Summary
The 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series was the fifth Red Bull Air Race World Series season.
New pilots edit
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.[1] This takes the number of pilots to 13.
Race calendar edit
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.[2]
| 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series Race Calendar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leg | Date | Place | Country |
| 1 | April 6 | Port of Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi |  United Arab Emirates
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| 2 | April 21 | Enseada de Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro |  Brazil
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| 3 | May 12 | Monument Valley, Arizona |  United States of America
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| 4 | June 2 | Golden Horn, Istanbul |  Turkey
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| 5 | July 15 | Interlaken, Bern |  Switzerland
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| 6 | July 29 | River Thames, London |  United Kingdom
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| 7 | August 20 | River Danube, Budapest |  Hungary
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| 8 | September 1 | River Douro, Porto |  Portugal
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| 9 | September 22 | San Diego, California | United States of America
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| 10 | November 3 | Swan River, Perth |  Australia
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Standings and results edit
| 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series Standings and Results | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Pilot | UAE
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BRA
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United States
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TUR
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SUI
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GBR 
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HUN
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POR
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United States
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AUS
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Total Points | |||
| 1 |  Mike Mangold
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2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 47 | |||
| 2 | Paul Bonhomme
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3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 47 | |||
| 3 |  Péter Besenyei
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1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 31 | |||
| 4 | Kirby Chambliss
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4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 28 | |||
| 5 | Steve Jones
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5 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 6 |  Alejandro Maclean
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7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 7 |  Nicolas Ivanoff
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9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Michael Goulian
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7 | DNS | 11 | 7 | 6 | DNS | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Nigel Lamb
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11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 10 |  Hannes Arch
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13 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | |||
| 11 |  Frank Versteegh
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6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 3 | |||
| 12 |  Sergey Rakhmanin
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12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 13 |  Klaus Schrodt
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9 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |||
Legend:
- DNS: Did not show
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 edit
| 2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Aircraft | Pilot |
| Zivko Edge 540 | Hannes Arch Péter Besenyei Paul Bonhomme Kirby Chambliss Michael Goulian Steve Jones Alejandro Maclean Mike Mangold Sergey Rakhmanin Frank Versteegh |
| MX2 | Nigel Lamb |
| CAP-232 | Nicolas Ivanoff |
| Extra 300SR | Nicolas Ivanoff |
| Extra 300S | Klaus Schrodt |
References edit
External links edit
- Red Bull Air Race official website
- Photography from 2007 season