{"id":25350,"date":"2014-04-13T23:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T21:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.1dfh.de\/wordpress\/?p=25350"},"modified":"2014-04-13T23:03:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T21:03:18","slug":"duel-continues-arch-blasts-bonhomme-in-rovinj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.1dfh.de\/wordpress\/duel-continues-arch-blasts-bonhomme-in-rovinj\/","title":{"rendered":"Duel continues: Arch blasts Bonhomme in Rovinj"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cheered on by an enthusiastic crowd, Hannes Arch of Austria rallied from behind to upset Red Bull Air<\/strong><\/em>
\n Race World Championship leader Paul Bonhomme of Britain.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderROVINJ (Croatia) \u2013 Austria\u2019s Hannes Arch came from behind to beat defending champion Paul Bonhomme in a riveting final in the second stop of the eight-leg Red Bull Air Race World Championship on Sunday in Rovinj, Croatia. Arch was trailing Bonhomme at the midway point of the final round by 0.23 seconds but opened the throttle with a blistering second lap on the obstacle course set up on the Adriatic Sea to get his eighth career victory. Japan\u2019s Yoshihide Muroya got the first podium of his career, taking third place on a challenging course in the bay off Rovinj that was made even more difficult when the winds coming from the south shifted to from the west.
\nCheered on by thousands of fans from nearby Austria, Arch also became the sentimental favorite of the local Croatian fans, who were savoring the country’s first Red Bull Air Race. The Austrian had a flawless run in the final, stopping the clock in 59.012 seconds — ahead of Bonhomme\u2019s 59.097. They have 21 points each in the World Championship standings.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s really special,\u201d said Arch, who felt lifted by a surge of support this weekend from the big crowd in Rovinj, a stunning town on a peninsula known as the blue pearl of the Adriatic. \u201cWhen I heard I was first I had tears in my eyes because of all the emotions and the release of the pressure. It was so difficult here.\u201d
\nThere was a record six pylon hits on the challenging course set up in the water just off the shoreline of Rovinj \u2013 including one in the Super 8 round that ended the day of Matt Hall of Australia, who finished a disappointing seventh. Canada\u2019s Pete McLeod was fourth after a costly penalty in the finals. Britain`s Nigel Lamb got knocked out when his running propeller touched the ground and got damaged at the Race Airport.<\/p>\n

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