Sunday, August 8, 2010

Red Bull Air Race season over

The final race of the 2010 held Red Bull Air Race World Championship was held in Germany at the Euro Speedway, Lausitz. Hannes Arch won with a time of 1:12:30, Paul Bonhomme was second only 0.36 seconds behind. Paul Bonhomme won the 2010 World Championship title over the six race season.

Yoshi Muroya was fourth in training, 9th in the qualifying round today which was postponed yesterday because of rain, The top 12 round resulted in 9-seconds of penalties, including a Pylon hit with a total of, 1:23:76 for 12th place in this round. A total of five points for the six round 2010 World Championship placed him in 12th overall.

Muroya's latest comments (video) is available on the official Muroya website YouTube channel.
And detailed results can be downloaded from the official Red Bull Site

Photos by Taro Imahara / T.I.P.P


Friday, August 6, 2010

Eurospeedway Lausitz training rounds

T1 and T2 where the first time Yoshi has been in the race track for 3 months since Rio. Getting back to speed took a little time but now today in T4, Yoshi ahs put in a good practice time placing Team Muroya 4th in training. Pretty good since he has so much less time in the race track compared to the other pilots. For T4 we went with different power settings to those we have tried in previous races and the engine is really running nicely. That together wth a new fuel servo compared to the last race in Rio, we are at last competitive with the second tier group of pilots. Yoshi thinks there is still room for improvement in the lines through the course. Here is hoping for some really good Qualifying rounds tomorrow!

Pictures Taro Imahara / TIPP

Monday, August 2, 2010

Flying again

Back in the air after repairing the tail plane and making a new canopy at the Xtremeair factory in Germany.
Soon the last Red Bull Air Race for this season. After that it won't be until 2012 that the next edition of RBAR will be seen.
So, Team Muroya is looking forward to a smooth and trouble free race to finish the 2010 season on a high note!

pics by Taro Imahara / T.I.P.P

Plane during final preparations at Xtremeair GMBH (nearest the door)

Flying again at last