The 2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the fourteenth and final Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. Red Bull has decided not to continue the Red Bull Air Race World Championship beyond the 2019 season.
Aircraft and pilots Master Class 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
Challenger Class All Challenger Cup Pilots used a Zivko Edge 540 V2.
Pilot Rounds 33 Mélanie Astles 1, 3 62 Florian Bergér 1–2, 4 7 Kenny Chiang 2, 4 48 Kevin Coleman 1–2, 4 32 Dario Costa 1, 3 6 Luke Czepiela 1, 3–4 77 Patrick Davidson 2–3 25 Sammy Mason 1, 3 17 Daniel Ryfa 2–3 23 Patrick Strasser 2–3 15 Baptiste Vignes 2–4 87 Vito Wyprächtiger 3–4 Pilot changes USA's Sammy Mason, Austrian Patrick Strasser and Swiss Vito Wyprächtiger will make their debuts in the Challenger Class.
Race calendar and results On 23 January 2019, it was announced that Red Bull Air Race will be held in Chiba on September 7 and 8 at the Muroya's kickoff meeting held in Tokyo. The eight-event calendar for the 2019 season was announced on 29 January 2019.
Round Country Location Date Fastest Qualifying Winning Pilot Winning Aircraft Winning Challenger 1 Abu Dhabi 8–9 February Yoshihide Muroya Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 R1: Florian BergérR2: Florian Bergér 2 Kazan, Tatarstan 15–16 June Mikaël Brageot Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 R1: Kenny ChiangR2: Florian Bergér 3 Zamárdi, Lake Balaton 13–14 July Martin Šonka Matt Hall Zivko Edge 540 V3 R1: Dario CostaR2: Daniel Ryfa 4 Makuhari, Chiba 7–8 September Juan Velarde Yoshihide Muroya Zivko Edge 540 V3 R1: cancelledR2: cancelled Races in Indianapolis, US, and Saudi Arabia which were to be held in October and November respectively were cancelled. Two more planned races, one in Europe and the other in Asia, did not have a venue at the time of the calendar reveal.
Championship standings Master Class Master Class Qualifying scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd Points 3 2 1
Master Class scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th Points 25 22 20 18 14 13 12 11 5 4 3 2 1 0 Pilot ABU KAZ ZAM CHI Points 1 Matt Hall 5 2 1 3 81 2 Yoshihide Muroya 1 1 1 12 1 80 3 Martin Šonka 2 3 2 4 1 13 2 68 4 Pete McLeod 9 2 9 3 4 50 5 Ben Murphy 13 5 2 8 48 6 Kirby Chambliss 8 12 6 2 48 7 Nicolas Ivanoff 4 7 11 5 47 8 Mikaël Brageot 7 8 1 10 3 6 44 9 Michael Goulian 3 3 10 7 9 42 10 Juan Velarde 6 11 5 2 10 1 39 11 François Le Vot 12 4 3 14 7 3 34 12 Cristian Bolton 14 6 8 11 27 13 Petr Kopfstein 10 13 9 14 10 14 Matthias Dolderer 11 DNS 13 12 6 Pilot ABU KAZ ZAM CHI PointsBold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot
Challenger Class Challenger Class scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6-8th Points 10 8 6 4 2 0 Pilot ABU KAZ ZAM CHI Points 1 Florian Bergér 1 1 20 2 Mélanie Astles 2 4 12 3 Kevin Coleman 3 4 10 4 Sammy Mason 4 8 12 5 Dario Costa 5 1 12 6 Luke Czepiela 6 5 2 - Baptiste Vignes - 2 3 14 - Kenny Chiang - 1 10 - Daniel Ryfa - 6 1 10 - Patrick Davidson - 2 3 14 - Patrick Strasser - 5 4 6 - Vito Wyprächtiger - 6 0 Pilot ABU KAZ BUD CHI Points
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