The 2008 Red Bull Air Race World Series season was the sixth Red Bull Air Race World Series season. The 2008 champion was Hannes Arch, who won the series for the first time.
Aircraft and pilots PilotAircraftNo. Hannes Arch Zivko Edge 540 Péter Besenyei Zivko Edge 540 Paul Bonhomme Zivko Edge 540 Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 Glen Dell Zivko Edge 540 Michael Goulian Zivko Edge 540 Steve Jones Zivko Edge 540 Mike Mangold Zivko Edge 540 Sergey Rakhmanin Zivko Edge 540 Nigel Lamb MX2 Alejandro Maclean MX2 Nicolas Ivanoff Extra 300SR
New pilots South African Glen Dell was the only new pilot to join the Red Bull Air Race Series for the 2008 season as Klaus Schrodt and Frank Versteegh left the series.
Race calendar and results RoundLocationCountryDateWinning PilotWinning Aircraft 1 Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates April 10–11 Paul Bonhomme Zivko Edge 540 2 San Diego, California United States May 3–4 Paul Bonhomme Zivko Edge 540 3 Detroit, Michigan * United States May 31–June 1 Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 Stockholm * Sweden July 5–6 cancelled 4 Erasmusbrug, Rotterdam Netherlands July 19–20 Paul Bonhomme Zivko Edge 540 5 River Thames, London United Kingdom August 2–3 Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 6 River Danube, Budapest Hungary August 19–20 Hannes Arch Zivko Edge 540 7 River Douro, Porto Portugal September 6–7 Hannes Arch Zivko Edge 540 Barcelona * Spain September 27–28 cancelled 8 Swan River, Perth Australia November 1–2 Steve Jones Zivko Edge 540
* Due to strong winds, the first day of racing in Detroit was cancelled.
* Due to course complications, the race in Stockholm was cancelled.
* Due to security reasons, the race in Spain was cancelled.
Championship standings Rank Pilot UAE U.S. U.S. NED GBR HUN POR AUS Total points 1 Hannes Arch 2 4 3 2 3 1 1 3 61 2 Paul Bonhomme 1 1 2 1 7 3 10 1 54 3 Kirby Chambliss 5 3 1 4 1 12 2 8 46 4 Mike Mangold 3 2 4 5 6 4 3 9 44 5 Péter Besenyei 4 8 5 6 4 5 7 7 34 6 Steve Jones 7 9 7 3 9 2 4 6 33 7 Nigel Lamb 8 6 12 8 5 6 5 2 30 8 Alejandro Maclean 6 7 9 10 8 7 8 4 21 9 Nicolas Ivanoff 9 10 6 11 2 10 9 5 19 10 Michael Goulian 11 5 8 7 11 8 6 10 16 11 Glen Dell 12 12 11 12 10 11 12 12 0 12 Sergey Rakhmanin 10 11 10 9 12 9 11 11 2 Rank Pilot UAE U.S. U.S. NED GBR HUN POR AUS Total points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Points 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0
References
External links Red Bull Air Race official website Unofficial Air Race website Smoke-On.com A Red Bull Air Race Fan Site Bleacher Report's Red Bull Air Race Page