Red Bull Air Race 2018

Red Bull Air Race World Championship
2018
Champions master Martin Šonka Challenger Luke Czepiela
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Abu Dhabi Cannes Chiba Budapest Wiener Neustadt Kazan Indianapolis Fort Worth

Venues of the Red Bull Air Race 2018

 Map with all coordinates of the Red Bull Air Race 2018: OSM | WikiMap

The Red Bull Air Race 2018 World Championship is the 13th season of a series of air races organized by Red Bull Air Race GmbH . Eight races will be held in the 2018 racing season. The stations are Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Cannes (France), Chiba (Japan), Budapest (Hungary), Kazan (Russia), Wiener Neustadt (Austria), Indianapolis (USA) and Fort Worth (USA).

Rule changes

In 2018 there will be a new rule on the load factor in the race: For the Master Class pilots the limit in the track will be 10 g in the future , and the Challenger pilots must also be careful about complying with the 10 g rule in their new, more powerfully motorized racing aircraft. As soon as a master class pilot exceeds the 10 g limit for more than 0.6 seconds, he receives a two-second penalty. So far, the pilot's round ended with an automatic DNF (Did Not Finish). The new regulation allows pilots to continue to participate in the race, unless they exceed 12 g , which results in a DNF. In the Challenger Class, there is a two-second penalty if the pilots exceed the 10 g limit. If they reach more than 11 g , the consequence is a DNF.

As before, the Challenger Class pilots will fly in the same locations as the Master Class, but not every Challenger Cup pilot will fly at every event. The format will change in 2018 insofar that each pilot will fly at least four (instead of five) races of the first seven stops of the season. As in 2017, before the eighth and final stop of the competition, the best four results of the pilots are added up and the top six qualify for the season finale. The points of the final race will be added to the previous results of the pilots. The pilot with the highest number of points will ultimately be crowned the Challenger Cup Champion.

Air Race Pilots 2018

Master Class

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

Pilot change

• Peter Podlunšek ( Slovenia ) last competed in the 2017 season finale of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship on October 14th and 15th at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After four Red Bull Air Race seasons, he announced his retirement in October 2017. 
• Ben Murphy ( United Kingdom ) changes from the Challenger Class to the Master Class. 

Challenger Class

For the first time since the Challenger Cup debut in 2014, the aircraft in the World Cup youth series are changing. There is a change from the previous Extra 330LX to the more powerful Zivko Edge 540 V2.

No.	pilot	origin
06th	Luke Czepiela	Poland
07th	Kenny Chiang	People's Republic of China
15th	Baptiste Vignes	France
17th	Daniel Ryfa	Sweden
32	Dario Costa	Italy
33	Mélanie Astles	France
48	Kevin Coleman	United States
62	Florian Bergér	Germany
77	Patrick Davidson	South Africa
78	Daniel Genevey	Hungary

Pilot change

• Dario Costa ( Italy ) and Patrick Davidson ( South Africa ) make their debut in the Challenger Class.  

Racing calendar

At the beginning of the season, only five locations of the eight races were set. The races in Chiba ( Japan ) and Wiener Neustadt ( Austria ) were only negotiated and officially registered later during the season. Most recently, the final race of the season for November in Fort Worth ( USA ) was announced.

No.	date	run	Qualifying winner	winner	Second	Third	Overall leader	Winner Challenger
01	2nd / 3rd February	Abu Dhabi	Matthias Dolderer	Michael Goulian	Yoshihide Muroya	Kirby Chambliss 1	Michael Goulian	Florian Bergér
02	21./22. April	Cannes	Michael Goulian	Matt Hall	Matthias Dolderer	Michael Goulian	Michael Goulian	Daniel Ryfa
03	26./27. May	Chiba	Michael Goulian	Matt Hall	Michael Goulian	Martin Šonka	Matt Hall Michael Goulian	not carried out
04th	23/24 June	Budapest	Martin Šonka	Martin Šonka	Mikaël Brageot	Matt Hall	Matt Hall	Luke Czepiela
06th	25./26. August	Kazan	Matthias Dolderer	Martin Šonka	Michael Goulian	Kirby Chambliss	Michael Goulian	Kevin Coleman
05	15./16. September	Wiener Neustadt	Yoshihide Muroya	Martin Šonka	Yoshihide Muroya	Matt Hall	Martin Šonka	Kenny Chiang 2
07th	6./7. October	Indianapolis	Martin Šonka	Michael Goulian	Pete McLeod	Nicolas Ivanoff	Michael Goulian	Florian Bergér
08th	17./18. November	Fort Worth	Matthias Dolderer	Martin Šonka	Matt Hall	Kirby Chambliss	Martin Šonka	Luke Czepiela

¹ Due to a technical violation of the rules, the initially 3rd Martin Šonka was moved back to 4th place.

