2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

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.^[1]

Aircraft and pilots

Master Class

No.	Pilot	Aircraft	Rounds
5	Cristian Bolton	Zivko Edge 540 V2	All
11	Mikaël Brageot	MX Aircraft MXS	All
10	Kirby Chambliss	Zivko Edge 540 V3	All
21	Matthias Dolderer	Zivko Edge 540 V3	All
99	Michael Goulian	Zivko Edge 540 V2	All
95	Matt Hall	Zivko Edge 540 V3	All
27	Nicolas Ivanoff	Zivko Edge 540 V3	All
18	Petr Kopfstein	Zivko Edge 540 V3	All
12	François Le Vot	Zivko Edge 540 V2	All
84	Pete McLeod	Zivko Edge 540 V3	All
31	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540 V3	All
24	Ben Murphy	Zivko Edge 540 V2	All
8	Martin Šonka	Zivko Edge 540 V3	All
26	Juan Velarde	Zivko Edge 540 V2	All

Challenger Class

All Challenger Cup Pilots used a Zivko Edge 540 V2.^[2]

No.	Pilot	Rounds
33	Mélanie Astles	1, 3
62	Florian Bergér	1–2, 4
7	Kenny Chiang	2, 4
48	Kevin Coleman	1–2, 4
32	Dario Costa	1, 3
6	Luke Czepiela	1, 3–4
77	Patrick Davidson	2–3
25	Sammy Mason	1, 3
17	Daniel Ryfa	2–3
23	Patrick Strasser	2–3
15	Baptiste Vignes	2–4
87	Vito Wyprächtiger	3–4

Pilot changes

USA's Sammy Mason, Austrian Patrick Strasser and Swiss Vito Wyprächtiger will make their debuts in the Challenger Class. ^[3]

Race calendar and results

On 23 January 2019, it was announced that Red Bull Air Race will be held in Chiba on September 7 and 8 at the Muroya's kickoff meeting held in Tokyo. The eight-event calendar for the 2019 season was announced on 29 January 2019.^[4]

Round	Country	Location	Date	Fastest Qualifying	Winning Pilot	Winning Aircraft	Winning Challenger
1	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	8–9 February	Yoshihide Muroya	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540 V3	R1: Florian Bergér R2: Florian Bergér
2	Russia	Kazan, Tatarstan	15–16 June	Mikaël Brageot	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540 V3	R1: Kenny Chiang R2: Florian Bergér
3	Hungary	Zamárdi, Lake Balaton^[5]	13–14 July	Martin Šonka	Matt Hall	Zivko Edge 540 V3	R1: Dario Costa R2: Daniel Ryfa
4	Japan	Makuhari, Chiba	7–8 September	Juan Velarde	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540 V3	R1: cancelled R2: cancelled

Races in Indianapolis, US, and Saudi Arabia which were to be held in October and November respectively were cancelled. Two more planned races, one in Europe and the other in Asia, did not have a venue at the time of the calendar reveal.

Championship standings

Master Class

Master Class Qualifying scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd
Points	3	2	1

Master Class scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Points	25	22	20	18	14	13	12	11	5	4	3	2	1	0

Pos.	Pilot	ABU	KAZ	ZAM	CHI	Points
1	Matt Hall	5	2	1	3	81
2	Yoshihide Muroya	1 1	1	12	1	80
3	Martin Šonka	2	3 2	4 1	13 2	68
4	Pete McLeod	9 2	9	3	4	50
5	Ben Murphy	13	5	2	8	48
6	Kirby Chambliss	8	12	6	2	48
7	Nicolas Ivanoff	4	7	11	5	47
8	Mikaël Brageot	7	8 1	10 3	6	44
9	Michael Goulian	3 3	10	7	9	42
10	Juan Velarde	6	11	5 2	10 1	39
11	François Le Vot	12	4 3	14	7 3	34
12	Cristian Bolton	14	6	8	11	27
13	Petr Kopfstein	10	13	9	14	10
14	Matthias Dolderer	11	DNS	13	12	6
Pos.	Pilot	ABU	KAZ	ZAM	CHI	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot

Challenger Class

Challenger Class scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6-8th
Points	10	8	6	4	2	0

Pos.	Pilot	ABU	KAZ	ZAM	CHI	Drop	Points
1	Florian Bergér	1	1				20
2	Mélanie Astles	2		4			12
3	Kevin Coleman	3	4				10
4	Sammy Mason	4	8				12
5	Dario Costa	5		1			12
6	Luke Czepiela	6		5			2
-	Baptiste Vignes	-	2	3			14
-	Kenny Chiang	-	1				10
-	Daniel Ryfa	-	6	1			10
-	Patrick Davidson	-	2	3			14
-	Patrick Strasser	-	5	4			6
-	Vito Wyprächtiger	-		6			0
Pos.	Pilot	ABU	KAZ	BUD	CHI	Drop	Points

References

^ "Red Bull Air Race Not To Continue Beyond The 2019 Season". Red Bull Air Race. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
^ "Planes". Redbull airrace. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^ "Three new pilots join the 2019 Challenger Class". Redbull Airrace. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^ "2019 Calendar revealed". RedBullAirRace.com. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^ Gergely, Koroknai (2019-03-01). "Zamárdiban lesz a Red Bull Air Race". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2019-03-01.

External links

Red Bull Air Race official website

[1] "Red Bull Air Race Not To Continue Beyond The 2019 Season". Red Bull Air Race. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.

[2] "Planes". Redbull airrace. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

[3] "Three new pilots join the 2019 Challenger Class". Redbull Airrace. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

[4] "2019 Calendar revealed". RedBullAirRace.com. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

[5] Gergely, Koroknai (2019-03-01). "Zamárdiban lesz a Red Bull Air Race". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2019-03-01.

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