2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

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

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Pilot Aircraft No.
  Hannes Arch Edge 540
28
  Paul Bonhomme Edge 540
55
  Kirby Chambliss Edge 540
4
  Mike Mangold Edge 540
11
  Péter Besenyei MXS-R
5
  Nigel Lamb MXS-R
9
  Alejandro Maclean MXS-R
36
  Nicolas Ivanoff Edge 540
27
  Michael Goulian Edge 540
99
  Sergey Rakhmanin MXS-R
18
  Glen Dell Edge 540
45
  Matthias Dolderer Edge 540
21
  Matt Hall MXS-R
95
  Pete McLeod Edge 540
84
  Yoshihide Muroya Edge 540
31

New pilots

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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

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Round Location Country Date Fastest Qualifying Winning Pilot Winning Aircraft
1   Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates April 17–18   Hannes Arch   Hannes Arch Edge 540
2   San Diego, California United States May 9–10   Hannes Arch   Nicolas Ivanoff Edge 540
3   Windsor, Ontario Canada June 13–14   Kirby Chambliss   Paul Bonhomme Edge 540
4   River Danube, Budapest Hungary August 19–20   Kirby Chambliss   Michael Goulian Edge 540
5   River Douro, Porto Portugal September 12–13   Paul Bonhomme   Paul Bonhomme Edge 540
6   Barcelona Spain October 3–4   Hannes Arch   Paul Bonhomme Edge 540

Championship standings

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Rank Pilot UAE
 
USA
 
CAN
 
HUN
 
POR
 
ESP
 
Total Points
1   Paul Bonhomme 2 2 1 2 1* 1 67
2   Hannes Arch 1* 3* 2 4 2 4* 60
3   Matt Hall 5 5 7 7 3 9 36
4   Kirby Chambliss 9 12 3* 3* 8 5 34
5   Nicolas Ivanoff 3 1 9 8 12 7 33
6   Nigel Lamb 4 6 8 9 11 2 32
7   Mike Mangold 7 7 4 6 5 11 32
8   Péter Besenyei 10 4 DNS 10 4 8 24
9   Matthias Dolderer 11 13 13 5 6 3 23
10   Michael Goulian 14 14 6 1 9 11 22
11   Sergey Rakhmanin 6 8 5 15 13 13 17
12   Alejandro Maclean 8 10 10 11 7 10 16
13   Glen Dell 12 9 12 14 2 15 13
14   Yoshihide Muroya 13 11 DNS 12 10 6 9
15   Pete McLeod 15 15 11 13 14 12 1
Rank Pilot UAE
 
USA
 
CAN
 
HUN
 
POR
 
ESP
 
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

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