Porto 2009 (Portugal)

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Porto 2009 (Portugal)

Porto 2009 (Portugal)

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Turism of Portugal, City of Porto, Municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, TMN, ANA Aeroports, NESPRESSO and the Portuguese Air Force are the national partners of Red Bull Air Race Porto 2009

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SIC, RFM, Jornal de Noticias, O Jogo, Diário de Noticias, Global Noticias and SAPO are the media partners of Red Bull Air Race Porto 2009.

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RANK	PILOTS	NAT	SESSION	RUNTIME	POINTS
1	Paul Bonhomme	GBR	Final 4	1:09.23	12 +1 (Quali pt)
2	Hannes Arch	AUT	Final 4	1:10.17	10
3	Matt Hall	AUS	Final 4	1:11.23	9
4	Peter Besenyei	HUN	Final 4	1:14.10	8
5	Mike Mangold	USA	Super 8	1:13.86	7
6	Matthias Dolderer	GER	Super 8	1:14.07	6
7	Alejandro Maclean	ESP	Super 8	Disqualified	5
8	Kirby Chambliss	USA	Super 8	Did Not Start	4
9	Michael Goulian	USA	Top 12	1:12.43	3
10	Yoshihide Muroya	JPN	Top 12	1:12.77	2
11	Nigel Lamb	GBR	Top 12	1:13.01	1
12	Nicolas Ivanoff	FRA	Top 12	1:13.67	0
13	Sergey Rakhmanin	RUS	Wild Card	1:13.95	0
14	Pete McLeod	CAN	Wild Card	1:15.65	0
15	Glen Dell	RSA	Wild Card	Did Not Start	0

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Race Details

Location: Porto, Portugal (Map this address )
Start: SEP 12, 2009 at 2:30 PM
End: SEP 13, 2009 at 6:00 PM
About: The two cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia face each other from opposite sides of the Douro river - Porto in the north bank and Gaia in the south. Six Pontes, or bridges, in total, join them. Of those, Ponte Dona Maria and Ponte Dom Luís, the two oldest ones, were built in the 19th century, respectively by Gustave Eiffel and by his partner in business, Théophile Seyrig. Ponte da Arrábida, Ponte de São João and Ponte do Freixo date from the 20th century, while the newest one, Ponte Infante Dom Henrique, is no older than the 21st century.

Being one of the oldest cities in Europe, Porto is proud of its well preserved historical quarter and was awarded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO in 1996. Porto and Gaia are further connected by the famous Port wine, traditionally stored in wine cellars that over the years have been built in Gaia and act as a magnet for tourists visiting Northern Portugal. There stand the names of the English families that left their winemaking mark in the Douro region over the centuries: Taylor, Sandeman, Graham or Croft, to name but a few.

Fine wine and the Douro River may be the lifeblood of the two cities, but visitors will also benefit from a widely varied cultural offer. The Serralves Foundation - with its vast collection of contemporary art and amazing gardens - the House of Music - a multidisciplinary place where you can listen to great music and much more - or Oporto Cathedral, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, are some of the unmissable features north of the river. Also worth mentioning, on the south margin, are the Grijó Monastery (16 th/17th century), the Serra do Pilar Monastery (16th century) or Casa Barbot, a unique example of the Art Nouveau style in the city.