2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

Master Class

No.	Pilot	Aircraft	Rounds
5	Cristian Bolton	Zivko Edge 540 V2	1–7
11	Mikaël Brageot	MX Aircraft MXS	1–7
10	Kirby Chambliss	Zivko Edge 540 V3	1–7
21	Matthias Dolderer	Zivko Edge 540 V3	1–7
99	Michael Goulian	Zivko Edge 540 V2	1–7
95	Matt Hall	Zivko Edge 540 V3	1–7
27	Nicolas Ivanoff	Zivko Edge 540 V3	1–7
18	Petr Kopfstein	Zivko Edge 540 V3	1–7
12	François Le Vot	Zivko Edge 540 V2	1–7
84	Pete McLeod	Zivko Edge 540 V3	1–7
31	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540 V3	1–7
24	Ben Murphy	Zivko Edge 540 V2	1–7
8	Martin Šonka	Zivko Edge 540 V3	1–7
26	Juan Velarde	Zivko Edge 540 V2	1–7

Pilot changes

• Peter Podlunšek retired the master class pilot of Red Bull Air Race following the final round of the 2017 season.
• 2017 Challenger Class pilot of Red Bull Air Race Ben Murphy made his debut in the Master Class.^[1]

Challenger Class

• All Challenger Cup Pilots used a Zivko Edge 540 V2.^[2]

No.	Pilot	Rounds
33	Mélanie Astles	2–4, 6
62	Florian Bergér	1, 3, 7
7	Kenny Chiang	3–7
48	Kevin Coleman	1, 4–5, 7
32	Dario Costa	1–2, 4, 6–7
6	Luke Czepiela	1, 3–4, 6
77	Patrick Davidson	1–2, 4–5, 7
78	Daniel Genevey	1–3, 5, 7
17	Daniel Ryfa	1–2, 5–6
15	Baptiste Vignes	2–3, 5–7

Pilot changes

• Italy's Dario Costa and South Africa's Patrick Davidson will make their debuts in the Challenger Class. ^[3]

Master Class

Master Class scoring system

Pos. Pilot ABU CAN CHI BUD KAZ WIN IND FTW Points 1 Michael Goulian 1 3 2 4 2 12 1 70 2 Martin Šonka 4 8 3 1 1 1 10 65 3 Matt Hall 5 1 1 3 7 3 6 63 4 Mikaël Brageot 8 5 5 2 12 4 9 36 5 Yoshihide Muroya 2 4 14 11 8 2 12 34 6 Pete McLeod 14 7 4 12 11 7 2 27 7 Kirby Chambliss 3 12 13 10 3 8 8 25 8 Ben Murphy 6 10 11 8 5 13 4 22 9 François Le Vot 7 11 6 5 6 10 14 21 10 Nicolas Ivanoff 10 14 12 7 10 6 3 20 11 Juan Velarde 11 6 7 13 4 11 7 20 12 Matthias Dolderer 13 2 8 DNS 13 9 11 17 13 Petr Kopfstein 9 9 9 9 9 5 13 16 14 Cristian Bolton 12 13 10 6 14 14 5 12 Pos. Pilot ABU CAN CHI BUD KAZ WIN IND FTW Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot

Challenger Class

Challenger Class scoring system

Pos.	Pilot	ABU	CAN	BUD	KAZ	WIN	WIN	IND	FTW	Drop	Points
1	Florian Bergér	1		2				1			28
2	Kenny Chiang			6	3	1	1	7			26
3	Luke Czepiela	2		1	6		2				26
4	Kevin Coleman	3			1	6		2			24
5	Baptiste Vignes		2	5		3	3	4		2	24
6	Daniel Ryfa	5	1			2	6				20
7	Patrick Davidson	6	5		2	4		3			20
8	Mélanie Astles		4	4	4		4				16
9	Dario Costa	4	3		5		5	5		2	14
10	Daniel Genevey	7	6	3		5		6			8
Pos.	Pilot	ABU	CAN	BUD	KAZ	WIN	WIN	IND	FTW	Drop	Points