The 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the seventh official Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. The 2009 champion was Paul Bonhomme, who won the series for the first time.
Aircraft and pilots PilotAircraftNo. Hannes Arch Edge 540 Paul Bonhomme Edge 540 Kirby Chambliss Edge 540 Mike Mangold Edge 540 Péter Besenyei MXS-R Nigel Lamb MXS-R Alejandro Maclean MXS-R Nicolas Ivanoff Edge 540 Michael Goulian Edge 540 Sergey Rakhmanin MXS-R Glen Dell Edge 540 Matthias Dolderer Edge 540 Matt Hall MXS-R Pete McLeod Edge 540 Yoshihide Muroya Edge 540
New pilots Four new pilots joined the Red Bull Air Race Series for the 2009 season as Steve Jones left the series. They were Matthias Dolderer from Germany, Matt Hall from Australia, Yoshihide Muroya from Japan and Pete McLeod from Canada. McLeod was the youngest pilot in the history of the series, joining at 25 years of age.
Race calendar and results RoundLocationCountryDateFastest QualifyingWinning PilotWinning Aircraft 1 Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates April 17–18 Hannes Arch Hannes Arch Edge 540 2 San Diego, California United States May 9–10 Hannes Arch Nicolas Ivanoff Edge 540 3 Windsor, Ontario Canada June 13–14 Kirby Chambliss Paul Bonhomme Edge 540 4 River Danube, Budapest Hungary August 19–20 Kirby Chambliss Michael Goulian Edge 540 5 River Douro, Porto Portugal September 12–13 Paul Bonhomme Paul Bonhomme Edge 540 6 Barcelona Spain October 3–4 Hannes Arch Paul Bonhomme Edge 540
Championship standings Rank Pilot UAE USA CAN HUN POR ESP Total points 1 Paul Bonhomme 2 2 1 2 1* 1 67 2 Hannes Arch 1* 3* 2 4 2 4* 60 3 Matt Hall 5 5 7 7 3 9 36 4 Kirby Chambliss 9 12 3* 3* 8 5 34 5 Nicolas Ivanoff 3 1 9 8 12 7 33 6 Nigel Lamb 4 6 8 9 11 2 32 7 Mike Mangold 7 7 4 6 5 11 32 8 Péter Besenyei 10 4DNS 10 4 8 24 9 Matthias Dolderer 11 13 13 5 6 3 23 10 Michael Goulian 14 14 6 1 9 11 22 11 Sergey Rakhmanin 6 8 5 15 13 13 17 12 Alejandro Maclean 8 10 10 11 7 10 16 13 Glen Dell 12 9 12 14 2 15 13 14 Yoshihide Muroya 13 11DNS 12 10 6 9 15 Pete McLeod 15 15 11 13 14 12 1 Rank Pilot UAE USA CAN HUN POR ESP Total points
(*) indicates the pilot received an extra point for the fastest time in Qualifying
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Qualifying Fastest Points 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
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