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2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

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|title = Red Bull Air Race World Championship

|year = 2018

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

File:RedBullAirRace2018Final4MattHallN540MH.jpg at the 2018 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba.]]

File:Red Bull Air Race Budapest 2018 (11).jpg

Aircraft and pilots

=Master Class=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! {{Tooltip|No.|Aircraft number}}

! Pilot

! Aircraft

! Rounds

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|CHI}} Cristian Bolton

| Zivko Edge 540 V2

| All

align=center| 11

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Mikaël Brageot

| MX Aircraft MXS

| All

align=center| 10

| {{flagicon|USA}} Kirby Chambliss

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| All

align=center| 21

| {{flagicon|GER}} Matthias Dolderer

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| All

align=center| 99

| {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Goulian

| Zivko Edge 540 V2

| All

align=center| 95

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Matt Hall

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| All

align=center| 27

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Ivanoff

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| All

align=center| 18

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Petr Kopfstein

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| All

align=center| 12

| {{flagicon|FRA}} François Le Vot

| Zivko Edge 540 V2

| All

align=center| 84

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Pete McLeod

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| All

align=center| 31

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshihide Muroya

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| All

align=center| 24

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ben Murphy

| Zivko Edge 540 V2

| All

align=center| 8

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Šonka

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| All

align=center| 26

| {{flagicon|ESP}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-15 |url=http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/britain-back-master-class |title=Britain is back in the Master Class |access-date=2017-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209043926/http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/britain-back-master-class |archive-date=2017-12-09 |url-status=dead }}

=Challenger Class=

  • All Challenger Cup Pilots used a Zivko Edge 540 V2.{{Cite web |date=2017-12-05 |url=http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/edges-challengers-and-g-limit-changes-2018 |title=Edges for Challengers and G-limit changes in 2018 |access-date=2017-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207084734/http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/edges-challengers-and-g-limit-changes-2018 |archive-date=2017-12-07 |url-status=dead }}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! {{Tooltip|No.|Aircraft number}}

! Pilot

! Rounds

align=center| 33

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Mélanie Astles

| 2–4, 6

align=center| 62

| {{flagicon|GER}} Florian Bergér

| 1, 3, 7–8

align=center| 7

| {{flagicon|HKG}} Kenny Chiang

| 3–8

align=center| 48

| {{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Coleman

| 1, 4–5, 7–8

align=center| 32

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Dario Costa

| 1–2, 4, 6–7

align=center| 6

| {{flagicon|POL}} Luke Czepiela

| 1, 3–4, 6, 8

align=center| 77

| {{flagicon|RSA}} Patrick Davidson

| 1–2, 4–5, 7

align=center| 78

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Daniel Genevey

| 1–3, 5, 7

align=center| 17

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Daniel Ryfa

| 1–2, 5–6, 8

align=center| 15

| {{flagicon|FRA}} 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. {{Cite web |date=2017-11-22 |url=http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/italy-and-south-africa-join-challenger-cup-2018 |title=Italy and South Africa join Challenger Cup for 2018 |access-date=2017-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207140555/http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/italy-and-south-africa-join-challenger-cup-2018 |archive-date=2017-12-07 |url-status=dead }}

Race calendar and results

The eight-event calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 8 November 2017.{{cite news|url=http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/2018-red-bull-air-race-calendar-launched|title=2018 Red Bull Air Race calendar launched|date=8 November 2017|access-date=21 November 2017|work=RedBullAirRace.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724154042/http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/2018-red-bull-air-race-calendar-launched|archive-date=24 July 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Chiba of rounds 3 were announced on 6 March 2018.{{cite news|url=http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/chiba-calendar-2018|title=CHIBA ON THE CALENDAR FOR 2018|date=6 March 2018|access-date=6 March 2018|work=RedBullAirRace.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706090107/http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/chiba-calendar-2018|archive-date=6 July 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} On 24 July 2018, the season finale was announced to be held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.{{cite news|url=http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/its-texas-season-finale-announced|title=It's Texas! Season Finale Announced|date=24 July 2018|access-date=24 July 2018|work=RedBullAirRace.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809063736/http://airrace.redbull.com/en_INT/article/its-texas-season-finale-announced|archive-date=9 August 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Round

