2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season

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

Pilot	Aircraft	No.
Hannes Arch	Edge 540	28
Paul Bonhomme	Edge 540	55
Kirby Chambliss	Edge 540	4
Mike Mangold	Edge 540	11
Peter Besenyei	MXS-R	5
Nigel Lamb	MXS-R	9
Alejandro Maclean	MXS-R	36
Nicolas Ivanoff	Edge 540	27
Michael Goulian	Edge 540	99
Sergey Rakhmanin	MXS-R	18
Glen Dell	Edge 540	45
Matthias Dolderer	Edge 540	21
Matt Hall	MXS-R	95
Pete McLeod	Edge 540	84
Yoshihide Muroya	Edge 540	31

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

Round	Location	Country	Date	Fastest Qualifying	Winning Pilot	Winning 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	Peter Besenyei	10	4	DNS	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	11	DNS	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

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