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.

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.

PETER BESENYEI WITH THE POTENTIAL FUTURE PILOTS
2008-09-26 12:05:50

YOUNG GUNS AIMING HIGH

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.

COCKPIT INSTRUMENTS

2008-09-23 11:38:36

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.

COCKPIT INTRUMENTS

2008-09-23 11:38:36

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.