Red Bull Air Race 2014

Red Bull Air Race World Championship
2014
Champions master Nigel Lamb Challenger François Le Vot
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The Red Bull Air Race 2014 World Championship was the 9th season of a series of air races organized by Red Bull Air Race GmbH and the first after a 3-year break since 2010. In the 2014 racing season, eight races were held. The stations were Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Rovinj (Croatia), Putrajaya (Malaysia), Gdynia (Poland), Ascot (Great Britain), Fort Worth (USA), Las Vegas (USA) and Spielberg (Austria).

With eight races in seven countries and three continents, the 2014 season guaranteed pure drama and spectacle. In the end, Nigel Lamb ( United Kingdom ) won the title for the first time . With 62 points he won ahead of Hannes Arch ( Austria ) with 53 and Paul Bonhomme ( United Kingdom ) with 51 points.    

Abu Dhabi Rovinj Putrajaya Gdynia Ascot Fort Worth Las Vegas Spielberg

Venues of the Red Bull Air Race 2014

Innovations

Many technical and safety improvements have been made this year. This includes standardized motors and propellers for all pilots as well as changing the material and height of the pylons. The mode and the rules have also been adapted to the new World Cup.

Another addition to the 2014 season was the Challenger Cup, which has since brought an exciting and new element to the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The Challenger Cup aims to prepare young pilots for the Master Class. The Challenger Cup races take place at the location of the main event and are therefore part of the race weekend. They give new pilots the chance to gain important experience and to prepare for any future duels against the master class pilots.

Air Race Pilots 2014

Master Class

Hannes Arch during his flight in Spielberg

No.	pilot	origin	plane
08th	Martin Šonka	Czech Republic	Zivko Edge 540
09	Nigel Lamb	United Kingdom	MXS-R
10	Kirby Chambliss	United States	Zivko Edge 540
21st	Matthias Dolderer	Germany	Zivko Edge 540
22nd	Hannes Arch	Austria	Zivko Edge 540
27	Nicolas Ivanoff	France	Zivko Edge 540
31	Yoshihide Muroya	Japan	Zivko Edge 540
55	Paul Bonhomme	United Kingdom	Zivko Edge 540
84	Pete McLeod	Canada	Zivko Edge 540
91	Péter Besenyei	Hungary	Corvus Racer 540
95	Matt Hall	Australia	MXS-R
99	Michael Goulian	United States	Zivko Edge 540

Pilot change

• The previous pilots from the previous season 2010 Adilson Kindlemann ( Brazil ), who only took part in one race in Abu Dhabi 2010, and Sergey Rakhmanin ( Russia ) did not compete in the new season in the Master Class.  
• The previous pilot Alejandro Maclean ( Spain ) died in 2010 in an accident in Casarrubios ( Spain ) when his plane crashed during aerobatics training. 

Challenger Class

• The "standard" machine for all Challenger Cup pilots was the Extra 330LX .

No.	pilot	origin
05	Cristian Bolton	Chile
06th	Luke Czepiela	Poland
07th	Tom Bennet	United Kingdom
11	Mikaël Brageot	France
17th	Daniel Ryfa	Sweden
18th	Petr headstone	Czech Republic
23	Claudius mirror	Germany
25th	Peter Podlunšek	Slovenia
26th	Juan Velarde	Spain
35	François Le Vot	France
88	Halim Othman	Malaysia

Pilot change

• The three pilots Cristian Bolton ( Chile ), Lukasz 'Luke' Czepiela ( Poland ) and Halim Othman ( Malaysia ) officially entered the Challenger class as stragglers on April 5, 2014, after having undergone rigorous training and testing at the Red Bull Air Race Qualification Camp in Murska Sobota ( Slovenia ).   

