2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

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.

2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Previous: 2008 Next: 2010

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
Péter 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 Péter 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

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15thQualifying Fastest
Points121098765432100001

References
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