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Petr Kopfstein | |
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Petr Kopfstein (born March 18, 1978) is a Czech aerobatic pilot, representing the Czech Republic in flying aerobatics in an Unlimited category, and most recently a racer in the Master Class category of the Red Bull Air Race. He is the first winner of the Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup. After his victory of the whole Challenger Cup in 2014, there were rumors about him moving to Masters; it became a reality for the 2016 season. Péter Besenyei and Paul Bonhomme departed from the series.[ citation needed ]
In 2014, Petr Kopfstein won the Czech National Championship in the Unlimited category, beating his mate and aerobatic colleague Martin Šonka. He flew an Extra 300SC.
In 2015, Petr Kopfstein participated again in the Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup, taking 4th place at the end of the series. All in all, he grabbed 28 points in total, for a three-way tie for 1st place in the point-based ranking.
On 19 January 2016, it was confirmed by the RBAR Management that Petr will move to the main "Masters" category for the 2016 season, together with Peter Podlunsek of Slovenia.
Red Bull Air Race
Petr Kopfstein at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship | |||||||||||||||
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Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points | Wins | Rank | ||||
Challenger Cup | |||||||||||||||
2014 | 4th | DNP | 2nd | 4th | DNP | DNP | 2nd | 1st | 20 | 0 | 1st | ||||
2015 | 2nd | 1st | DNP | 4th | 1st | 2nd | SCO | 4th | 28 | 0 | 4th | ||||
Master Class | |||||||||||||||
2016 | 13th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 14th | 11th | 9th | CAN | 4 | 0 | 14th | ||||
2017 | 12th | 6th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 7th | 8th | 5th | 43 | 0 | 5th | ||||
2018 | 9th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 5th | 13th | 12th | 16 | 0 | 13th | ||||
2019 | 10th | 4 | 0 | 10th | |||||||||||
Legend: * CAN: Cancelled * DNP: Did not take part * DNS: Did not start * DSQ: Disqualified * SCO: Safety Climb-Out
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