Arch stopped the clock through the 15-gate track set up in the infield of the EuroSpeedway Lausitz race track in 1:12.30 while Bonhomme took second in 1:12.66 and Hall was in 1:17.41 - hurt by four seconds in penalties. Lamb was knocked out of the Final Four due to a flat tire suffered just before take-off. 

?It?s very special,? Bonhomme said, who let out a loud celebration cheer over his cockpit radio after he clinched the title. Bonhomme, the most successful pilot in the history of the sport with 13 career victories, admitted he was disappointed that he failed to beat Arch in the season finale even though he did get a record 13th straight podium with second place on a sunny afternoon in Germany. 

?It feels good,? Bonhomme said. ?The key thing is that we won back-to-back championships, that?s what I?m going to be taking away. I?ve been saying all year I?ve been relaxed and had stayed that way right up to this race. But I knew this race could make or break the whole championship. The day didn?t go exactly as I planned but I?m very pleased about the whole year.? Bonhomme is the first pilot to win back-to-back titles and joins American Mike Mangold as the only two-time champion in the eight-year race history. 

Arch, who now has seven career wins, pushed Bonhomme to the limits all season and kept the pressure on his British rival to the final round. Bonhomme had posted faster times than Arch all weekend and had won the Qualifying point earlier on Sunday. But Arch pulled out all the stops in the Final Four, posting a blistering time that Bonhomme could not match.