Racing calendar

No.	date	run	Qualifying winner	winner	Second	Third	Overall leader	Winner Challenger
01	1st March	Abu Dhabi	Pete McLeod	Paul Bonhomme	Hannes Arch	Pete McLeod	Paul Bonhomme	François Le Vot
02	April 13th	Rovinj	Hannes Arch	Hannes Arch	Paul Bonhomme	Yoshihide Muroya	Hannes Arch	François Le Vot
03	May 18	Putrajaya	Hannes Arch	Nigel Lamb	Hannes Arch	Matt Hall	Hannes Arch	François Le Vot
04th	July 27th	Gdynia	Paul Bonhomme	Hannes Arch	Nigel Lamb	Matt Hall	Hannes Arch	Claudius mirror
05	17th August	Ascot	Pete McLeod	Paul Bonhomme	Nigel Lamb	Nicolas Ivanoff	Hannes Arch	Halim Othman
06th	7th of September	Dallas Fort Worth	Pete McLeod	Nicolas Ivanoff	Nigel Lamb	Pete McLeod	Nigel Lamb	Mikaël Brageot
07th	October 12th	Las Vegas	Pete McLeod	Pete McLeod	Nigel Lamb	Matthias Dolderer	Nigel Lamb	Halim Othman
08th	October 26th	Spielberg	Hannes Arch	Nicolas Ivanoff	Nigel Lamb	Martin Šonka	Nigel Lamb	Petr headstone

championship

Master Class

Item	pilot	Abu Dhabi	Rovinj	Putrajaya	Gdynia	Ascot	Fort Worth	Las Vegas	Spielberg	Points
1	Nigel Lamb	5	8th	1	2	2	2	2	2	62
2	Hannes Arch	2	1	2	1	8th	8th	5	4th	53
3	Paul Bonhomme	1	2	5	5	1	5	7th	5	51
4th	Nicolas Ivanoff	8th	5	11	6th	3	1	6th	1	42
5	Pete McLeod	3	4th	4th	8th	11	3	1	8th	38
6th	Matt Hall	4th	7th	3	3	5	6th	4th	10	33
7th	Matthias Dolderer	6th	9	8th	11	4th	4th	3	11	21st
8th	Martin Šonka	7th	6th	6th	10	9	7th	8th	3	18th
9	Yoshihide Muroya	9	3	10	12	6th	9	9	9	10
10	Kirby Chambliss	11	10	9	4th	10	10	11	7th	7th
11	Péter Besenyei	10	11	7th	7th	7th	12	12	12	6th
12	Michael Goulian	DNS	12	12	9	12	11	10	6th	3

( Legend: DNP = did not participate; DNS = did not start; DSQ = disqualified; CAN = canceled)

Point system

placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12
Points	12	9	7th	5	4th	3	2	1	0
colour	gold	silver	bronze	green					blue

Challenger Class

Item	pilot	Abu Dhabi	Rovinj	Putrajaya	Gdynia	Ascot	Fort Worth	Las Vegas	Points deleted	Points
1	François Le Vot	1	1	1				6th		30th
2	Daniel Ryfa	2		3	2		3		6th	22nd
3	Tom Bennett	5	2		3	2			2	22nd
4th	Halim Othman			6th		1		1		20th
5	Mikaël Brageot	6th	4th				1	3		20th
6th	Petr headstone	4th		2	4th			2	4th	20th
7th	Claudius mirror		6th		1	3				16
8th	Juan Velarde	3		4th			DSQ	4th		14th
9	Peter Podlunšek		3	5		5	4th		2	12
10	Cristian Bolton				6th	6th	2			8th
11	Luke Czepiela		5		5	4th		5	2	8th

( Legend: DNP = did not participate; DNS = did not start; DSQ = disqualified; CAN = canceled)

Point system

placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	10	8th	6th	4th	2	0
colour	gold	silver	bronze	green		blue

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 2014 channel on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} history | Red Bull Air Race. In: http://airrace.redbull.com . December 31, 2017, accessed April 15, 2018 . 
2. ↑ The Red Bulletin: Red Bull Air Race: the planes. In: https://www.redbull.com . February 28, 2014, accessed April 16, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Motor change for 2014 | Red Bull Air Race. In: http://airrace.redbull.com . November 19, 2013, accessed April 16, 2018 . 
4. ↑ New Challenger Cup ready to take off in 2014. In: https://airrace.redbull.com . January 23, 2014, accessed May 9, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Alejandro Maclean. In: http://airrace.redbull.com . Retrieved April 15, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Red Bull Air Race pilot Alejandro Maclean had a fatal accident. In: https://www.austrianwings.info . August 18, 2010, accessed April 16, 2018 .