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

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Master Class

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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

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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

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   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

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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
 
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 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
 
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

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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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