given himself a pep talk after Q1 and this is a great run... it's 1:01.541! His Q2 time puts him in 2nd, just +0.110 behind Hall!
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We're at the halfway point now and it's about to heat up here in Budapest!
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Quick recap of the Qualifying timesheet:
HALL / GOULIAN / CHAMBLISS / IVANOFF / BRAGEOT / PODLUNSEK / BOLTON / VELARDE -
Canada's Pete McLeod is the first of the pilots ready to ramp things up...
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Happy Canada Day to our McLeod fans! It's green all the way and it's the first sub 1:00 time! McLeod smashes it out there with 59.508 and easily moves to the top!
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WOW! McLeod calls it a day in Qualifying and doesn't do his Q2! That's fighting talk... or is it a little too confident? Tomorrow will tell...
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So it's the first of our Czech pilots to fly now... Petr Kopfstein is cleared into the track and after his career-best result in Chiba, he has shown he's worthy of a place among the top half of the field