Peter Podlunšek (born May 25, 1970) is a Slovenian aerobatics pilot.

Peter Podlunšek
Born (1970-05-25) May 25, 1970 (age 53)
Nationality Slovenian
Websiteredbullairrace.com
2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba - S5-MPP

He competes in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship Challenger Cup competition. His first Red Bull Air Race was on 12 April 2014 in Rovinj where he took third place.[1] He uses two racing aircraft; an Extra 300L and an Extra 330SC. He has flown aerobatic aircraft since 1994 and has won eight national championships in aerobatics. He is based in Slovenia's aerobatics hotbed of Murska Sobota. Since 2008 he has been flying the Extra 330SC and participated in more than 250 airshows across Europe, China and Libya. In his two decades of flying he has clocked more than 1,000 flight hours - 450 of those being in aerobatics.[citation needed] Peter announced that he will retire the master class pilot of Red Bull Air Race in the 2017 season.

Red Bull Air Race edit

Challenger Class edit

  Peter Podlunšek
at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins Rank
2014  
DNP
 
3rd
6
 
5th
2
 
DNP
 
5th
2
 
4th
4
 
DNP
 
DNP
12 0 9th
2015  
DNP
 
6th
0
 
4th
4
 
3rd
6
 
4th
4
 
4th
4
 
2nd
8
 
2nd
18 0 2nd

Master Class edit

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins Rank
2016  
Abu Dhabi
13th
 
Spielberg
8th
 
Chiba
11th
 
Budapest
12th
 
Ascot
10th
 
Lausitz
13th
 
Indianapolis
11th
 
Las Vegas
CAN
4 0 13th
2017   Abu Dhabi
DSQ
 
San Diego
2nd
 
Chiba
12th
 
Budapest
13th(DNS)
 
Kazan
14th
 
Porto
9th
 
Lausitz
13th
 
Indianapolis
14th
14 0 12th

*season in progress Legend:

  • CAN - cancelled
  • DNP - did not participate
  • DNS - did not show
  • DQ - disqualified
  • NC - not classified

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