Red Bull Air Race 2007 - San Diego - California

Rank Name Nation Team Int. 1 Int. 2 Int. 3 Time Diff. Pen

1 Mangold Mike USA Cobra 00:15.82 00:38.92 00:58.35 01:21.44 0

2 Bonhomme Paul GBR Matador 00:14.84 00:39.35 00:58.45 01:23.66 + 2.22 0

3 Besenyei Peter HUN Red Bull 00:16.45 00:41.54 01:01.00 01:26.31 + 4.87 0

4 Goulian Michael USA Dragon Racing 00:17.71 00:43.17 01:02.65 01:28.39 + 6.95 0

5 Chambliss Kirby USA Red Bull 00:16.93 00:41.47 01:00.82 01:28.59 + 7.15 3

6 Arch Hannes AUT Cobra 00:16.86 00:43.18 01:03.56 01:29.37 + 7.93 0

7 Rakhmanin Sergey RUS Dragon Racing 00:17.45 00:43.14 01:03.38 01:29.59 + 8.15 0

8 Maclean Alejandro ESP MRT 00:17.80 00:43.36 01:03.85 01:30.63 + 9.19 0

9 Lamb Nigel GBR Breitling 00:17.05 00:43.22 01:02.94 01:32.33 + 10.89 3

10 Jones Steve GBR Matador 00:21.00 00:48.61 01:07.41 01:32.60 + 11.16 6

11 Versteegh Frank NED Lobo 00:17.70 00:45.13 01:04.81 01:32.94 + 11.50 0

12 Schrodt Klaus GER Lobo 00:19.19 00:49.64 01:12.01 01:40.43 + 18.99 3

13 Ivanoff Nicolas FRA MRT 00:23.64 00:54.55 01:14.53 01:43.30 + 21.86 15

San Diego, California USA

San Diego houses many tourist attractions, such as Seaworld, San Diego Zoo, San Diego Wild Animal Park, and nearby Legoland. San Diego's Spanish influence can be seen in the many historic sites across the city, such as the Spanish missions and Balboa Park. Cusine is San Diego is diverse, but there is an abundance of wood fired California-style pizzas, and Mexican and East Asian cuisine. Annual events in San Diego include Comic-Con, San Diego/Del Mar Fair, and Street Scene Music Festival.

Average monthly temperatures range from about 57 Fahrenheit (14 °C) in January to 72 Fahrenheit (22 °C) in July, although late summer and early autumn are typically the hottest times of the year.

Third Training

Mike Mangold Disqualification in third training round

Rank Name Nation Team Int. 1 Int. 2 Int. 3 Time Diff. Pen

1 Bonhomme Paul GBR Matador 00:16.09 00:41.41 01:01.35 01:26.51 0

2 Maclean Alejandro ESP MRT 00:17.82 00:42.27 01:02.55 01:28.85 + 2.34 0

3 Jones Steve GBR Matador 00:18.37 00:43.73 01:03.64 01:29.19 + 2.68 0

4 Besenyei Peter HUN Red Bull 00:17.33 00:42.90 01:02.44 01:31.02 + 4.51 3

5 Ivanoff Nicolas FRA MRT 00:17.78 00:45.75 01:05.67 01:31.41 + 4.90 3

6 Goulian Michael USA Dragon Racing 00:17.05 00:42.56 01:02.17 01:31.44 + 4.93 3

7 Lamb Nigel GBR Breitling 00:16.18 00:42.34 01:02.28 01:31.84 + 5.33 3

8 Arch Hannes AUT Cobra 00:16.35 00:42.81 01:06.22 01:32.36 + 5.85 3

9 Chambliss Kirby USA Red Bull 00:20.36 00:45.00 01:04.92 01:32.51 + 6.00 6

10 Rakhmanin Sergey RUS Dragon Racing 00:16.56 00:44.77 01:05.23 01:34.53 + 8.02 6

11 Versteegh Frank NED Lobo 00:20.11 00:49.57 01:10.09 01:39.56 + 13.05 9

12 Schrodt Klaus GER Lobo 00:19.69 00:48.12 01:12.19 01:41.15 + 14.64 0

DSQ Mangold Mike USA Cobra 00:14.84 -- -- DSQ

There was a distinctive, high-pitched buzz around downtown yesterday as the pilots assembled for the Red Bull Air Races made their first practice runs just above San Diego Bay.

Workers turned to watch and people were seen peering from hotel rooms and condominiums looking out over the section of the bay beyond Seaport Village and the Embarcadero Marina parks.

“This is going to be an exceptional venue for our event,” 2006 Red Bull Air Races series champion Kirby Chambliss said in August, after taking off from the Midway for an exhibition flight just to the north of Saturday's race course.

Practice continues today for the inaugural San Diego races. The first official segment of the Red Bull Air Races is scheduled to begin about 1:30 p.m. tomorrow, with the first qualifying run through the precision-flying course marked by 13 pylons.

Strangely, weather is a concern. A rare Pacific storm is pushing to the south with periods of rain and thunderstorms likely throughout tomorrow and through Saturday morning.

If weather interrupts tomorrow's qualifying, that part of the program can be condensed into Saturday's schedule. If weather restricts Saturday's races, the event can be held over until Sunday afternoon.

Here's a quick primer on the series, for which San Diego is the ninth of 10 stops on an international tour

Pilots and Teams

1	Chambliss Kirby	USA	Red Bull
2	Besenyei Peter	HUN	Red Bull
3	Mangold Mike	USA	Cobra
55	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	Matador
99	Goulian Michael	USA	Dragon Racing
19	Jones Steve	GBR	Matador
7	Schrodt Klaus	GER	Lobo
27	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	MRT
36	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	MRT
10	Lamb Nigel	GBR	Breitling
69	Versteegh Frank	NED	Lobo
28	Arch Hannes	AUT	Cobra
18	Rakhmanin Sergei	RUS	Dragon Racing

Aircraft

CAP 232	CAP Aviation	350 km/h	-10 / +10 g
Edge 540	Zivko Aeronautics	426 km/h	-12 / +12 g
Extra 300S	Extra Flugzeugbau GmbH	407 km/h	-10 / +10 g
MX2	MXR Technologies	426 km/h	-12 / +14 g

Where: San Diego Bay, off Embarcadero Marina Park and Seaport Village to the northeast and Coronado to the southwest.

Tomorrow: Qualifying. Flights between 2:30 p.m. and 4:10 p.m.

Saturday: Final eliminations: 1:30-2 p.m.; quarterfinals (8 flights): 3:05-3:40 p.m.; semifinals (4 flights): 3:55-4:10 p.m.; championship (2 flights): 4:35-4:50 p.m.

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