Hannes Arch, of Austria, won the Red Bull Air Race held recently with Matt Hall, of Australia, getting a career-best second place in front of an enormous crowd of 140,000 watching from the banks of the Swan River in Perth, Australia.

Championship leader Paul Bonhomme, of Great Britain, took third place. He retains the overall lead with 22 points after the first two races of the 2010 season.

Nigel Lamb, of Britain, fourth in Perth, is in second place on 18 points. Arch jumps into third place overall with 14 and Hall moves up to fourth, also on 14 points.

It was a thrill-filled final under brilliant blue skies with Hall starting out the Final 4 by laying down a fabulous time of 1:26.51, his best of the week.

Lamb had been posting strong times all week but couldn't top Hall's time. Arch, starting third, moved into the lead with a time of 1:26.03. Bonhomme was flying well and poised to win the race but stumbled in the fourth and final sector to fall to third place with a time of 1:26.82.

The next race takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next weekend.