! Country

! Location

! Date

! Fastest Qualifying

! Winning Pilot

! Winning Aircraft

! Winning Challenger

1

| {{UAE}}

| Abu Dhabi

| 2–3 February

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Matthias Dolderer

| {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Goulian

| Zivko Edge 540 V2

| {{flagicon|GER}} Florian Bergér

2

| {{FRA}}

| Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

| 21–22 April

| {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Goulian

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Matt Hall

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Daniel Ryfa

3

| {{JPN}}

| Makuhari, Chiba

| 26–27 May

| {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Goulian

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Matt Hall

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| Not held

4

| {{HUN}}

| Budapest, Central Hungary

| 23–24 June

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Šonka

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Šonka

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| {{flagicon|POL}} Luke Czepiela

5

| {{RUS}}

| Kazan, Tatarstan

| 25–26 August

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Matthias Dolderer

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Šonka

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| {{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Coleman

6

| {{AUT}}

| Wiener Neustadt, Austria

| 15–16 September

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshihide Muroya

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Šonka

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| R1: {{flagicon|HKG}} Kenny Chiang
R2: {{flagicon|HKG}} Kenny Chiang

7

| {{USA}}

| Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana

| 6–7 October

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Šonka

| {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Goulian

| Zivko Edge 540 V2

| {{flagicon|GER}} Florian Bergér

8

| {{USA}}

| Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth

| 17–18 November

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Matthias Dolderer

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Šonka

| Zivko Edge 540 V3

| {{flagicon|POL}} Luke Czepiela

Championship standings

=Master Class=

;Master Class scoring system

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"

! Position

| style="background:#ffffbf;" |  1st 

| style="background:#dfdfdf;" |  2nd 

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" |  3rd 

| style="background:#dfffdf;" |  4th 

| style="background:#dfffdf;" |  5th 

| style="background:#dfffdf;" |  6th 

| style="background:#dfffdf;" |  7th 

| style="background:#dfffdf;" |  8th 

| style="background:#dfffdf;" |  9th 

| style="background:#dfffdf;" |  10th 

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |  11–14th 

Points

| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 15

| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 12

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 9

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 7

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 6

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 5

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 4

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 3

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 2

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 1

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 0

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Pilot

! ABU
{{flagicon|UAE}}

! CAN
{{flagicon|FRA}}

! CHI
{{flagicon|JPN}}

! BUD
{{flagicon|HUN}}

! KAZ
{{flagicon|RUS}}

! WIN
{{flagicon|AUT}}

! IND
{{flagicon|USA}}

! FTW
{{flagicon|USA}}

! Points

1

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Šonka

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 4

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 8

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3

| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 1

| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 1

| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 1

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 10

| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 1

! 80

2

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Matt Hall

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 5

| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 1

| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 1

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 7

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 6

| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 2

! 75

3

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Goulian

| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 1

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3

| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 2

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 4

| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 2

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 12

| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 1

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 8

! 73

4

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Mikaël Brageot

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 8

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 5

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 5

| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 2

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 12

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 4

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 9

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 6

! 41

5

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshihide Muroya

| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 2

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 4

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 14

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 11

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 8

| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 2

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 12

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 5

! 40

6

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Kirby Chambliss

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 12

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 13

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 10

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 8

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 8

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3

! 34

7

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ben Murphy

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 6

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 10

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 11

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 8

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 5

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 13

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 4

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 4

! 29

8

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|CAN}} Pete McLeod

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 14

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 7

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 4

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 12

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 11

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 7

| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 2

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 11

! 27

9

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Velarde

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 11

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 6

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 7

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 13

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 4

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 11

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 7

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 7

! 24

10

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Ivanoff

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 10

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 14

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 12

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 7

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 10

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 6

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 9

! 22

11

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} François Le Vot

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 7

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 11

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 6

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 5

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 6

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 10

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 14

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 10

! 22

12

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|GER}} Matthias Dolderer

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 13

| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 2

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 8

| style="background:white;" | DNS

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 13

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 9

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 11

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 13

! 17

13

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|CZE}} Petr Kopfstein

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 9

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 9

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 9

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 9

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 9

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 5

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 13

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 12

! 16

14

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|CHI}} Cristian Bolton

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 12

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 13

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 10

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 6

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 14

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 14

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 5

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 14

! 12

{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Pilot

! ABU
{{flagicon|UAE}}

! CAN
{{flagicon|FRA}}

! CHI
{{flagicon|JPN}}

! BUD
{{flagicon|HUN}}

! KAZ
{{flagicon|RUS}}

! WIN
{{flagicon|AUT}}

! IND
{{flagicon|USA}}

! FTW
{{flagicon|USA}}

! Points

|valign="top"|

{{Motorsport driver results legend}}

Bold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot

|}

=Challenger Class=

;Challenger Class scoring system

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"