² Kenny Chiang won both races this weekend in Wiener Neustadt.

championship

Master Class

Item	pilot	Abu Dhabi	Cannes	Chiba	Budapest	Kazan	Wiener Neustadt	Indianapolis	Fort Worth	Points
1	Martin Šonka	4th	8th	3	1	1	1	10	1	80
2	Matt Hall	5	1	1	3	7th	3	6th	2	75
3	Michael Goulian	1	3	2	4th	2	12	1	8th	73
4th	Mikaël Brageot	8th	5	5	2	12	4th	9	6th	41
5	Yoshihide Muroya	2	4th	14th	DNF	DSQ	2	12	5	40
6th	Kirby Chambliss	3	12	13	10	3	8th	8th	3	34
7th	Ben Murphy	6th	10	11	8th	5	13	4th	4th	29
8th	Pete McLeod	14th	7th	4th	DNF	11	7th	2	11	27
9	Juan Velarde	11	6th	7th	DNF	4th	11	7th	7th	24
10	Nicolas Ivanoff	10	14th	12	7th	10	6th	3	9	22nd
11	François Le Vot	7th	11	6th	5	6th	10	14th	10	22nd
12	Matthias Dolderer	13	2	8th	DNS	13	9	11	13	17th
13	Petr headstone	9	9	9	9	9	5	13	12	16
14th	Cristian Bolton	12	13	10	6th	14th	14th	5	14th	12

( Legend: DNP = not participated; DNS = not started; DNF = not finished; 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	Cannes	Chiba	Budapest	Kazan	Wiener Neustadt		Indianapolis	Fort Worth	Points deleted	Points
							(Race 1)	(Race 2)
1	Luke Czepiela	2	-	-	1	6th	-	2	-	1	-	36
2	Florian Bergér	1	-		2	-	-	-	1	2	-	36
3	Kevin Coleman	3	-		-	1	6th	-	2	3	-	30th
4th	Baptiste Vignes	-	2		5	-	3	3	4th	4th	2	28
5	Kenny Chiang	-	-		6th	3	1	1	DNS	DNS	0	26th
6th	Daniel Ryfa	5	1		-	-	2	6th	-	5	-	22nd
7th	Patrick Davidson	6th	5		-	2	4th	-	3	-	0	20th
8th	Mélanie Astles	-	4th		4th	4th	-	4th	-	-	-	16
9	Dario Costa	4th	3		-	5	-	5	5	-	2	14th
10	Daniel Genevey	7th	6th		3	-	5	-	6th	-	0	8th

( 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 2018 channel on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Red Bull Air Race: Rule change and more powerful aircraft are making people look forward to the Red Bull Air Race season 2018 | Red Bull Air Race . In: Red Bull Air Race . ( redbull.com [accessed December 17, 2017]).
2. ↑ Red Bull Air Race: Podlunšek ends Air Race career | Red Bull Air Race . In: Red Bull Air Race . ( redbull.com [accessed February 6, 2018]).
3. ↑ Red Bull Air Race: Starting field of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2018: Great Britain is back! | Red Bull Air Race . In: Red Bull Air Race . ( redbull.com [accessed February 6, 2018]).
4. ↑ Chiba also in 2018 in the calendar. In: http://airrace.redbull.com . Red Bull, March 6, 2018, accessed May 20, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Austria is back in the racing calendar! In: http://airrace.redbull.com . Red Bull, May 17, 2018, accessed May 20, 2018 . 
6. ^ Final of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Texas. In: http://airrace.redbull.com . July 24, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Martin Šonka: The disqualification was very painful . Red Bull Airrace . Retrieved March 24, 2018.
8. ↑ Double the joy for Chiang in Wiener Neustadt | Red Bull Air Race . Red Bull Airrace . Retrieved September 17, 2018.