Red Bull Air Race World Series 2005

Results of the fourth race July 24, 2005 Rock of Cashel, Ireland.

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The flying Dutchman Frank Versteegh in action.                     Photo: Alex Schelbert, Red Bull Photofiles.

Pos	Name	Nat.	Time 1st	Time 2nd	Time total	Difference	Penalties	Points	Points over all
1	Peter Besenyei	HUN	0:00:00	1:09:25	1:09:25	0:00:00	0	6	21
2	Nicolas Ivanoff	FRA	0:00:00	1:11:97	1:11:97	0:02:72	0	5	10
3	Paul Bonhomme	GBR	0:00:00	1:13:37	1:13:37	0:04:12	0	4	9
4	Klaus Schrodt	GER	0:00:00	1:16:11	1:16:11	0:06:86	3	3	10
5	Mike Mangold	USA	0:00:00	1:16:31	1:16:31	0:07:06	10	2	18
6	Steve Jones	GBR	0:00:00	1:17:39	1:17:39	0:08:14	3	1	10
7	Frank Versteegh	NED	0:00:00	1:27:36	1:27:36	0:18:11	3
	Alexander MacLean	ESP	0:00:00	Technical	problems
	Kirby Chambliss	USA							6

Press release by Red Bull Air Race

Peter Besenyei produced a remarkable ‘clean’ run in front of over 60,000 spectators to collect maximum points in front of Cashel’s stunning fortification and move to the top of the World Series Ranking.

France’s Nicolas Ivanoff grabbed a career-best second place, again with a penalty-free performance, while Paul Bonhomme of England was third for the second event in succession.

Heavy rains earlier in the day had almost forced a cancellation of the event only for powerful gusts of wind later in the afternoon to reduce it from two rounds of racing to one.

“It was certainly not ideal conditions, the wind and rain made the ride very, very bumpy,” said Besenyei, winner of the season-opening race in Abu Dhabi back in April.

“The conditions were flyable but the real difficulty was with the landing. However, the conditions dried out I am so glad we managed to produce a race for all the Irish spectators.”

Besenyei’s win took him three points clear of American rival Mike Mangold on the World Series standings. He maintained his superb form this season with a time of 01:09.25, nearly three seconds clear of Ivanoff.

Mangold could manage only fifth in the challenging Cashel conditions and saw his chances of a third win this season disappear when he picked up a 10-second penalty for touching a gate with his wing.

The former Top Gun pilot was only 07.06 seconds behind Besenyei’s winning mark and could live to rue the mistake as the battle for the World Series Championship hots up.

Spaniard Alexander MacLean was unable to take part owing to technical problems with his Extra 300L aircraft. Germany’s Klaus Schrodt finished fourth, Steve Jones of England sixth and flying Dutchman Frank Versteegh seventh.