WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 SPORTS Hall Gets First Red Bull Air Race Win, Upsetting Bonhomme in Dramatic Final lying brilliantly on a difficult windswept track set up at the Red Bull Ring high in the Austrian Alps, FMatt Hall upset Red Bull Air Race World Championship leader Paul Bonhomme. Local hero Hannes Arch was knocked out in the opening round after hitting a pylon. Australia’s Matt Hall won the Red Bull Air Race World Championship race in the Austrian Alps with an emphatic victory on Sunday, beating Britain’s Paul Bonhomme into second place in a dramatic final. American Kirby Chambliss got his first podium since the race in New York City in 2010 with third. Getting the first victory of his career, Hall was flawless in the final on a windy afternoon. His time of 56.851 seconds was the fastest of the day and was just enough to beat Bonhomme (56.908 seconds) in the high- speed, low-altitude race to collect 12 championship points. Hall’s victory by 0.057 second was the narrowest in the his- tory of the Red Bull Air Race, breaking the previous record of 0.071 second in Rovinj. Hall’s heart-stopping win in front of this weekend’s 20,000 spectators gives him 50 world championship points and narrowed Bonhomme’s lead in the world’s fastest motorsport series to just five points after six races, setting the stage for a thrilling conclusion to the season with two stops left in the United States. It was the first Australian vic- tory at the Austria Grand Prix circuit since Alan Jones won it in 1977 and 1979 while Jack Brabham won it in 1963. .