2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship Explained

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

PilotAircraftRounds
5 Cristian BoltonZivko Edge 540 V2All
11 Mikaël BrageotMX Aircraft MXSAll
10 Kirby ChamblissZivko Edge 540 V3All
21 Matthias DoldererZivko Edge 540 V3All
99 Michael GoulianZivko Edge 540 V2All
95 Matt HallZivko Edge 540 V3All
27 Nicolas IvanoffZivko Edge 540 V3All
18 Petr KopfsteinZivko Edge 540 V3All
12 François Le VotZivko Edge 540 V2All
84 Pete McLeodZivko Edge 540 V3All
31 Yoshihide MuroyaZivko Edge 540 V3All
24 Ben MurphyZivko Edge 540 V2All
8 Martin ŠonkaZivko Edge 540 V3All
26 Juan VelardeZivko Edge 540 V2All

Challenger Class

PilotRounds
33 Mélanie Astles1, 3
62 Florian Bergér1–2, 4
7 Kenny Chiang2, 4
48 Kevin Coleman1–2, 4
32 Dario Costa1, 3
6 Luke Czepiela1, 3–4
77 Patrick Davidson2–3
25 Sammy Mason1, 3
17 Daniel Ryfa2–3
23 Patrick Strasser2–3
15 Baptiste Vignes2–4
87 Vito Wyprächtiger3–4
Pilot changes

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]

RoundCountryLocationDateFastest QualifyingWinning PilotWinning AircraftWinning Challenger
1Abu Dhabi8–9 February Yoshihide Muroya Yoshihide MuroyaZivko Edge 540 V3R1: Florian Bergér
R2: Florian Bergér
2Kazan, Tatarstan15–16 June Mikaël Brageot Yoshihide MuroyaZivko Edge 540 V3R1: Kenny Chiang
R2: Florian Bergér
3Zamárdi, Lake Balaton[5] 13–14 July Martin Šonka Matt HallZivko Edge 540 V3R1: Dario Costa
R2: Daniel Ryfa
4Makuhari, Chiba7–8 September Juan Velarde Yoshihide MuroyaZivko Edge 540 V3R1: 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 
Points321
Master Class scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th 
Points2522201814131211543210
PilotABU
KAZ
ZAM
CHI
Points
1 Matt Hall521 381
2 Yoshihide Muroya1 11 12180
3 Martin Šonka23 24 113 268
4 Pete McLeod9 293450
5 Ben Murphy1352848
6 Kirby Chambliss8126248
7 Nicolas Ivanoff4711547
8 Mikaël Brageot78 110 3644
9 Michael Goulian3 3107942
10 Juan Velarde6115 210 139
11 François Le Vot124 3147 334
12 Cristian Bolton14681127
13 Petr Kopfstein101391410
14 Matthias Dolderer11DNS13126
PilotABU
KAZ
ZAM
CHI
Points
Bold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot

Challenger Class

Challenger Class scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6-8th 
Points1086420
PilotABU
KAZ
ZAM
CHI
Points
1 Florian Bergér1120
2 Mélanie Astles2412
3 Kevin Coleman34 10
4 Sammy Mason4812
5 Dario Costa5112
6 Luke Czepiela652
- Baptiste Vignes-23 14
- Kenny Chiang-1 10
- Daniel Ryfa-6110
- Patrick Davidson-2314
- Patrick Strasser-54 6
- Vito Wyprächtiger-6 0
PilotABU
KAZ
BUD
CHI
Points

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Red Bull Air Race Not To Continue Beyond The 2019 Season. Red Bull Air Race. en. 2019-05-29. 2019-05-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190529111929/https://airrace.redbull.com/en/news/red-bull-air-race-not-continue-beyond-2019-season. dead.
  2. Web site: Planes . Redbull airrace . 10 February 2019 . 28 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190428114511/https://airrace.redbull.com/en/planes . dead .
  3. Web site: 22 January 2019 . Three new pilots join the 2019 Challenger Class . Redbull Airrace . 10 February 2019.
  4. News: 2019 Calendar revealed. 29 January 2019. 10 February 2019. RedBullAirRace.com. 12 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070514/https://airrace.redbull.com/en/news/2019-calendar-revealed. dead.
  5. Web site: Zamárdiban lesz a Red Bull Air Race. Gergely. Koroknai. 2019-03-01. index.hu. hu. 2019-03-01.

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