Hello and welcome for the third round of the Red Bull Air Race World Series from Windsor. The race will be taking place on the Canada-US border over the Detroit River with about half of the race taking place in American airspace.
The biggest surprise coming was Kirby Chambliss and his return to form and setting the fastest time of not just all week, but of the past two years running now.
Hot on his heels is Paul Bonhomme, who will be looking for redemption. Nicolas Ivanoff and Hannes Arch round out the top four.
The one that the Windsor crowd came to see was Canadian Pete McLeod.
McLeod impressed everyone in his home race and was able to break into the top 10 on Saturday, much to the delight of the crowd.
Michael Goulian also got out of a funk and finally made it into the top 10 with an eighth place qualifying pace.
If he can continue flying the way he did, he will be able to take points.
Not participating are Yoshi Muroya and Peter Besenyei. Muroya is not racing today because of a pylon hit during the third training session compromised the safety of his Edge 540.
Besenyei on the other hand had a close call after an emergency landing in a wheat field outside of St. Thomas Airport. The MXS flipped over, but Besenyei was uninjured.
The aircraft is not a writeoff, but it is not able to race in Windsor. He will return for Budapest in two month's time.
Over here at Bleacher Report, there will be a live play-by-play of the day's events. All times will be displayed in the local time (-4 GMT) so come here and enjoy the race!
1555: That's it for Windsor folks! Budapest is up in two months time so the pilots will take some time to train and prepare themselves for the first stop in the European tour.
1550: That's the race folks! Paul Bonhomme has finally won since his victory in Perth during the final race of 2008. Arch is second and Chambliss is third. However, Chambliss has one point extra for winning the qualifying yesterday. The rest of the pilots are as follows: Mangold, Rakhmanin, Goulian, Hall, Lamb, Ivanoff, Maclean, McLeod, Dell, and Dolderer. Pete McLeod has taken his first point and his highest ranking so far. As of now, every pilot has at least one point in their pocket.
1540: Kirby's in and he makes a mistake! He flies too high but registers a time of 1:10.19. Ouch!
1537: Paul Bonhomme sets the day's fastest time! He registers a 1:08.16. This is going to be tough for Kirby Chambliss to beat. Can the American make it two wins in a row or will Bonhomme get out of the second-place funk at the Cross-Border Classic?
1534: Hannes Arch also gets two seconds but is very fast! He could've set the course record if he didn't get a two-second penalty for flying too high! He sets a time of 1:09.31. He's guaranteed a spot on the podium...
1531: Mike Mangold is the first to go and sets a time of 1:12.92 with a two-second penalty for flying too high. He sets the benchmark for the Final Four.
1520: The final four will have Mike Mangold, Hannes Arch, Paul Bonhomme and Kirby Chambliss competing for the win. We'll be seeing what happens in about 10 minutes...
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