2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest Kopfstein also finishing within a second of Ryfa. 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest was the fourth round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held on the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary. Austria's Hannes Arch took his second successive victory by 0.207 seconds ahead of championship leader Paul Bonhomme, with Martin Šonka completing the podium in third place. In the Challenger class, Daniel Ryfa took his second successive win by 0.227 seconds ahead
Siege of Budapest Siege of Budapest The Siege of Budapest or Battle of Budapest was the 50-day-long encirclement by Soviet forces of the Hungarian capital of Budapest, near the end of World War II. Part of the broader Budapest Offensive, the siege began when Budapest, defended by Hungarian and German troops, was first encircled on 26 December 1944 by the Red Army and the Romanian Army. During the siege, about 38,000 civilians died through starvation or military action. The city unconditionally surrendered on 13 February 1945. It was a strategic victory for the Allies in their push towards Berlin. Having suffered nearly 200,000