The 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series was the fifth Red Bull Air Race World Series season.
Sergey Rakhmanin of Russia and Austrian Hannes Arch were chosen to join the 2007 series after completing a qualification course in October 2006, held in Arizona, United States. [1] This takes the number of pilots to 13.
Three locations more were added to the race calendar in 2007, extending the number of rounds from 9 to 12. However, only 10 races were run due to cancellation of the legs in Barcelona, Spain and Acapulco, Mexico. The first race was held on April 6 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and the last one was on November 3 in Perth, Australia. [2]
2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series Race Calendar | |||
---|---|---|---|
Leg | Date | Place | Country |
1 | April 6 | Port of Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates |
2 | April 21 | Enseada de Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
3 | May 12 | Monument Valley, Arizona | United States of America |
4 | June 2 | Golden Horn, Istanbul | Turkey |
5 | July 15 | Interlaken, Bern | Switzerland |
6 | July 29 | River Thames, London | United Kingdom |
7 | August 20 | River Danube, Budapest | Hungary |
8 | September 1 | River Douro, Porto | Portugal |
9 | September 22 | San Diego, California | United States of America |
10 | November 3 | Swan River, Perth | Australia |
2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series Standings and Results | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Pilot | UAE | BRA | United States | TUR | SUI | GBR | HUN | POR | United States | AUS | Total Points | |||
1 | Mike Mangold | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 47 | |||
2 | Paul Bonhomme | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 47 | |||
3 | Péter Besenyei | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 31 | |||
4 | Kirby Chambliss | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 28 | |||
5 | Steve Jones | 5 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
6 | Alejandro Maclean | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 16 | |||
7 | Nicolas Ivanoff | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |||
8 | Michael Goulian | 7 | DNS | 11 | 7 | 6 | DNS | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | |||
9 | Nigel Lamb | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | |||
10 | Hannes Arch | 13 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | |||
11 | Frank Versteegh | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 3 | |||
12 | Sergey Rakhmanin | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |||
13 | Klaus Schrodt | 9 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |||
Legend:
Mike Mangold won on countback over Paul Bonhomme. Both pilots had the same number of points, first, second, third and fifth places, resulting in the results of qualification being taken into account.
2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series Aircraft | |
---|---|
Aircraft | Pilot |
Zivko Edge 540 | Hannes Arch Péter Besenyei Paul Bonhomme Kirby Chambliss Michael Goulian Steve Jones Alejandro Maclean Mike Mangold Sergey Rakhmanin Frank Versteegh |
MX2 | Nigel Lamb |
CAP-232 | Nicolas Ivanoff |
Extra 300SR | Nicolas Ivanoff |
Extra 300S | Klaus Schrodt |
Christian Klien is an Austrian racing driver currently competing in GT World Challenge Europe for JP Motorsport. He previously competed in Formula One, scoring 14 points in during his career in the sport.
Air racing is a type of motorsport that involves airplanes or other types of aircraft that compete over a fixed course, with the winner either returning the shortest time, the one to complete it with the most points, or to come closest to a previously estimated time.
The 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 60th season of Formula One motor racing. It featured the 57th Formula One World Championship which began on 12 March and ended on 22 October after eighteen races. The Drivers' Championship was won by Fernando Alonso of Renault for the second year in a row, with Alonso becoming the youngest ever double world champion at the time. Then-retiring seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher of Scuderia Ferrari finished runner-up, 13 points behind. The Constructors' Championship was won by Renault, which defeated Ferrari by five points.
The World Championship Air Race is a series of air races sanctioned by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI). Originally established in 2003 as the Red Bull Air Race, and created by Red Bull GmbH, the event involves competitors navigating a challenging obstacle course in the fastest time. Pilots fly individually against the clock and have to complete tight turns through a slalom course consisting of pylons, known as "air gates".
Steve Jones is a British airline and aerobatics pilot who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Series, flying a Zivko Edge 540. He is now the championship's head judge.
The 2006 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the fourth Red Bull Air Race season and second as a World Championship. It began on March 18, 2006, and ended on November 19.
The 2005 Red Bull Air Race World Series was the third Red Bull Air Race World Series season. It began on April 8, 2005 and ended on October 8.
Hannes Arch was an Austrian pilot who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship from 2007 to 2016. Arch won the World Championship in the 2008 season.
Pete McLeod is a Canadian professional aerobatic pilot whose first competitive flight was in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2009.
Matthias Dolderer is a German professional race pilot. He is the 2016 champion of the Red Bull Air Race.
Matt Hall is a third-generation pilot, a former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fighter combat instructor, international unlimited aerobatic competitor and the first Australian to be selected to compete in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, starting in 2009 with his team Matt Hall Racing. He won the championship in the final season of Red Bull Air Race in 2019.
Martin Šonka is a Czech aerobatics (unlimited) and a former fighter pilot in the Czech Air Force. He has raced in Red Bull Air Race World Championship since 2010, becoming the World Champion in the 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season.
Adilson Kindelmann is a Brazilian pilot, who competes in the Red Bull Air Race World Series. Working hard since 2007 to be able to compete, Kindlemann faced five training sessions and also participated at the World Aerobatic Championship in 2009. In October of the same year, he joined the Red Bull Air Race Qualification Camp at Cassarubios, in Madrid, Spain, gaining the Super License and allowing him to start competing in the 2010 Season. Adilson Kindlemann is the first South American to compete in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship – South America is now the 6th continent represented.
The 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the ninth season of Red Bull Air Race World Championship, and the first since 2010.
The 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the tenth Red Bull Air Race World Championship series, contested over eight events in seven countries held between February and October.
The 2015 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot was the fifth round of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the tenth season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held at the Ascot Racecourse in the United Kingdom.
The 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the eleventh Red Bull Air Race World Championship series.
The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot was the fifth round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held at the Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire, United Kingdom.
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.