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The Red Bull Air Race in Budapest has been cancelled this year due to lengthy delays in the permissions process, the organization announced with regret today. Interrupting a six-year tradition of racing in the Hungarian capital, the Red Bull Air Race World Champion will now be crowned after the final race of the 2010 season at EuroSpeedway in Lausitz, Germany on 7th & 8th August.

Budapest has been an annual fixture on the Red Bull Air Race World Championship calendar since 2004 with enormous crowds of more than 600,000 spectators watching the racing from the banks of the Danube River. This year’s race, which would have been the seventh annual race in Budapest, was set for 19th & 20th August.

Red Bull Air Race GmbH CEO Bernd Loidl expressed his disappointment over the Budapest cancellation, which comes just a week after a race cancellation in Portugal due to unexpected delays in reaching a revised host city agreement. But he said he hoped Budapest would be back on the calendar in 2011. Loidl also said the 2011 calendar will be announced after the final round in Germany next month – which will include a return to New York after the historic first race there in June.

“Having safely and successfully executed the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Budapest for the past six years, it was a tough decision to make,” Loidl said. “Following so close to the cancellation of the Portugal race last week, we are obviously disappointed and every effort will be made to see a return to Budapest in 2011. Securing the future of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship is paramount and making tough decisions is part of that process. We look forward to announcing the 2011 calendar after the final round in Germany including a much anticipated return to New York in the United States.” 

The battle for the 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship will remain intense at Lausitzring in Germany, where defending champion Paul Bonhomme is holding a five-point lead over 2008 champion Hannes Arch of Austria. Arch has won three of the last five races and is confident he can overtake Bonhomme down the home stretch of the 2010 season to take his second title. The Red Bull Air Race has been a FAI-recognised world championship since 2005.

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Top 12

Arch gets a 1:13.31 with a 2 sec penalty for incorrect level flying on gate 8. puts him fifth.

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	14.48	32.00	53.25	1:10.09		0
2	Lamb Nigel	GBR	14.89	32.86	55.73	1:12.61	+ 2.52	0
3	McLeod Pete	CAN	14.68	32.79	55.77	1:12.84	+ 2.75	0
4	Chambliss Kirby	USA	15.23	33.36	55.30	1:13.19	+ 3.10	0
5	Arch Hannes	AUT	15.02	32.21	54.02	1:13.31	+ 3.22	2
6	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	14.93	33.11	55.98	1:13.99	+ 3.90	0
7	Besenyei Peter	HUN	15.03	33.01	56.88	1:14.21	+ 4.12	0
8	Goulian Michael	USA	15.35	33.61	56.45	1:14.41	+ 4.32	0
9	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	15.45	33.80	57.06	1:14.75	+ 4.66	0
10	Dolderer Matthias	GER	15.09	33.40	55.64	1:14.92	+ 4.83	2
11	Sonka Martin	CZE	15.56	34.29	58.41	1:16.78	+ 6.69	0
12	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	15.33	34.54	59.53	1:18.17	+ 8.08	0

Super Eight

Paul Bonhomme is first in the super Eight 1.42 for Hannes Arch, who gets 2nd place and moves into the final: 1:11.49 seconds Chambliss and Lamb get the final two tickets to the final. Mcleod in 5th, Ivanoff in 6th Goulian 7th and Peter Besenyei 8th will be done for the day.

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	14.44	31.94	52.79	1:10.07		0
2	Arch Hannes	AUT	14.60	32.01	54.11	1:11.49	+ 1.42	0
3	Chambliss Kirby	USA	14.90	33.23	54.20	1:11.69	+ 1.62	0
4	Lamb Nigel	GBR	14.97	32.62	55.37	1:12.49	+ 2.42	0
5	McLeod Pete	CAN	14.82	32.80	55.52	1:12.69	+ 2.62	0
6	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	15.04	33.01	55.73	1:13.24	+ 3.17	0
7	Goulian Michael	USA	15.22	32.74	55.12	1:14.81	+ 4.74	2
8	Besenyei Peter	HUN	16.72	36.63	1:00.22	1:17.43	+ 7.36	4

Final Four

Bonhomme wins, Lamb second, Chambliss third and Arch 4th after touching gate 8 on the final run.

