2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2008 2010 The 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the seventh official Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. The 2009 champion was Paul Bonhomme, who won the series for the first time. Aircraft and pilots PilotAircraftNo. AUT Hannes Arch Edge 54028 GBR Paul Bonhomme Edge 54055 USA Kirby Chambliss Edge 5404 USA Mike Mangold Edge 54011 HUN Péter Besenyei MXS-R5 GBR Nigel Lamb MXS-R9 ESP Alejandro Maclean MXS-R36 FRA Nicolas Ivanoff Edge 54027 USA Michael Goulian Edge 54099 RUS Sergey Rakhmanin MXS-R18 RSA Glen Dell Edge 54045 GER Matthias Dolderer Edge 54021 AUS Matt Hall MXS-R95 CAN Pete McLeod Edge 54084 JPN Yoshihide Muroya Edge 54031 New pilots Four new pilots joined the Red Bull Air Race Series for the 2009 season as Steve Jones left the series. They were Matthias Dolderer from Germany, Matt Hall from Australia, Yoshihide Muroya from Japan and Pete McLeod from Canada. McLeod was the youngest pilot in the history of the series, joining at 25 years of age. Race calendar and results RoundLocationCountryDateFastest QualifyingWinning PilotWinning Aircraft 1 UAE Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates April 17–18 AUT Hannes Arch AUT Hannes Arch Edge 540 2 USA San Diego, California United States May 9–10 AUT Hannes Arch FRA Nicolas Ivanoff Edge 540 3 CAN Windsor, Ontario Canada June 13–14 USA Kirby Chambliss GBR Paul Bonhomme Edge 540 4 HUN River Danube, Budapest Hungary August 19–20 USA Kirby Chambliss USA Michael Goulian Edge 540 5 POR River Douro, Porto Portugal September 12–13 GBR Paul Bonhomme GBR Paul Bonhomme Edge 540 6 ESP Barcelona Spain October 3–4 AUT Hannes Arch GBR Paul Bonhomme Edge 540 Championship standings Rank Pilot UAEUAE USAUSA CANCAN HUNHUN PORPOR ESPESP Total points 1 GBR Paul Bonhomme 2 2 1 2 1* 1 67 2 AUT Hannes Arch 1* 3* 2 4 2 4* 60 3 AUS Matt Hall 5 5 7 7 3 9 36 4 USA Kirby Chambliss 9 12 3* 3* 8 5 34 5 FRA Nicolas Ivanoff 3 1 9 8 12 7 33 6 GBR Nigel Lamb 4 6 8 9 11 2 32 7 USA Mike Mangold 7 7 4 6 5 11 32 8 HUN Péter Besenyei 10 4DNS 10 4 8 24 9 GER Matthias Dolderer 11 13 13 5 6 3 23 10 USA Michael Goulian 14 14 6 1 9 11 22 11 RUS Sergey Rakhmanin 6 8 5 15 13 13 17 12 ESP Alejandro Maclean 8 10 10 11 7 10 16 13 RSA Glen Dell 12 9 12 14 2 15 13 14 JPN Yoshihide Muroya 13 11DNS 12 10 6 9 15 CAN Pete McLeod 15 15 11 13 14 12 1 Rank Pilot UAEUAE USAUSA CANCAN HUNHUN PORPOR ESPESP Total points (*) indicates the pilot received an extra point for the fastest time in Qualifying Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Qualifying Fastest Points 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 References External links Red Bull Air Race official website Unofficial Air Race website Smoke-On.com A Red Bull Air Race Fan Site Bleacher Report's Red Bull Air Race Page Category:Red Bull Air Race World Championship seasons Red Bull Air Race Red Bull Air Race