HUNGARIAN ACE FALLS FROM TOP 3 FOR FIRST TIME Peter Besenyei epitomizes the ups and downs in the Red Bull Air Race over the last four years more than any other pilot in the World Championship. The 52-year-old, a national hero in Hungary, is the only pilot to finish in the top three in three straight years – from 2005 to 2007. But the steady increase in competition in the World Championship suddenly turned ferocious in 2008 with more pilots crowding into the top with the help of technology and flying breakthroughs as well as faster planes.
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FIVE PILOTS EARN RACE WINGS AT QUALIFICATION CAMP
Five young pilots from around the world who successfully completed a week of rigorous training and testing at the Red Bull Air Race Qualification Camp in Spain were awarded the coveted ‘Super Licence’ this weekend, the essential document needed for entry into the race.
There are no cheering crowds, no cameras recording every split second of their flights, and no points at stake in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Yet six of the best young pilots from around the world have nevertheless been flying with style and skill through Air Gates set up in a windswept wheat field outside Madrid to try to earn something even more valuable - a “super licence” that would make them eligible to compete in a future Red Bull Air Race.
THE NEXT GENERATION Six of the top pilots from around the world are being put through their paces this week as they try to qualify for a chance to compete in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The Red Bull Air Race Qualification Camp is currently underway in Casarrubios, Spain where pilots from France, Canada, Finland, Australia, Germany and Japan will have the opportunity to prove their ability to cope with the high demands of being a Red Bull Air Race pilot.
AIR RACE ACE AND F1 DRIVER SHAKE UP MOTORSPORTS
Red Bull Air Race pilot Hannes Arch and Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel have a few things in common. They have both shaken up the hierarchy in their respective motorsports in only second seasons, they both speak German and they are both Red Bull athletes.
FITNESS FANATICS Some pilots run, swim and bike while others climb mountains, ski or sky dive and still others strap on inline skates, play hockey or racket ball. The 12 Red Bull Air Race pilots have their own formulas on how to stay in top physical condition – vital to withstanding the rigors of high-speed, low-altitude flying.
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ARCH RIDING HIGH TO AUSTRALIA AFTER PORTO WIN
Austria’s Hannes Arch will be riding on a high into Australia for the finale of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship after jumping into first place with the first two wins of his career in quick succession - in Porto and Budapest. Arch will also be wearing a big smile Down Under to match his significant lead over Paul Bonhomme of Britain in the championship.
ARCH TRIUMPHS IN PORTO AND TAKES LEAD
Austria’s Hannes Arch won his second consecutive Red Bull Air Race today with a thrilling victory in Porto and Gaia in front of 650,000 spectators, beating American Kirby Chambliss and knocking Britain’s Paul Bonhomme off the top of the World Championship to take the lead.
CHAMBLISS BACK ON FORM
American Kirby Chambliss set a track record in a lightening-fast Qualifying session on Saturday in the Porto Red Bull Air Race, finishing ahead of Austria’s Hannes Arch and Britain’s Paul Bonhomme in a thrilling championship battle played out in front of 350,000 enthusiastic spectators watching from the banks of Porto and Gaia.
ALL CLOSE IN PORTO Britain’s Paul Bonhomme was mere fractions of a second ahead of Americans Michael Goulian (2nd) and Kirby Chambliss (3rd) in the first timed training session in Porto and Gaia on Thursday. This weekend’s penultimate race of the season in Portugal is shaping up to be another battle royale with the top eight pilots all within 1.98 seconds of each other…
The Red Bull Air Race pilots are getting ready for the crucial penultimate leg of the 2008 World Championship which takes place in Porto and Gaia this weekend. Another record crowd is expected to descend on the Portuguese cities where last year 600,000 fans packed the banks of the Douro River to watch the world’s best pilots in action.
The Red Bull Air Race pilots are getting ready for the crucial penultimate leg of the 2008 World Championship which takes place in Porto and Gaia this weekend. Another record crowd is expected to descend on the Portuguese cities where last year 600,000 fans packed the banks of the Douro River to watch the world’s best pilots in action.
“YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE IT ALL”
What is more important? Pilot skill or a fast plane? This has been a topic of much debate since the Red Bull Air Race was created and only seems to grow stronger each year. There are the purists and their supporters, such Paul Bonhomme, who argue it is skill that is essential to winning while there are others such as American Mike Mangold who believe you do not have a chance if you are not sitting in one of the very fastest planes
