2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series

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The 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series was the fifth Red Bull Air Race World Series season.

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New pilots

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.

Race calendar

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
LegDatePlaceCountry
1April 6 Port of Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
2April 21 Enseada de Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
3May 12 Monument Valley, Arizona Flag of the United States.svg United States of America
4June 2 Golden Horn, Istanbul Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
5July 15 Interlaken, Bern Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
6July 29 River Thames, London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
7August 20 River Danube, Budapest Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
8September 1 River Douro, Porto Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
9September 22 San Diego, California Flag of the United States.svg United States of America
10November 3 Swan River, Perth Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Standings and results

2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series
Standings and Results
RankPilot UAE Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg BRA Flag of Brazil.svg United States Flag of the United States.svg TUR Flag of Turkey.svg SUI Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg GBR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg HUN Flag of Hungary.svg POR Flag of Portugal.svg United States Flag of the United States.svg AUS Flag of Australia (converted).svg Total
Points
1 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Mangold 233121125347
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Bonhomme 312212331547
3 Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Besenyei 151533446731
4 Flag of the United States.svg Kirby Chambliss 464355252628
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Jones 58712465141017
6 Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Maclean 725474788416
7 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Ivanoff 911121389126717
8 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Goulian 7DNS1176DNS99926
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Lamb 1178810767385
10 Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Arch 1341011121110121093
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Frank Versteegh 610669881112123
12 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Rakhmanin 1299101310111011110
13 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Schrodt 9121391112131313130

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.

Aircraft

2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series
Aircraft
AircraftPilot
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

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References

  1. "Aviation News". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
  2. Red Bull Race