2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

The 2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the fourteenth and final Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. Red Bull has decided not to continue the Red Bull Air Race World Championship beyond the 2019 season.[1]

Aircraft and pilots

Master Class

No. Pilot Aircraft Rounds
5 Cristian Bolton Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
11 Mikaël Brageot MX Aircraft MXS All
10 Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
21 Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
99 Michael Goulian Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
95 Matt Hall Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
27 Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
18 Petr Kopfstein Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
12 François Le Vot Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
84 Pete McLeod Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
31 Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
24 Ben Murphy Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
8 Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
26 Juan Velarde Zivko Edge 540 V2 All

Challenger Class

No. Pilot Rounds
33 Mélanie Astles 1, 3
62 Florian Bergér 1–2, 4
7 Kenny Chiang 2, 4
48 Kevin Coleman 1–2, 4
32 Dario Costa 1, 3
6 Luke Czepiela 1, 3–4
77 Patrick Davidson 2–3
25 Sammy Mason 1, 3
17 Daniel Ryfa 2–3
23 Patrick Strasser 2–3
15 Baptiste Vignes 2–4
87 Vito Wyprächtiger 3–4
Pilot changes
  • USA's Sammy Mason, Austrian Patrick Strasser and Swiss Vito Wyprächtiger will make their debuts in the Challenger Class. [3]

Race calendar and results

On 23 January 2019, it was announced that Red Bull Air Race will be held in Chiba on September 7 and 8 at the Muroya's kickoff meeting held in Tokyo. The eight-event calendar for the 2019 season was announced on 29 January 2019.[4]

Round Country Location Date Fastest Qualifying Winning Pilot Winning Aircraft Winning Challenger
1  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 8–9 February Yoshihide Muroya Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 R1: Florian Bergér
R2: Florian Bergér
2  Russia Kazan, Tatarstan 15–16 June Mikaël Brageot Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 R1: Kenny Chiang
R2: Florian Bergér
3  Hungary Zamárdi, Lake Balaton[5] 13–14 July Martin Šonka Matt Hall Zivko Edge 540 V3 R1: Dario Costa
R2: Daniel Ryfa
4  Japan Makuhari, Chiba 7–8 September Juan Velarde Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 R1: cancelled
R2: cancelled

Races in Indianapolis, US, and Saudi Arabia which were to be held in October and November respectively were cancelled. Two more planned races, one in Europe and the other in Asia, did not have a venue at the time of the calendar reveal.

Championship standings

Master Class

Master Class Qualifying scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd 
Points 3 2 1
Master Class scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th 
Points 25 22 20 18 14 13 12 11 5 4 3 2 1 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
 KAZ
 ZAM
 CHI
 Points
1 Matt Hall 5 2 1 3 81
2 Yoshihide Muroya 1 1 1 12 1 80
3 Martin Šonka 2 3 2 4 1 13 2 68
4 Pete McLeod 9 2 9 3 4 50
5 Ben Murphy 13 5 2 8 48
6 Kirby Chambliss 8 12 6 2 48
7 Nicolas Ivanoff 4 7 11 5 47
8 Mikaël Brageot 7 8 1 10 3 6 44
9 Michael Goulian 3 3 10 7 9 42
10 Juan Velarde 6 11 5 2 10 1 39
11 François Le Vot 12 4 3 14 7 3 34
12 Cristian Bolton 14 6 8 11 27
13 Petr Kopfstein 10 13 9 14 10
14 Matthias Dolderer 11 DNS 13 12 6
Pos. Pilot ABU
 KAZ
 ZAM
 CHI
 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot

Challenger Class

Challenger Class scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6-8th 
Points 10 8 6 4 2 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
 KAZ
 ZAM
 CHI
 Drop Points
1 Florian Bergér 1 1 20
2 Mélanie Astles 2 4 12
3 Kevin Coleman 3 4 10
4 Sammy Mason 4 8 12
5 Dario Costa 5 1 12
6 Luke Czepiela 6 5 2
- Baptiste Vignes - 2 3 14
- Kenny Chiang - 1 10
- Daniel Ryfa - 6 1 10
- Patrick Davidson - 2 3 14
- Patrick Strasser - 5 4 6
- Vito Wyprächtiger - 6 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
 KAZ
 BUD
 CHI
 Drop Points

References

  1. ^ "Red Bull Air Race Not To Continue Beyond The 2019 Season". Red Bull Air Race. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  2. ^ "Planes". Redbull airrace. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Three new pilots join the 2019 Challenger Class". Redbull Airrace. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Calendar revealed". RedBullAirRace.com. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  5. ^ Gergely, Koroknai (2019-03-01). "Zamárdiban lesz a Red Bull Air Race". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2019-03-01.
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