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	14.20	31.73	53.17	1:10.01		0
2	Lamb Nigel	GBR	14.70	32.33	54.68	1:12.06	+ 2.05	0
3	Chambliss Kirby	USA	14.62	32.67	54.14	1:12.09	+ 2.08	0
4	Arch Hannes	AUT	14.07	31.07	58.31	1:15.35	+ 5.34	6

Race

Rank	Name	Nation	Rnd.	Time	Diff	Points
1	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	F4	1:10.01		12
2	Lamb Nigel	GBR	F4	1:12.06	+ 2.05	10
3	Chambliss Kirby	USA	F4	1:12.09	+ 2.08	9
4	Arch Hannes	AUT	F4	1:15.35	+ 5.34	8 + 1
5	McLeod Pete	CAN	S8	1:12.69		7
6	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	S8	1:13.24	+ 0.55	6
7	Goulian Michael	USA	S8	1:14.81	+ 2.12	5
8	Besenyei Peter	HUN	S8	1:17.43	+ 4.74	4
9	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	T12	1:14.75		3
10	Dolderer Matthias	GER	T12	1:14.92	+ 0.17	2
11	Sonka Martin	CZE	T12	1:16.78	+ 2.03	1
12	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	T12	1:18.17	+ 3.42	0

World Championship Standings 2010

Rank	Name	Nation	Points
1	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	53
2	Arch Hannes	AUT	48
3	Lamb Nigel	GBR	47
4	Chambliss Kirby	USA	35
5	McLeod Pete	CAN	29
6	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	26
7	Goulian Michael	USA	24
8	Hall Matt	AUS	22
9	Dolderer Matthias	GER	21
10	Besenyei Peter	HUN	18
11	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	7
12	Muroya Yoshihide	JPN	5
13	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	4
14	Sonka Martin	CZE	1
15	Kindlemann Adilson	BRA	0

Arch, who has won three straight races, set a track record time of 1:08.18 in the 5.5-kilometer long track. Arch wins the 1 point and is now 1 point behind Paul Bonhomme in the World Champion Standings. Bonhomme was 0.52 seconds behind his Austrian rival. Canada’s Pete McLeod took an impressive third place in the first Qualifying run.

Nigel Lamb, the pre-race favorite in the turn-filled track, was a disappointing sixth in the Qualifying session ahead of Sunday’s race.

First Round

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Arch Hannes	AUT	14.25	31.06	51.26	1:08.18		0
2	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	14.49	32.03	52.26	1:08.98	+ 0.80	0
3	McLeod Pete	CAN	14.94	32.70	54.50	1:11.23	+ 3.05	0
4	Lamb Nigel	GBR	14.62	32.24	53.02	1:12.29	+ 4.11	2
5	Chambliss Kirby	USA	15.28	33.45	54.89	1:12.34	+ 4.16	0
6	Besenyei Peter	HUN	15.03	32.58	55.66	1:12.48	+ 4.30	0
7	Goulian Michael	USA	15.68	33.90	55.31	1:13.07	+ 4.89	0
8	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	15.44	33.52	55.72	1:13.25	+ 5.07	0
9	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	15.13	34.92	56.25	1:13.68	+ 5.50	2
10	Dolderer Matthias	GER	15.51	34.68	56.78	1:14.21	+ 6.03	0
11	Sonka Martin	CZE	15.49	36.45	59.90	1:19.73	+ 11.55	4
12	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	15.17	33.76	58.73	1:24.72	+ 16.54	10

Second Round

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	14.65	31.49	51.84	1:08.70		0
2	Chambliss Kirby	USA	14.72	32.64	53.92	1:11.71	+ 3.01	0
3	Goulian Michael	USA	15.04	32.96	55.20	1:12.00	+ 3.30	0
4	Lamb Nigel	GBR	14.49	32.00	55.48	1:12.12	+ 3.42	2
5	Dolderer Matthias	GER	15.08	33.33	54.95	1:12.19	+ 3.49	0
6	Besenyei Peter	HUN	14.89	33.04	55.85	1:12.92	+ 4.22	0
7	McLeod Pete	CAN	14.67	32.74	54.79	1:13.64	+ 4.94	2
8	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	15.30	35.11	56.02	1:14.22	+ 5.52	3
9	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	14.88	33.53	57.67	1:14.50	+ 5.80	2
10	Arch Hannes	AUT	14.32	31.16	51.71	1:14.93	+ 6.23	6
11	Sonka Martin	CZE	15.67	34.28	57.93	1:17.99	+ 9.29	2
12	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	15.66	34.36	57.81	1:18.23	+ 9.53	2

