Red Bull Air Race News

FOUR ROOKIES TO JOIN THE RED BULL AIR RACE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2009

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:41:27 GMT

Four new pilots from four countries and four continents will join the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2009, the largest crop of rookies in the history of the world’s fastest growing motorsport. At age 24, Canada’s Pete McLeod will be the youngest ever pilot in the high-speed, precision flying race, while the three other rookies - Japan’s Yoshihide Muroya (35), Australia’s Matt Hall (37), Germany’s Matthias Dolderer (38) - are all also younger than reigning World Champion Hannes Arch (41) who joined in 2007.

LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER SPECTACULAR SEASON IN 2009

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:52:45 GMT

The Red Bull Air Race World Championship completed its fourth and most successful season with a spine-tingling finale in Perth that saw Austria’s Hannes Arch take the crown as the first European title winner ahead of perennial runner-up Paul Bonhomme of Britain. The groundwork is being put in place for an even more exciting campaign in 2009 after the 8 thrill-filled races in 2008 were attended by a total of 3 million spectators while 500 million people watched on televisions across the globe.

BONHOMME WINS PERTH RED BULL AIR RACE, ARCH CROWNED WORLD CHAMPION 2008

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:29:48 GMT

Britain’s Paul Bonhomme scored a stylish victory in the final race of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Perth on Sunday in front of a crowd of more than 200,000 spectators while Hannes Arch was crowned 2008 World Champion after finishing third.

PILOT NEWS SATURDAY

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:56:39 GMT

Talk of the tarmac after Perth Qualifying

PILOT NEWS

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:48:21 GMT

Talk of the tarmac after Perth Qualifying

ARCH WINS 2008 RED BULL AIR RACE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:18:18 GMT

Austria’s Hannes Arch clinched the Red Bull Air Race World Championship today with a dazzling first place finish in Qualifying for Sunday’s season finale in Perth that guarantees him at least eighth place and the minimum of one point he needs. Arch, who has an insurmountable 9-point lead over Britain’s Paul Bonhomme, is the first European to win the title and follows in the footsteps of two Americans who won the previous three Championships - Mike Mangold (2005, 2007) and Kirby Chambliss (2006). 35,000 fans turned out on a glorious sunny day in the Western Australian capital to catch the action with many watching from boats on the water.

PILOT NEWS

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:50:50 GMT

Talk of the tarmac in Perth after final Training

NEW TROPHY FOR WORLD CHAMPION

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:58:29 GMT

A new trophy specially created by a leading Hungarian artist and produced by the world renown Herend Porcelain, that also creates trophies for Formula One and other motorsport championships, will be presented to this year’s Red Bull Air Race World Championship winner on Sunday.

NEW TROPHY FOR WORLD CHAMPION

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:56:00 GMT

ARCH HAS PYLON PROBLEM

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:41:55 GMT

After suffering two nerve-racking pylon hits in each of his first two training sessions in Perth, Hannes Arch finally settled down in the third and final timed session on Friday before the weekend’s Red Bull Air Race to record the second fastest result of the day behind rival Paul Bonhomme. The Brit, the only pilot who still has a shot of snatching the World Championship away from Arch, applied pressure on the second-year sensation from Austria with a superb time of 1:14.34 on the treacherous Perth course full of gusting winds and tight turns. Bonhomme’s time was 0.96 seconds second faster than Arch, who is 9 points ahead of Bonhomme in the Championship with 54 points.