The 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series was the fifth Red Bull Air Race World Series season.
New pilots Sergey Rakhmanin of Russia and Austrian Hannes Arch were chosen to join the 2007 series after completing a qualification course in October 2006, held in Arizona, United States. This takes the number of pilots to 13.
Race calendar Three locations more were added to the race calendar in 2007, extending the number of rounds from 9 to 12. However, only 10 races were run due to cancellation of the legs in Barcelona, Spain and Acapulco, Mexico. The first race was held on April 6 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and the last one was on November 3 in Perth, Australia.Red Bull Race
2007 Red Bull Air Race World SeriesRace CalendarLegDatePlaceCountry1 April 6 Port of Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates2 April 21 Enseada de Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro Brazil3 May 12 Monument Valley, Arizona United States of America4 June 2 Golden Horn, Istanbul Turkey5 July 15 Interlaken, Bern Switzerland6 July 29 River Thames, London United Kingdom7 August 20 River Danube, Budapest Hungary8 September 1 River Douro, Porto Portugal9 September 22 San Diego, California United States of America10 November 3 Swan River, Perth Australia
Standings and results 2007 Red Bull Air Race World SeriesStandings and ResultsRankPilot UAE BRA United States TUR SUI GBR HUN POR United States AUS TotalPoints 1 Mike Mangold 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 2 5 3 47 2 Paul Bonhomme 3 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 1 5 47 3 Péter Besenyei 1 5 1 5 3 3 4 4 6 7 31 4 Kirby Chambliss 4 6 4 3 5 5 2 5 2 6 28 5 Steve Jones 5 8 7 12 4 6 5 1 4 10 17 6 Alejandro Maclean 7 2 5 4 7 4 7 8 8 4 16 7 Nicolas Ivanoff 9 11 12 13 8 9 12 6 7 1 7 8 Michael Goulian 7 DNS 11 7 6 DNS 9 9 9 2 6 9 Nigel Lamb 11 7 8 8 10 7 6 7 3 8 5 10 Hannes Arch 13 4 10 11 12 11 10 12 10 9 3 11 Frank Versteegh 6 10 6 6 9 8 8 11 12 12 3 12 Sergey Rakhmanin 12 9 9 10 13 10 11 10 11 11 0 13 Klaus Schrodt 9 12 13 9 11 12 13 13 13 13 0
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Mike Mangold won on countback over Paul Bonhomme. Both pilots had the same number of points, first, second, third and fifth places, resulting in the results of qualification being taken into account.
Aircraft 2007 Red Bull Air Race World SeriesAircraftAircraftPilot Zivko Edge 540 Hannes ArchPéter BesenyeiPaul BonhommeKirby ChamblissMichael GoulianSteve JonesAlejandro MacleanMike MangoldSergey RakhmaninFrank Versteegh MX2 Nigel Lamb CAP-232 Nicolas Ivanoff Extra 300SR Nicolas Ivanoff Extra 300S Klaus Schrodt
References
External links
Red Bull Air Race official website Photography from 2007 season