2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

Aircraft and pilots

Master Class
No. Pilot Aircraft Rounds
5 Cristian Bolton Zivko Edge 540 All
8 Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 All
10 Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 All
11 Mikaël Brageot MX Aircraft MXS All
12 François Le Vot Zivko Edge 540 All
18 Petr Kopfstein Zivko Edge 540 All
21 Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 All
26 Juan Velarde Zivko Edge 540 All
27 Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 All
31 Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 All
37 Peter Podlunšek Zivko Edge 540 All
84 Pete McLeod Zivko Edge 540 All
95 Matt Hall Zivko Edge 540 All
99 Michael Goulian Zivko Edge 540 All
Pilot changes
  • Former champion Nigel Lamb retired from the sport following the final round of the 2016 season.
  • 2015 Challenger Class champion Mikaël Brageot made his debut in the Master Class.

Challenger Class
No. Pilot Rounds
6 Luke Czepiela 1–4, 7–8
7 Kenny Chiang 2–6
15 Baptiste Vignes 1–5
17 Daniel Ryfa 1, 3–5, 7–8
24 Ben Murphy 1, 4–8
33 Mélanie Astles 1, 4–8
48 Kevin Coleman 1–3, 5–6, 8
62 Florian Bergér 1–3, 6–8
78 Daniel Genevey 2–4, 6–7

Race calendar and results

On 16 December 2016, it was announced that the first round in the Arabian Gulf, Abu Dhabi will be held on 10-11 February.[1] Other rounds were announced on 19 January 2017,[2] with the final two European rounds announced on 8 March 2017.[3] Due to organisational reasons, the Challenger round in Chiba was later rescheduled to Kazan, making it a double-header round for the class.[4]

Round Country Location Date Fastest Qualifying Winning Pilot Winning Aircraft Winning Challenger Report
1  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi 11–12 February Martin Šonka Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 Daniel Ryfa report
2  United States San Diego, California 15–16 April Matthias Dolderer Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 Florian Bergér report
3  Japan Makuhari, Chiba 3–4 June Pete McLeod Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 rescheduled report
4  Hungary Budapest, Central Hungary 1–2 July Pete McLeod Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 Florian Bergér report
5  Russia Kazan, Tatarstan 22–23 July Pete McLeod Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 R1: Luke Czepiela
R2: Kenny Chiang		 report
6  Portugal River Douro, Porto 2–3 September Pete McLeod Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 Kevin Coleman report
7  Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Klettwitz 16–17 September Matt Hall Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 Daniel Ryfa report
8  United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana 14–15 October Matt Hall Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 Mélanie Astles report

Championship standings

Master Class
Master Class scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11–14th 
Points 15 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
 SDG
 CHI
 BUD
 KAZ
 POR
 LAU
 IND
 Points
1 Yoshihide Muroya 13 1 1 3 13 6 1 1 74
2 Martin Šonka 1 5 3 4 9 1 3 4 70
3 Pete McLeod 3 10 7 2 2 2 5 11 56
4 Kirby Chambliss 11 4 8 1 1 4 6 10 53
5 Petr Kopfstein 12 6 2 5 4 7 8 5 43
6 Matt Hall 10 9 6 8 6 3 2 8 40
7 Matthias Dolderer 4 3 4 12 10 8 12 2 39
8 Juan Velarde 2 11 10 9 5 DNS 4 3 37
9 Michael Goulian 6 8 5 13 3 10 14 7 28
10 Mikaël Brageot 9 13 9 6 12 5 7 6 24
11 Nicolas Ivanoff 5 7 13 7 11 11 9 13 16
12 Peter Podlunšek DSQ 2 12 DNS 14 9 13 14 14
13 Cristian Bolton 7 14 14 11 8 12 11 9 9
14 François Le Vot 8 12 11 10 7 13 10 12 9
Pos. Pilot ABU
 SDG
 CHI
 BUD
 KAZ
 POR
 LAU
 IND
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6-8th 
Points 10 8 6 4 2 0
Pos. Pilot ABU
 SDG
 BUD
 KAZ
 KAZ
 POR
 LAU
 IND
 Drop Points
1 Florian Bergér 2 1 1 2 2 4 8 38
2 Daniel Ryfa 1 3 2 6 1 6 34
3 Luke Czepiela 6 3 2 1 3 2 34
4 Kevin Coleman 5 2 7 3 1 5 27
5 Mélanie Astles 3 5 4 3 5 1 2 23
6 Ben Murphy 4 3 5 5 4 3 2 19
7 Baptiste Vignes 7 5 4 6 2 14
8 Kenny Chiang 6 5 DSQ 1 6 12
9 Daniel Genevey 4 6 4 4 6 12
Pos. Pilot ABU
 SDG
 BUD
 KAZ
 KAZ
 POR
 LAU
 IND
 Drop Points

References
  1. "2017 season to kick off in Abu Dhabi". RedBullAirRace.com. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. "2017 Red Bull Air Race calendar announced". RedBullAirRace.com. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. "Porto and Lausitz complete 2017 calendar". RedBullAirRace.com. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. "Challenger double-header in Kazan". RedBullAirRace.com. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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