2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
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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

Pilot Aircraft No.
Austria Hannes Arch Edge 540
28
United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme Edge 540
55
United States Kirby Chambliss Edge 540
4
United States Mike Mangold Edge 540
11
Hungary Peter Besenyei MXS-R
5
United Kingdom Nigel Lamb MXS-R
9
Spain Alejandro Maclean MXS-R
36
France Nicolas Ivanoff Edge 540
27
United States Michael Goulian Edge 540
99
Russia Sergey Rakhmanin MXS-R
18
South Africa Glen Dell Edge 540
45
Germany Matthias Dolderer Edge 540
21
Australia Matt Hall MXS-R
95
Canada Pete McLeod Edge 540
84
Japan Yoshihide Muroya Edge 540
31

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

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

Championship standings

Rank Pilot UAE
United Arab Emirates
USA
United States
CAN
Canada
HUN
Hungary
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
Total Points
1 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme 2 2 1 2 1* 1 67
2 Austria Hannes Arch 1* 3* 2 4 2 4* 60
3 Australia Matt Hall 5 5 7 7 3 9 36
4 United States Kirby Chambliss 9 12 3* 3* 8 5 34
5 France Nicolas Ivanoff 3 1 9 8 12 7 33
6 United Kingdom Nigel Lamb 4 6 8 9 11 2 32
7 United States Mike Mangold 7 7 4 6 5 11 32
8 Hungary Peter Besenyei 10 4 DNS 10 4 8 24
9 Germany Matthias Dolderer 11 13 13 5 6 3 23
10 United States Michael Goulian 14 14 6 1 9 11 22
11 Russia Sergey Rakhmanin 6 8 5 15 13 13 17
12 Spain Alejandro Maclean 8 10 10 11 7 10 16
13 South Africa Glen Dell 12 9 12 14 2 15 13
14 Japan Yoshihide Muroya 13 11 DNS 12 10 6 9
15 Canada Pete McLeod 15 15 11 13 14 12 1
Rank Pilot UAE
United Arab Emirates
USA
United States
CAN
Canada
HUN
Hungary
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
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

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