2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

The 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the thirteenth Red Bull Air Race World Championship series.

Matt Hall at the 2018 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba.
2018 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest.
2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Previous: 2017 Next: 2019
Abu Dhabi
Cannes
Chiba
Budapest
Kazan
Indianapolis
Location

Aircraft and pilots

Master Class
No. Pilot Aircraft Rounds
5 Cristian Bolton Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
11 Mikaël Brageot MX Aircraft MXS All
10 Kirby Chambliss Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
21 Matthias Dolderer Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
99 Michael Goulian Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
95 Matt Hall Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
27 Nicolas Ivanoff Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
18 Petr Kopfstein Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
12 François Le Vot Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
84 Pete McLeod Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
31 Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
24 Ben Murphy Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
8 Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 V3 All
26 Juan Velarde Zivko Edge 540 V2 All
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
No. Pilot Rounds
33 Mélanie Astles 2–4, 6
62 Florian Bergér 1, 3, 7–8
7 Kenny Chiang 3–8
48 Kevin Coleman 1, 4–5, 7–8
32 Dario Costa 1–2, 4, 6–7
6 Luke Czepiela 1, 3–4, 6, 8
77 Patrick Davidson 1–2, 4–5, 7
78 Daniel Genevey 1–3, 5, 7
17 Daniel Ryfa 1–2, 5–6, 8
15 Baptiste Vignes 2–3, 5–8
Pilot changes
  • Italy's Dario Costa and South Africa's Patrick Davidson will make their debuts in the Challenger Class. [3]

Race calendar and results

The eight-event calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 8 November 2017.[4] Chiba of rounds 3 were announced on 6 March 2018.[5] On 24 July 2018, the season finale was announced to be held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.[6]

Round Country Location Date Fastest Qualifying Winning Pilot Winning Aircraft Winning Challenger
1  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 2–3 February Matthias Dolderer Michael Goulian Zivko Edge 540 V2 Florian Bergér
2  France Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 21–22 April Michael Goulian Matt Hall Zivko Edge 540 V3 Daniel Ryfa
3  Japan Makuhari, Chiba 26–27 May Michael Goulian Matt Hall Zivko Edge 540 V3 Not held
4  Hungary Budapest, Central Hungary 23–24 June Martin Šonka Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 V3 Luke Czepiela
5  Russia Kazan, Tatarstan 25–26 August Matthias Dolderer Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 V3 Kevin Coleman
6  Austria Wiener Neustadt, Austria 15–16 September Yoshihide Muroya Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 V3 R1: Kenny Chiang
R2: Kenny Chiang
7  United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana 6–7 October Martin Šonka Michael Goulian Zivko Edge 540 V2 Florian Bergér
8  United States Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth 17–18 November Matthias Dolderer Martin Šonka Zivko Edge 540 V3 Luke Czepiela

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
 CAN
 CHI
 BUD
 KAZ
 WIN
 IND
 FTW
 Points
1 Martin Šonka 4 8 3 1 1 1 10 1 80
2 Matt Hall 5 1 1 3 7 3 6 2 75
3 Michael Goulian 1 3 2 4 2 12 1 8 73
4 Mikaël Brageot 8 5 5 2 12 4 9 6 41
5 Yoshihide Muroya 2 4 14 11 8 2 12 5 40
6 Kirby Chambliss 3 12 13 10 3 8 8 3 34
7 Ben Murphy 6 10 11 8 5 13 4 4 29
8 Pete McLeod 14 7 4 12 11 7 2 11 27
9 Juan Velarde 11 6 7 13 4 11 7 7 24
10 Nicolas Ivanoff 10 14 12 7 10 6 3 9 22
11 François Le Vot 7 11 6 5 6 10 14 10 22
12 Matthias Dolderer 13 2 8 DNS 13 9 11 13 17
13 Petr Kopfstein 9 9 9 9 9 5 13 12 16
14 Cristian Bolton 12 13 10 6 14 14 5 14 12
Pos. Pilot ABU
 CAN
 CHI
 BUD
 KAZ
 WIN
 IND
 FTW
 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
 CAN
 BUD
 KAZ
 WIN
 IND
 FTW
 Drop Points
1 Luke Czepiela 2 1 6 2 1 36
2 Florian Bergér 1 2 1 2 36
3 Kevin Coleman 3 1 9 2 3 30
4 Baptiste Vignes 2 5 3 4 4 2 24
5 Patrick Davidson 6 5 2 4 3 20
6 Kenny Chiang 6 3 1 7 6 16
7 Daniel Ryfa 5 1 8 5 14
8 Dario Costa 4 3 5 7 5 14
9 Mélanie Astles 4 4 4 5 14
10 Daniel Genevey 7 6 3 6 6 6
Pos. Pilot ABU
 CAN
 BUD
 KAZ
 WIN
 IND
 FTW
 Drop Points

References
  1. "Britain is back in the Master Class". 2017-11-15. Archived from the original on 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  2. "Edges for Challengers and G-limit changes in 2018". 2017-12-05. Archived from the original on 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  3. "Italy and South Africa join Challenger Cup for 2018". 2017-11-22. Archived from the original on 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  4. "2018 Red Bull Air Race calendar launched". RedBullAirRace.com. 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  5. "CHIBA ON THE CALENDAR FOR 2018". RedBullAirRace.com. 6 March 2018. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  6. "It's Texas! Season Finale Announced". RedBullAirRace.com. 24 July 2018. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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