Red Bull Air Race 2017

Red Bull Air Race World Championship
2017
Champions master Yoshihide Muroya Challenger Florian Bergér
timeline
⇐ 2016	2018 ⇒

Abu Dhabi San Diego Chiba Budapest Kazan postage Lausitz Indianapolis

Venues for the 2017 Red Bull Air Race

The Red Bull Air Race 2017 World Championship was the 12th season of a series of air races organized by Red Bull Air Race GmbH . Eight races were held in the 2017 racing season. The stations were Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), San Diego (USA), Chiba (Japan), Budapest (Hungary), Kazan (Russia), Porto (Portugal), Lausitz (Germany) and Indianapolis (USA).

Air Race Pilots 2017

Master Class

No.	pilot	origin	plane
05	Cristian Bolton	Chile	Zivko Edge 540 V2
11	Mikaël Brageot	France	MXS-R
10	Kirby Chambliss	United States	Zivko Edge 540 V3
21st	Matthias Dolderer	Germany	Zivko Edge 540 V3
99	Michael Goulian	United States	Zivko Edge 540 V2
95	Matt Hall	Australia	Zivko Edge 540 V3
27	Nicolas Ivanoff	France	Zivko Edge 540 V2
18th	Petr headstone	Czech Republic	Zivko Edge 540 V3
12	François Le Vot	France	Zivko Edge 540 V3
84	Pete McLeod	Canada	Zivko Edge 540 V3
31	Yoshihide Muroya	Japan	Zivko Edge 540 V3
37	Peter Podlunšek	Slovenia	Zivko Edge 540 V2
08th	Martin Šonka	Czech Republic	Zivko Edge 540 V3
26th	Juan Velarde	Spain	Zivko Edge 540 V2

Pilot change

• Former champion Nigel Lamb ( United Kingdom ) withdrew from the Master Class after the final of the 2016 season. 
• The 2015 Challenger Class Champion Mikaël Brageot ( France ) makes his debut in the Master Class. 

Challenger Class

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

No.	pilot	origin
06th	Luke Czepiela	Poland
07th	Kenny Chiang	People's Republic of China
15th	Baptiste Vignes	France
17th	Daniel Ryfa	Sweden
24	Ben Murphy	United Kingdom
33	Mélanie Astles	France
48	Kevin Coleman	United States
62	Florian Bergér	Germany
78	Daniel Genevey	Hungary

Racing calendar

No.	date	run	Qualifying winner	winner	Second	Third	Overall leader	Winner Challenger
01	10-11 February	Abu Dhabi	Martin Šonka	Martin Šonka	Juan Velarde	Pete McLeod	Martin Šonka	Daniel Ryfa
02	15.-16. April	San Diego	Matthias Dolderer	Yoshihide Muroya	Peter Podlunšek	Matthias Dolderer	Martin Šonka	Florian Bergér
03	3rd to 4th June	Chiba	Pete McLeod	Yoshihide Muroya	Petr headstone	Martin Šonka	Martin Šonka / Yoshihide Muroya	rescheduled 1)
04th	1st – 2nd July	Budapest	Pete McLeod	Kirby Chambliss	Pete McLeod	Yoshihide Muroya	Yoshihide Muroya	Florian Bergér
05	22-23 July	Kazan	Pete McLeod	Kirby Chambliss	Pete McLeod	Michael Goulian	Kirby Chambliss	Luke Czepiella (R1) Kenny Chiang (R2)
06th	2-3 September	postage	Pete McLeod	Martin Šonka	Pete McLeod	Matt Hall	Martin Šonka	Kevin Coleman
07th	16.-17. September	Lausitzring	Matt Hall	Yoshihide Muroya	Matt Hall	Martin Šonka	Martin Šonka	Daniel Ryfa
08th	14.-15. October	Indianapolis	Matt Hall	Yoshihide Muroya	Matthias Dolderer	Juan Velarde	Yoshihide Muroya	Mélanie Astles

¹⁾ The originally planned race in Chiba was canceled and merged with the date of Kazan.

championship

Master Class

Item	pilot	Abu Dhabi	San Diego	Chiba	Budapest	Kazan	postage	Lausitzring	Indianapolis	Points
1	Yoshihide Muroya	13	1	1	3	13	6th	1	1	74
2	Martin Šonka	1	5	3	4th	9	1	3	4th	70
3	Pete McLeod	3	10	7th	2	2	2	5	11	56
4th	Kirby Chambliss	11	4th	8th	1	1	4th	6th	10	53
5	Petr headstone	12	6th	2	5	4th	7th	8th	5	43
6th	Matt Hall	10	9	6th	8th	6th	3	2	8th	40
7th	Matthias Dolderer	4th	3	4th	12	10	8th	12	2	39
8th	Juan Velarde	2	11	10	9	5	DNS	4th	3	37
9	Michael Goulian	6th	8th	5	13	3	10	14th	7th	28
10	Mikaël Brageot	9	13	9	6th	12	5	7th	6th	24
11	Nicolas Ivanoff	5	7th	13	7th	11	11	9	13	16
12	Peter Podlunšek	DSQ	2	12	DNS	14th	9	13	14th	14th
13	Cristian Bolton	7th	14th	14th	11	8th	12	11	9	9
14th	François Le Vot	8th	12	11	10	7th	13	10	12	9

( 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	13	14th
Points	15th	12	9	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1	0
colour	gold	silver	bronze	green							blue

Challenger Class

Every pilot in the Challenger Class will compete at least three races during the first seven races of the season. Only the first three results of each pilot count in the overall ranking, all other results are not counted. After the seventh race, the six best drivers qualify for the final.

Item	pilot	Abu Dhabi	San Diego	Budapest	Kazan	Kazan	postage	Lausitzring	Indianapolis	Points deleted	Points
1	Florian Bergér	2	1	1			2	2	4th	8th	38
2	Daniel Ryfa	1		3	2	6th		1	6th		34
3	Luke Czepiela	6th	3	2	1			3	2		34
4th	Kevin Coleman	5	2		7th	3	1		5		27
5	Mélanie Astles	3			5	4th	3	5	1	2	23
6th	Ben Murphy	4th			3	5	5	4th	3	2	19th
7th	Baptiste Vignes	7th	5	4th	6th	2					14th
8th	Kenny Chiang		6th	5	DSQ	1	6th				12
9	Daniel Genevey		4th	6th	4th		4th	6th			12

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

Point system

placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
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 2017 channel on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Red Bull Air Race World Cup: With Germany and Portugal / Air Race SPEEDWEEK . In: SPEEDWEEK . ( speedweek.com [accessed February 20, 2018]).
2. ↑ Red Bull Air Race: Nigel Lamb: The Career of an Air Race Champion | Red Bull Air Race . In: Red Bull Air Race . ( redbull.com [accessed February 20, 2018]).
3. ↑ Red Bull Air Race: Top pilots from Chile and France in 2017 at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship | Red Bull Air Race . In: Red Bull Air Race . ( redbull.com [accessed February 20, 2018]).