Red Bull Air Race 2008

Red Bull Air Race World Championship
2008
Champions master Hannes Arch
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The Red Bull Air Race 2008 World Championship was the 6th season of a series of air races organized by Red Bull Air Race GmbH . Eight races took place between April and November 2008. The stations were Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), San Diego , Detroit (both USA), Rotterdam (Netherlands), London (Great Britain), Budapest (Hungary), Porto ( Portugal ) and Perth (Australia). Stockholm (Sweden) was canceled.

Final result after 8 races:

1. Hannes Arch ( Austria ) 61 points 
2. Paul Bonhomme ( United Kingdom ) 54 points 
3. Kirby Chambliss ( United States ) 46 points 

Air Race Pilots 2008:

• Hannes Arch ( Austria ) 
• Péter Besenyei ( Hungary ) 
• Paul Bonhomme ( United Kingdom ) 
• Kirby Chambliss ( United States ) 
• Glen Dell ( South Africa ) 
• Michael Goulian ( United States ) 
• Nicolas Ivanoff ( France ) 
• Steve Jones ( United Kingdom ) 
• Nigel Lamb ( United Kingdom ) 
• Alejandro Maclean ( Spain ) 
• Mike Mangold ( United States ) 
• Sergej Rachmanin ( Russia ) 

run

No.	date	run	winner	Second	Third	Overall leader
01	11 April	Abu Dhabi	Paul Bonhomme	Hannes Arch	Mike Mangold	Paul Bonhomme
02	May 4th	San Diego	Paul Bonhomme	Mike Mangold	Kirby Chambliss	Paul Bonhomme
03	June 1st	Detroit	Kirby Chambliss	Paul Bonhomme	Hannes Arch	Paul Bonhomme
04th	20th of July	Rotterdam	Paul Bonhomme	Hannes Arch	Steve Jones	Paul Bonhomme
05	3rd August	London	Kirby Chambliss	Nicolas Ivanoff	Hannes Arch	Paul Bonhomme
06th	20th of August	Budapest	Hannes Arch	Steve Jones	Paul Bonhomme	Arch & Bonhomme
07th	7th of September	postage	Hannes Arch	Kirby Chambliss	Mike Mangold	Hannes Arch
08th	November 2	Perth	Paul Bonhomme	Nigel Lamb	Hannes Arch	Hannes Arch

Web links

Commons : Red Bull Air Race Series  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Red Bull Air Race (Official Homepage)
• Red Bull Air Race 2008 channel on YouTube