Red Bull Air Race

 

RANKPILOTSNATSESSIONRUNTIMEPOINTS
1Michael Goulian USAFinal 41:12.5112
2Paul Bonhomme GBRFinal 41:13.1310
3Kirby Chambliss USAFinal 41:13.539 + 1 (Quali pt)
4Hannes Arch AUTFinal 41:13.838
5Matthias Dolderer GERSuper 81:13.567
6Mike Mangold USASuper 81:15.416
7Matt Hall AUSSuper 81:15.425
8Nicolas Ivanoff FRASuper 8Disqualified4
9Nigel Lamb GBRTop 121:15.193
10Peter Besenyei HUNTop 121:15.432
11Alejandro Maclean ESPTop 121:15.501
12Yoshihide Muroya JPNTop 121:20.870
13Pete McLeod CANWild Card1:19.060
14Glen Dell RSAWild CardDisqualified0
15Sergey Rakhmanin RUSWild CardDisqualified0

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Aug 27, 2009

Dolderer credits engine power and lady luck Aug 27, 2009

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German rookie Matthias Dolderer said a combination of a red-hot engine, enthusiastic fan backing and lady luck was behind his surprising rise to fifth place at the Red Bull Air Race in Budapest....

Aug 26, 2009

Bonhomme Learns To Love 2nd Place Aug 26, 2009

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Britain’s Paul Bonhomme said he was “getting fed up with second place” and insisted he is “not a second-place kind of guy” after falling just short of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship with...

Aug 26, 2009

Sebastien Loeb Gets A Red Bull Air Race Experience Aug 26, 2009

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World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb enjoys a flight in a Red Bull Air Race plane during the air race in Budapest.

Aug 25, 2009

World Rally Champ Sebastien Loeb Given A Workout Aug 25, 2009

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Five-times World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb visited the Red Bull Air Race airport to meet the pilots and test his G tolerance in the air ahead of the race in today’s Hungarian capital. A current...

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Race Details

Location
Budapest, Hungary (Map this address )
Start
AUG 19, 2009 at 2:30 PM
End
AUG 20, 2009 at 5:00 PM
About
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial and transportation centre. In 2007 Budapest had 1,696,128 inhabitants with an official agglomeration of 2,451,418 down from a mid-1980s peak of 2.1 million. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube (Hungarians call it the Duna river) with the amalgamation on 17 November 1873 of right-bank (west) Buda and Óbuda (Old Buda) together with Pest on the left (east) bank.

Aquincum, originally a Celtic settlement, was the direct ancestor of Budapest, becoming the Roman capital of Lower Pannonia. Magyars arrived in the territory around 900. Their first settlement was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241-42. The re-established town became one of the global centres of Renaissance humanist culture in the 15th century. Following nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule, development of the region entered a new age of prosperity in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Budapest became a global city after the 1873 unification of its three constituents. It also became the second capital of Austria-Hungary, a great power that dissolved in 1918. Budapest was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, Operation Panzerfaust in 1944, the Battle of Budapest of 1945, and the Revolution of 1956.

Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Budapest is considered an important Central European hub for business, culture and tourism. Its World Heritage Sites include the banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, Andrássy Avenue and the Millennium Underground railway, the first on the European continent. Budapest attracts over 20 million visitors a year, making it one of the top destinations in Europe. The city ranks 74th on Mercer Consulting's 'World's Top 100 Most Livable Cities' list.

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Aug 19, 2009

Qualifying Review Budapest 2009 Aug 19, 2009

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American Kirby Chambliss upset championship leader Hannes Arch on Wednesday in Qualifying at 4th round of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Budapest on Thursday, snatching one championship...

Aug 19, 2009

Flying Under The Bridge Aug 19, 2009

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Former Red Bull Air Race pilot Steve Jones explains the bridge in Budapest. Flying under the bridge is a key challenge of track in Budapest. Pilots have to prepare themselves mentally before the...

Aug 19, 2009

Peter Besenyei - Portrait Aug 19, 2009

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Peter Besenyei is sometimes called the godfather of the Red Bull Air Race partly because of his pioneering work to help create the sport but also because of economic use of words. No matter how long...