The day ended much earlier than the team had hoped when Kirby took second to Hungarian favorite, Peter Besenyei, in the first head-to-head match in the Round of 14. A two-second penalty for “climbing in the gate” put him 2.316 seconds behind Besenyei who had a time of 1:01:070. Kirby’s time of 1:03:386 put him in tenth position overall.
“It’s not the direction I wanted to go after the progress made in qualifying yesterday, but now it’s time to focus on the next race and flying fast and clean,” says Kirby.
For a full list of race day results, see below:
- 1. Hannes Arch
- 2. Paul Bonhomme
- 3. Martin Sonka
- 4. Pete McLeod
- 5. Matt Hall
- 6. Peter Besenyei
- 7. Matthias Dolderer
- 8. Nigel Lamb
- 9. Yoshihide Muroya
- 10. Kirby Chambliss
- 11. Michael Goulian
- 12. Francois Le Vot
- 13. Juan Velarde
- 14. Nicolas Ivanoff