! Position

| style="background:#ffffbf;" |  1st 

| style="background:#dfdfdf;" |  2nd 

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" |  3rd 

| style="background:#d0bf2f;" |  4th 

| style="background:#dfffdf;" |  5th 

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" |  6-8th 

Points

| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 10

| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 8

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 6

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 4

| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 2

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 0

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Pilot

! ABU
{{flagicon|UAE}}

! CAN
{{flagicon|FRA}}

! BUD
{{flagicon|HUN}}

! KAZ
{{flagicon|RUS}}

! WIN
{{flagicon|AUT}}

! IND
{{flagicon|USA}}

! FTW
{{flagicon|USA}}

! {{Tooltip|Drop|Points dropped}}

! Points

1

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|POL}} Luke Czepiela

| style="background-color:#dfdfdf;" | 2

|

| style="background-color:#ffffbf;" | 1

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF;" | 6

| style="background-color:#dfdfdf;" | 2

|

| style="background-color:#ffffbf;" | 1

|

! 36

2

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|GER}} Florian Bergér

| style="background-color:#ffffbf;" | 1

|

| style="background-color:#dfdfdf;" | 2

|

|

| style="background-color:#ffffbf;" | 1

| style="background-color:#dfdfdf;" | 2

|

! 36

3

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Coleman

| style="background-color:#ffdf9f;" | 3

|

|

| style="background-color:#ffffbf;" | 1

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF;" | 9

| style="background-color:#dfdfdf;" | 2

| style="background-color:#ffdf9f;" | 3

|

! 30

4

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Baptiste Vignes

|

| style="background-color:#dfdfdf;" | 2

| style="background-color:#dfffdf;" | 5

|

| style="background-color:#ffdf9f;" | 3

| style="background-color:#d0bf2f;" | 4

| style="background-color:#d0bf2f;" | 4

| 2

! 24

5

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|RSA}} Patrick Davidson

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF;" | 6

| style="background-color:#dfffdf;" | 5

|

| style="background-color:#dfdfdf;" | 2

| style="background-color:#d0bf2f;" | 4

| style="background-color:#ffdf9f;" | 3

|

|

! 20

6

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|HKG}} Kenny Chiang

|

|

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF;" | 6

| style="background-color:#ffdf9f;" | 3

| style="background-color:#ffffbf;" | 1

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF;" | 7

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF;" | 6

|

! 16

7

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Daniel Ryfa

| style="background-color:#dfffdf;" | 5

| style="background-color:#ffffbf;" | 1

|

|

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF;" | 8

|

| style="background-color:#dfffdf;" | 5

|

! 14

8

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Dario Costa

| style="background-color:#d0bf2f;" | 4

| style="background-color:#ffdf9f;" | 3

|

| style="background-color:#dfffdf;" | 5

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF;" | 7

| style="background-color:#dfffdf;" | 5

|

|

! 14

9

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Mélanie Astles

|

| style="background-color:#d0bf2f;" | 4

| style="background-color:#d0bf2f;" | 4

| style="background-color:#d0bf2f;" | 4

| style="background-color:#dfffdf;" | 5

|

|

|

! 14

10

| style="text-align: left;"| {{flagicon|HUN}} Daniel Genevey

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF;" | 7

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF;" | 6

| style="background-color:#ffdf9f;" | 3

|

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF;" | 6

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF;" | 6

|

|

! 6

{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Pilot

! ABU
{{flagicon|UAE}}

! CAN
{{flagicon|FRA}}

! BUD
{{flagicon|HUN}}

! KAZ
{{flagicon|RUS}}

! WIN
{{flagicon|AUT}}

! IND
{{flagicon|USA}}

! FTW
{{flagicon|USA}}

! {{Tooltip|Drop|Points dropped}}

! Points

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.redbullairrace.com/|Red Bull Air Race official website}}

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