Overall Results Qualification New York Air Race

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Rnd.	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Arch Hannes	AUT	14.25	31.06	51.26	Q1	1:08.18		0
2	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	14.65	31.49	51.84	Q2	1:08.70	+ 0.52	0
3	McLeod Pete	CAN	14.94	32.70	54.50	Q1	1:11.23	+ 3.05	0
4	Chambliss Kirby	USA	14.72	32.64	53.92	Q2	1:11.71	+ 3.53	0
5	Goulian Michael	USA	15.04	32.96	55.20	Q2	1:12.00	+ 3.82	0
6	Lamb Nigel	GBR	14.49	32.00	55.48	Q2	1:12.12	+ 3.94	2
7	Dolderer Matthias	GER	15.08	33.33	54.95	Q2	1:12.19	+ 4.01	0
8	Besenyei Peter	HUN	15.03	32.58	55.66	Q1	1:12.48	+ 4.30	0
9	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	15.44	33.52	55.72	Q1	1:13.25	+ 5.07	0
10	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	15.13	34.92	56.25	Q1	1:13.68	+ 5.50	2
11	Sonka Martin	CZE	15.67	34.28	57.93	Q2	1:17.99	+ 9.81	2
12	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	15.66	34.36	57.81	Q2	1:18.23	+ 10.05	2

Second  Training Day Friday 18 June

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Lamb Nigel	GBR	14.85	32.75	55.34	1:12.03		0
2	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	15.24	32.92	55.19	1:12.12	+ 0.09	0
3	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	14.78	32.14	55.37	1:12.33	+ 0.30	2
4	Arch Hannes	AUT	14.29	34.42	56.29	1:13.17	+ 1.14	2
5	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	15.22	34.31	57.63	1:14.42	+ 2.39	0
6	Goulian Michael	USA	16.24	35.38	58.12	1:16.18	+ 4.15	0
7	McLeod Pete	CAN	14.92	33.67	56.97	1:16.25	+ 4.22	2
8	Besenyei Peter	HUN	15.23	33.74	57.29	1:16.46	+ 4.43	2
9	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	15.46	34.16	57.67	1:17.97	+ 5.94	2
10	Sonka Martin	CZE	15.35	34.80	59.29	1:19.17	+ 7.14	2
11	Chambliss Kirby	USA	15.60	33.91	58.19	1:21.72	+ 9.69	8
12	Dolderer Matthias	GER	15.24	35.63		SCO

First Training Day Thursday 17 June

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Rnd.	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Arch Hannes	AUT	14.25	33.60	55.44	Run 3	1:11.75		1
2	Lamb Nigel	GBR	14.49	32.76	55.26	Run 2	1:12.02	+ 0.27	0
3	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	14.32	34.31	55.81	Run 2	1:13.17	+ 1.42	2
4	Chambliss Kirby	USA	15.14	33.67	55.08	Run 2	1:13.21	+ 1.46	0
5	Dolderer Matthias	GER	14.93	33.86	56.05	Run 3	1:15.27	+ 3.52	2
6	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	15.24	34.20	58.48	Run 2	1:15.55	+ 3.80	0
7	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	14.41	34.41	57.00	Run 2	1:15.79	+ 4.04	5
8	Besenyei Peter	HUN	16.09	35.54	58.79	Run 1	1:16.25	+ 4.50	0
9	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	15.20	35.77	1:00.51	Run 2	1:17.76	+ 6.01	4
10	Sonka Martin	CZE	16.57	38.95	1:04.09	Run 3	1:21.26	+ 9.51	7
11	McLeod Pete	CAN	15.35	38.16	1:02.58	Run 2	1:23.16	+ 11.41	9
12	Goulian Michael	USA	21.51	43.10	1:06.22	Run 3	1:23.57	+ 11.82	8