The Red Bull Air Race World Championship was an air racing series created by Red Bull and first staged in 2003, in which pilots flew one at a time against the clock through a slalom course of tall pylons known as air gates. Races were held mainly over water near cities, with a qualifying day followed by knockout finals, and the top eight placings at each venue earned championship points, with the pilot holding the most points at the end of the season becoming world champion. The series grew into the Red Bull Air Race World Series in 2005, when ten pilots flew seven races and Mike Mangold took the title. Kirby Chambliss won in 2006, Hannes Arch became the first European champion in 2008 and Paul Bonhomme won in 2009. Races were cancelled from 2011 to 2013 for safety reorganisation, the championship returned at Abu Dhabi on 28 February 2014, and Red Bull ended it after the 2019 season.
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the first official Red Bull Air Race was ready to take off in Zeltweg, Austria in 2003
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A second was staged the same year near Budapest in Hungary.
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three races took place in Kemble (England), Budapest (Hungary) and Reno (USA)
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Originally established in 2003 as the Red Bull Air Race
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The World Championship Air Race was a series of air races sanctioned by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI).
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At each venue, the top eight places earned World Championship points.
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the first official Red Bull Air Race was ready to take off in Zeltweg, Austria in 2003
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A second was staged the same year near Budapest in Hungary.
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three races took place in Kemble (England), Budapest (Hungary) and Reno (USA)
View the SourceFlorian Bergér (Wikipedia)
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pilot of the Challenger class of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Matthias Dolderer (Wikipedia)
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He is the 2016 champion of the Red Bull Air Race.
Daniel Ryfa (Wikipedia)
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He is a pilot of the Challenger class of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.
Petr Kopfstein (Wikipedia)
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He is the first winner of the Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup.
Paul Bonhomme (Wikipedia)
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He has competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship from its inception in 2003 until 2015
Pete McLeod (Wikipedia)
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He joined the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2009
Peter Podlunšek (Wikipedia)
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He competes in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship Challenger Cup competition.
Alejandro Maclean (Wikipedia)
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who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship under the number 36
Glen Dell (Wikipedia)
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qualified to race in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in seasons 2008 and 2009
Michael Goulian (Wikipedia)
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raced in the Red Bull Air Race World Series under the number 99
Yoshihide Muroya (Wikipedia)
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In 2009 he participated in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship as first Japanese and first Asian pilot
Sergey Rakhmanin (Wikipedia)
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He raced in 2007 and 2008 Red Bull Air Race World Championships
Baptiste Vignes (Wikipedia)
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recruited by Red Bull to participate in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship as a contestant for the 2017 season
Steve Jones (Wikipedia)
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who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Series
Péter Besenyei (Wikipedia)
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Besenyei retired from the Red Bull Air Race at the completion of the 2015 season.
Mike Mangold (Wikipedia)
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Mangold competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Series from 2004 through 2009
Martin Šonka (Wikipedia)
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He has raced in Red Bull Air Race World Championship since 2010
Hannes Arch (Wikipedia)
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was an Austrian pilot who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship from 2007 to 2016
Matt Hall (pilot) (Wikipedia)
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the first Australian to be selected to compete in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Ben Murphy (aviator) (Wikipedia)
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In 2019, he finished 4th in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in only his second season as a Master Class Pilot
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