2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

Abu Dhabi

Cannes

Chiba

Location

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.

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

All Challenger Cup Pilots used a Zivko Edge 540 V2.^[2]

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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	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

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

External links

Red Bull Air Race official website

[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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