The 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the seventh official Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. The 2009 champion was Paul Bonhomme, who won the series for the first time.
Aircraft and pilots
[edit]Pilot | Aircraft | No. |
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Edge 540 | 28
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Edge 540 | 55
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Edge 540 | 4
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Edge 540 | 11
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MXS-R | 5
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MXS-R | 9
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MXS-R | 36
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Edge 540 | 27
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Edge 540 | 99
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MXS-R | 18
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Edge 540 | 45
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Edge 540 | 21
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MXS-R | 95
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Edge 540 | 84
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Edge 540 | 31
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New pilots
[edit]Four new pilots joined the Red Bull Air Race Series for the 2009 season as Steve Jones left the series. They were Matthias Dolderer from Germany, Matt Hall from Australia, Yoshihide Muroya from Japan and Pete McLeod from Canada. McLeod was the youngest pilot in the history of the series, joining at 25 years of age.
Race calendar and results
[edit]Round | Location | Country | Date | Fastest Qualifying | Winning Pilot | Winning Aircraft |
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1 | ![]() |
United Arab Emirates | April 17–18 | ![]() |
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Edge 540 |
2 | ![]() |
United States | May 9–10 | ![]() |
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Edge 540 |
3 | ![]() |
Canada | June 13–14 | ![]() |
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Edge 540 |
4 | ![]() |
Hungary | August 19–20 | ![]() |
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Edge 540 |
5 | ![]() |
Portugal | September 12–13 | ![]() |
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Edge 540 |
6 | ![]() |
Spain | October 3–4 | ![]() |
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Edge 540 |
Championship standings
[edit]Rank | Pilot | UAE![]() |
USA![]() |
CAN![]() |
HUN![]() |
POR![]() |
ESP![]() |
Total Points |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1* | 1 | 67 |
2 | ![]() |
1* | 3* | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4* | 60 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 36 |
4 | ![]() |
9 | 12 | 3* | 3* | 8 | 5 | 34 |
5 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 32 |
7 | ![]() |
7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
8 | ![]() |
10 | 4 | DNS | 10 | 4 | 8 | 24 |
9 | ![]() |
11 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
10 | ![]() |
14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
11 | ![]() |
6 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 17 |
12 | ![]() |
8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 16 |
13 | ![]() |
12 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 13 |
14 | ![]() |
13 | 11 | DNS | 12 | 10 | 6 | 9 |
15 | ![]() |
15 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 1 |
Rank | Pilot | UAE![]() |
USA![]() |
CAN![]() |
HUN![]() |
POR![]() |
ESP![]() |
Total Points |
(*) indicates the pilot received an extra point for the fastest time in Qualifying
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | Qualifying Fastest |
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Points | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |