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British pilot Bonhomme clings to the lead as Red Bull Air Race lands in Ascot

8/6/2015

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Britain’s Paul Bonhomme is looking to keep hold of his Red Bull Air Race World Championship lead at his home race on August 15/16 at Ascot Racecourse with red-hot Hannes Arch of Austria and consistently strong Matt Hall of Australia closing in on the two-time champion.

ASCOT (GBR) – Bonhomme’s sensational victory in Ascot a year ago in tricky wind conditions, with compatriot Nigel Lamb in a close second en route to his winning his first championship, gave the home country plenty to cheer about on a brilliant day for racing at the world-famous horse racing track. But Bonhomme, the 2009 and 2010 champion who won the first two races of this year’s eight-race season, knows this year’s race will be not easy, with Arch and Hall flying fast in the last two races and the new knock-out format causing upsets. The high- speed, low-altitude racing competition has never seen a championship fight this close with six of the 14 pilots still in contention for the world championship.

“It’s going to be very tough to win in Ascot,” said Bonhomme, who was second to Arch in Budapest and leads the overall championship with 34 points to 29 points for Arch and Hall. “Whoever wins in Ascot will have put in an awful lot of hard work, that’s for sure. A lot of people had been speculating it would be a three-horse race this year and it’s all changed now. We’ve all been around long enough to know that everyone can upset the apple cart. Everyone can be quick in knock-out rounds and ruin your day.”
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