Red Bull Air Race World Series 2005

Results of the fifth race August 7, 2005  Longleat, Wiltshire United Kingdom

The Race Course of Longleat

Results of Longleat

Pos	Name	Nat.	Time 1st	Time 2nd	Time total	Difference	Penalties	Points	Points over all
1	Mike Mangold	USA	1:27:60	1:27:10	2:54:70	0:00:00	0	6	24
2	Kirby Chambliss	USA	1:30:31	1:27:38	2:57:69	0:02:99	0	5	11
3	Peter Besenyei	HUN	1:30:89	1:28:94	2:59:83	0:05:13	0	4	25
4	Klaus Schrodt	GER	1:32:36	1:29:04	3:01:40	0:06:70	0	3	13
5	Paul Bonhomme	GBR	1:31:91	1:30:10	3:02:01	0:07:31	0	2	11
6	Steve Jones	GBR	1:29:78	1:45:55	3:15:33	0:20:63	0	1	11
7	Nicolas Ivanoff	FRA	1:33:76	1:45:39	3:19:15	0:24:45	0		10
8	Frank Versteegh	NED	1:37:80	1:39:30	3:17:10	0:22:40	3
9	Nigel Lamb	ZIM	1:40:47	1:42:06	3:22:53	0:27:83	13
10	Alexander MacLean	ESP	1:44:55	1:45:12	3:29:67	0:34:97	10

Steve Jones on the race-track over the famous Wiltshire estate.                                                                  Photo: Stefan Aufschnaiter, Red Bull Photofiles.

Press release by Red Bull Air Race

American Mike "Mungo" Mangold closed the gap on ranking leader Peter Besenyei when he secured victory in the Longleat Red Bull Air Race on Sunday, his third win of the 2005 Air Race World Series.

Mangold finished with an aggregate time of 2:54.70, just 2.99 seconds clear of compatriot and runner-up Kirby Chambliss. Besenyei maintains his World Series Ranking lead courtesy of finishing in third place a further 2.14 seconds behind.

Despite incurring a one-second penalty for excessive speed at the approach of his opening run, Mangold once again proved in his Edge 540 that he is the fastest competitor on the World Series.

He also secured first place in Rotterdam and Zeltweg, Austria but allowed Besenyei to take over at the top of the rankings when he finished fifth two weeks ago in Rock of Cashel, Ireland after touching a gate pylon.

Peter Besenyei, champion in the season-opener in Abu Dhabi and in Ireland, leads the rankings with 25 points, one ahead of Mangold, while Germany’s Klaus Schrodt, fourth in Longleat, is back in third place with 13 points.

“The conditions were great today but the course was very, very tricky,” said former Top Gun pilot Mike Mangold. “We had to deal with rolling terrain, with trees and even birds flying all over the place. We had to be really focused.

“It’s still very close in the ranking race, we’ve got two more events to go and it will probably go right down to the wire.