Mangold takes "pole position" in Budapest
American Mike Mangold (Team Cobra) won “pole position” for the Red Bull Air Race World Series event in Budapest on Monday with a flawless qualifying run through the 15-gate slalom course set up just metres above the surface of the Danube River on Sunday.
Mangold, who is just one point behind championship leader Paul Bonhomme (GBR/Matador) heading into the decisive phase of the season, clocked in a time of one minute 12.78 seconds after reaching speeds of about 400 kph and enduring forces of up to 10G on the course with a spectacular start and finish underneath Budapest’s landmark Chain Bridge.
Kirby Chambliss (USA/Team Red Bull) was second, 0.64 seconds behind, and Steve Jones (GBR/Team Matador) was third, 1.19 seconds back. The race on Monday, Hungary’s national holiday, will be watched by about a million spectators and is the seventh of 10 stops in the 2007 season.
source: redbull
