Red Bull Air Race 2007
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The Red Bull Air Race 2007 World Championship was the 5th season in a series of air races organized by Red Bull Air Race GmbH . After the successful 2006 season, the series was significantly expanded in 2007 and should now include a total of 12 races, but the two in Barcelona and Acapulco were canceled. The venues in Europe were Istanbul , Interlaken , London , Budapest and Porto .
In 2007, Red Bull also asked Nuremberg to host the Air Race on the former Nazi party rally grounds. The backdrop should be the large Zeppelin grandstand. However, this project was rejected by the city of Nuremberg after lengthy discussions because the area might a. located within residential areas.
Red Bull Air Race 2007 winners:
- Mike Mangold ( United States ) 47 points
- Paul Bonhomme ( United Kingdom ) 47 points
- Peter Besenyei ( Hungary ) 31 points
run
No. | date | run | winner | Second | Third | Overall leader |
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1 | April 6th | Abu Dhabi | Peter Besenyei | Mike Mangold | Paul Bonhomme | Peter Besenyei |
2 | April 21 | Rio de Janeiro | Paul Bonhomme | Alejandro Maclean | Mike Mangold | Paul Bonhomme |
3 | 12th of May | Monument Valley | Peter Besenyei | Paul Bonhomme | Mike Mangold | Paul Bonhomme |
4th | 2th of June | Istanbul | Mike Mangold | Paul Bonhomme | Kirby Chambliss | Paul Bonhomme |
5 | 15th of July | Interlaken | Paul Bonhomme | Mike Mangold | Peter Besenyei | Paul Bonhomme |
6th | 29th of July | London | Mike Mangold | Paul Bonhomme | Peter Besenyei | Paul Bonhomme |
7th | 20th of August | Budapest | Mike Mangold | Kirby Chambliss | Paul Bonhomme | Mike Mangold |
8th | September 1 | postage | Steve Jones | Mike Mangold | Paul Bonhomme | Mike Mangold |
9 | September 22 | San Diego | Paul Bonhomme | Kirby Chambliss | Nigel Lamb | Paul Bonhomme |
10 | November 4th | Perth | Nicolas Ivanoff | Michael Goulian | Mike Mangold | Mike Mangold |
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