The 2005 Red Bull Air Race World Series was the third Red Bull Air Race World Series season. It began on April 8, 2005 and ended on October 8.
In the 2005 season, the RAF Kemble in the United Kingdom was replaced by Longleat and Reno, Nevada in the United States with San Francisco, California. The number of race locations grew from three to seven by adding Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Zeltweg in Austria and Rock of Cashel in Ireland.
The previous year's competitors from the USA, Michael Goulian and Martin David, did not participate in the 2005 season. British Nigel Lamb joined the Red Bull Air Race from the Longleat leg onwards. American pilot Mike Mangold, won five of the seven races, became champion in 2005 with a total of 36 points followed by Hungarian Péter Besenyei (32 points). Kirby Chambliss from the United States, ranked on third place with 21 points.
Race calendar
2005 Red Bull Air Race World SeriesRace CalendarLegDatePlaceCountry1 April 8 Port of Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates2 June 12 Erasmusbrug, Rotterdam The Netherlands3 June 25 Zeltweg Air Base Austria4 July 24 Rock of Cashel Ireland5 August 7 Longleat, Wiltshire United Kingdom6 August 20 River Danube, Budapest Hungary7 October 8 Marina Green and Aquatic Park,San Francisco, California United States
Standings and results
2005 Red Bull Air Race World SeriesStandings and ResultsRankPilot UAE NED AUT IRL GBR HUN United States Total Points 1 Mike Mangold 3 1 1 5 1 1 1 36 2 Péter Besenyei 1 2 2 1 3 4 4 32 3 Kirby Chambliss 9 4 4 DNS 2 2 2 21 4 Klaus Schrodt 5 3 7 4 4 5 3 185 Paul Bonhomme 6 7 3 3 5 3 5 17 6 Steve Jones 2 5 5 6 6 6 9 12 7 Nicolas Ivanoff 4 6 6 2 7 7 6 11 8= Frank Versteegh 8 8 8 7 8 DNS 8 0 8= Alejandro Maclean 7 9 9 TP 10 9 10 0 8= Nigel Lamb DNP DNP DNP DNP 9 8 7 0
Legend: DNP: Did not participate DNS: Did not show TP: Technical problems
Aircraft 2005 Red Bull Air Race World SeriesAircraftAircraftConstructorPilot CAP-232 CAP Aviation Nicolas Ivanoff Extra 230 Extra Flugzeugbau Nicolas Ivanoff Extra 300L Extra Flugzeugbau Nigel Lamb Alejandro Maclean Frank Versteegh Extra 300S Extra Flugzeugbau Péter Besenyei Paul Bonhomme Steve Jones Klaus Schrodt Sukhoi Su-26 Sukhoi Corporation Alejandro Maclean Sukhoi Su-31 Sukhoi Corporation Alejandro Maclean Zivko Edge 540 Zivko Aeronautics Kirby Chambliss Mike Mangold
External links
Details of 2005 Air Races