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2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

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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

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Master Class

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

Challenger Class

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No. Pilot Rounds
33 France Mélanie Astles 1, 3
62 Germany Florian Bergér 1–2, 4
7 Hong Kong Kenny Chiang 2, 4
48 United States Kevin Coleman 1–2, 4
32 Italy Dario Costa 1, 3
6 Poland Luke Czepiela 1, 3–4
77 South Africa Patrick Davidson 2–3
25 United States Sammy Mason 1, 3
17 Sweden Daniel Ryfa 2–3
23 Austria Patrick Strasser 2–3
15 France Baptiste Vignes 2–4
87 Switzerland Vito Wyprächtiger 3–4
Pilot changes

Race calendar and results

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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 Japan Yoshihide Muroya Japan Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 R1: Germany Florian Bergér
R2: Germany Florian Bergér
2  Russia Kazan, Tatarstan 15–16 June France Mikaël Brageot Japan Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 R1: Hong Kong Kenny Chiang
R2: Germany Florian Bergér
3  Hungary Zamárdi, Lake Balaton[5] 13–14 July Czech Republic Martin Šonka Australia Matt Hall Zivko Edge 540 V3 R1: Italy Dario Costa
R2: Sweden Daniel Ryfa
4  Japan Makuhari, Chiba 7–8 September Spain Juan Velarde Japan 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

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Master Class

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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
United Arab Emirates
KAZ
Russia
ZAM
Hungary
CHI
Japan
Points
1 Australia Matt Hall 5 2 1 3 81
2 Japan Yoshihide Muroya 1 1 1 12 1 80
3 Czech Republic Martin Šonka 2 3 2 4 1 13 2 68
4 Canada Pete McLeod 9 2 9 3 4 50
5 United Kingdom Ben Murphy 13 5 2 8 48
6 United States Kirby Chambliss 8 12 6 2 48
7 France Nicolas Ivanoff 4 7 11 5 47
8 France Mikaël Brageot 7 8 1 10 3 6 44
9 United States Michael Goulian 3 3 10 7 9 42
10 Spain Juan Velarde 6 11 5 2 10 1 39
11 France François Le Vot 12 4 3 14 7 3 34
12 Chile Cristian Bolton 14 6 8 11 27
13 Czech Republic Petr Kopfstein 10 13 9 14 10
14 Germany Matthias Dolderer 11 DNS 13 12 6
Pos. Pilot ABU
United Arab Emirates
KAZ
Russia
ZAM
Hungary
CHI
Japan
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

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Challenger Class scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6-8th 
Points 10 8 6 4 2 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
United Arab Emirates
KAZ
Russia
ZAM
Hungary
CHI
Japan
Drop Points
1 Germany Florian Bergér 1 1 20
2 France Mélanie Astles 2 4 12
3 United States Kevin Coleman 3 4 10
4 United States Sammy Mason 4 8 12
5 Italy Dario Costa 5 1 12
6 Poland Luke Czepiela 6 5 2
- France Baptiste Vignes - 2 3 14
- Hong Kong Kenny Chiang - 1 10
- Sweden Daniel Ryfa - 6 1 10
- South Africa Patrick Davidson - 2 3 14
- Austria Patrick Strasser - 5 4 6
- Switzerland Vito Wyprächtiger - 6 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
United Arab Emirates
KAZ
Russia
BUD
Hungary
CHI
Japan
Drop Points

References

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  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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