Nicolas Ivanoff

Nicolas Ivanoff
Nicolas Ivanoff
Surname	Nicolas Ivanoff
Born	July 4th 1967 in Ajaccio , Corsica
Red Bull Air Race
Racing team	Team Hamilton
plane	Edge 540 V2
Placements / titles
Placement (year)	08th (2004) 07th (2005) 07th (2006) 07th (2007) 09th (2008) 05th (2009) 06th (2010) 04th (2014) 13th (2015) 11th (2016) 08. (2017) 10. (2018)

Nicolas Ivanoff (born July 4, 1967 in Ajaccio , Corsica ) is a French aerobatic pilot and flight instructor who is currently starting the Red Bull Air Race World Championship with start number 27. His nickname is "The Quick Corsican".

Career

Beginnings

After Ivanoff had spent most of his adult life as a flight instructor at Corsica's famous "Corse Voltige" flight school, Ivanoff became an aerobatic pilot in 1990. Seven years later he joined the French aerobatic team and was also a member of the French team that won the 2000 World Cup in Toulouse.

• 1994 start of the aerobatic career
• 1997 - 2005 member of the French national aerobatic team

Competitive aerobatics

Ivanoff started aerobatics in the early 1990s and was a member of the French aerobatic team as early as 1997. Since then, he has been among the top 10 every year in various aerobatic competitions, European championships and world championships. In the unlimited French aerobatic championships in 2004, he reached second place. The top French driver, The Quick Corsican, as he is known, has been a brand ambassador in the Hamilton team since 2005. Since then he has been flying around the world with his Hamilton brands. Appearances every season at international official competitions, but also with strong emotions in the audience of various air shows around the world such as in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (USA), the Free Flight Shows in France and the Red Bull Air Races around the world.

successes

Zivko Edge 540 V2 from Nicolas Ivanoff at the Red Bull Air Race 2017 in Chiba

Red Bull Air Race World Championship

Nicolas Ivanoff proved his skills as a serious candidate for the title with his victory in San Diego and a podium-filled first half of the 2009 season. The elegant manner with which the Frenchman flies through the narrow passages also amazes the other drivers. And it is successful: In 2014, Ivanoff improved from race to race, was at the top of the podium twice at the end of the season and, in fourth place, narrowly missed the podium in the overall World Championship ranking.

At the Red Bull Air Race World Series, Ivanoff is sponsored by the Hamilton Watch Company.

2004-2010

Nicolas Ivanoff at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship
year	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	Points	Victories	rank
2004	DNP	5.	DNS										2	0	8th.
2005	4th	6th	6th	2.	7th	7th	6th						11	0	7th
2006	5.	5.	9.	CAN	5.	6th	9.	9.	9.				7th	0	7th
2007	9.	11.	12.	13.	CAN	8th.	9.	12.	6th	7th	CAN	1.	7th	1	7th
2008	9.	10.	6th	CAN	11.	2.	10.	9.	CAN	5.			19th	0	9.
2009	3.	1.	9.	8th.	12.	7th							33	1	5.
2010	9.	6th	6th	7th	6th	5.	CAN	CAN					33	0	6th
The series was suspended between 2011 and 2013

Since 2014

year	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	Victories	rank
2014	8th.	5.	11.	6th	3.	1.	6th	1.	42	2	4th
2015	8th.	4th	9.	14th	4th	9.	7th	7th	15th	0	9.
2016	1.	7th	14th	7th	7th	7th	6th	CAN	35	1	5.
2017	5.	7th	13.	7th	11.	11.	9.	13.	16	0	11.
2018	10.	14th	12.	7th	10.	6th	3.	9.	22nd	0	10.
2019	4th	4th							30th	0	4th

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

More competitions

Nicolas Ivanoff in his Edge 540 (2009)

• 1997 - 1999 - 2002 - 2004 - 2008 European Championship
• 1998 - 2000 - 2001 - 2003 - 2008 World Championship
• 2000 World Aerobatics Champion Team
• 2001 World Aerobatics Champion Team
• 2008 Bronze European Championships Free
• 2008 7th place at the European Championships
• 2012 silver in the team at the European Aerobatic Championships in Slovakia
• 2013 9th place at the Aerobatic World Championships in Sherman, Texas, USA

Web links

Commons : Nicolas Ivanoff  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Nicolas Ivanoff
• Red Bull Air Race

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Red Bull Air Race: Nicolas Ivanoff | Red Bull Air Race. Retrieved November 22, 2017 (de-US). 
2. ↑ nicolasivanoff. Retrieved November 22, 2017 .