Matt Hall

Matt Hall
Matt Hall, 2018 in Chiba
Surname	Matt Hall
Born	September 16, 1971 in Newcastle (New South Wales) , Australia
Red Bull Air Race
Racing team	Matt Hall Racing
plane	Edge 540 V3
Placements / titles
Placement (year)	03rd (2009) 07th (2019) 06th (2014) 13th (2015) 11th (2016) 08th (2017) 02nd (2018)

Matt Hall (* 16th September 1971 in Newcastle (New South Wales) , Australia ) is an Australian aerobatics - Pilot . He started in 2009 as the first Australian pilot in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship .

Career

Beginnings

Hall belongs to the third generation of pilots and is the top pilot in his country. He completed his first solo flight in a glider pilot at the age of 15, got his pilot's license at 18 and accumulated more than 5500 flight hours in various aircraft. He was formerly Wing Commander of the Royal Australian Air Force , was named Fighter Pilot of the Year and was also a Fighter Combat (Top Gun) flight instructor .

Competitive aerobatics

Australia's only pilot in the Red Bull Air Race also took part in international aerobatic competitions and won the Australian Advanced Aerobatic Championship - first in the Freestyle category and second in the Unlimited competition. The Honorable Company of Air Pilots also presented him with the Australian Bi-Centennial Award in 2015 for his outstanding contribution to aviation.

successes

Red Bull Air Race World Championship

MXS-R from Matt Hall at the Red Bull Air Race 2015 in Chiba

Edge 540 V3 from Matt Hall at the Red Bull Air Race 2017 in Chiba

Red Bull Air Race 2018 in Chiba - N540MH

In his 2009 World Championship debut season, Hall made it to the podium in his MXS-R as the first rookie in a race and in the overall standings (third). In 2015 he made his first two race wins perfect and he was the only driver who had the stamina and ability to stand up to the top favorite for the title, Paul Bonhomme, until the season finale. In the end, he only missed the world title by five points.

As one of the most consistent and persistent pilots in the Red Bull Air Race , Matt Hall secured second place in the overall World Championship standings in 2015 and 2016. But at the end of the 2016 season, almost everything went wrong and he needed a new racing plane.

At the beginning of the 2017 season, Hall not only had a new racing plane, but also a new team. In addition, his injury problems were behind him, so the Australian was finally able to take the time to get to know his new Edge 540 V3 and his team. After he got used to everything, he was able to improve steadily and climbed place by place in the overall standings.

He was third in Porto and followed up with a second place in Lausitz. Previously, on his birthday, he won qualifying at the Lausitzring and later also the final qualifying in the last race of the 2017 season in Indianapolis.

Matt Hall at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship
year	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	Victories	rank
2009	5.	5.	7th	7th	3.	9.			36	0	3.
2010	8th.	2.	4th	DSQ	DSQ	3.	CAN	CAN	31	0	7th
Series was not held between 2011 and 2013
2014	4th	7th	3.	3.	5.	6th	4th	10.	33	0	6th
2015	2.	2.	3.	5.	2.	1.	2.	1.	71	2	2.
2016	9.	5.	7th	3.	1.	1.	4th	DNS	55.75	2	2.
2017	10.	9.	6th	8th.	6th	3.	2.	8th.	40	0	6th
2018	5.	1.	1.	3.	7th	3.	6th	2.	75	2	2.
2019	5.	3							36	0	3.

(Legend: CAN = canceled; DNP = not participated; DNS = not started; DSQ = disqualified)

Web links

Commons : Matt Hall  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Matt Hall Racing website
• Matt Hall's pilot biography on the Red Bull Air Race website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Red Bull Air Race: Matt Hall | Red Bull Air Race. Retrieved on December 19, 2017 (German). 
2. ↑ Red Bull Air Race: New Raceplane for Matt Hall 2017 | Red Bull Air Race . In: Red Bull Air Race . ( redbull.com [accessed December 19, 2017]).
3. ↑ Editor: Birthday boy Matt Hall wins Red Bull Air Race qualifying at the Lausitzring . ( Niederlausitz-aktuell.de [accessed December 19, 2017]).
4. ↑ Fable time! Australians ahead at Lausitzring. Retrieved December 19, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Red Bull Air Race: Hall ahead in qualifying . In: euronews . October 15, 2017 ( euronews.com [accessed December 19, 2017]).