Germany's Matthias Dolderer was crowned the 2016 Red Bull Air Race champion Sunday after a weathered-out season finale in Las Vegas invalidated the day's flying results. Dolderer and Australian Matt Hall had already clinched first and second places on the season. Hall could have theoretically claimed the championship but settled for second. Hannes Arch, of Austria, who died in an unrelated helicopter accident in September, had accumulated enough points in the season to claim third place posthumously. It was Dolderer's first championship. "You never reach 100 percent: We have been trying to get better and better, race by race, and I hope we come back even stronger next year," Dolderer said. "We won't give up and will try to defend this trophy."
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