Red Bull Air Race World Series 2008 - The sixth race August 19

Red Bull Air Race 2008

Abu Dhabi, UAE

San Diego, USA

Detroit, USA

Stockholm, SWE

Rotterdam, NED

London, GBR

Budapest, HUN

Porto, POR

Valencia, ESP

Perth, AUS

Red Bull Air Race 2005

Red Bull Air Race 2006

Red Bull Air Race 2007

A day at the races

First Training Day

Second Training Day

Qualifying Day

Race Day

Highlights Red Bull Air Race Budapest

Budapest Race Summary

Budapest - Hungary

The Red Bull Air Race starts and finish under the first permanent bridge over the River Danube the Chain Bridge, today still the most recognizable symbol of the city.

The capital city of Hungary, Budapest, was created out of the unification of the separate historic towns of Buda, Pest and Óbuda in 1873.

Budapest 2007 3D course

Budapest Race Track

Point one:

Rank	Name	Nation	Rnd.	Time	Diff.	Pen.	Max. G	Max. Speed
9	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	PO	1:10.11		0	11,0 g	357 kph
10	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	PO	1:11.37	+ 1.26	3	10,6 g	357 kph
11	Dell Glen	RSA	PO	1:12.91	+ 2.80	3	9,5 g	349 kph
12	Chambliss Kirby	USA	PO	1:16.11	+ 6.00	13	11,2 g	370 kph

Super Eight:

Rank	Name	Nation	Rnd.	Time	Diff.	Pen.	Max. G	Max. Speed
1	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	S8	1:03.55		0	10,8 g	357 kph
2	Arch Hannes	AUT	S8	1:04.55	+ 1.00	0	10,8 g	369 kph
3	Mangold Mike	USA	S8	1:05.32	+ 1.77	0	11,3 g	358 kph
4	Jones Steve	GBR	S8	1:05.86	+ 2.31	0	11,1 g	363 kph
5	Besenyei Peter	HUN	S8	1:06.54	+ 2.99	0	12,0 g	364 kph
6	Lamb Nigel	GBR	S8	1:07.72	+ 4.17	3	11,5 g	366 kph
7	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	S8	1:10.87	+ 7.32	3	10,5 g	367 kph
8	Goulian Michael	USA	S8	1:11.09	+ 7.54	3	9,9 g	362 kph

Semi Final

3rd Place Fly-Off

Final

Heat 1

19	Jones Steve	GBR	1:06.36
		1 win	+ 0 sec
2	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	1:08.79
		3 wins	+ 3 sec

Heat 2

1	Mangold Mike	USA	1:07.11
		2 wins	+ 0 sec
28	Arch Hannes	AUT	1:03.34
		3 wins	+ 0 sec

Heat 3

2	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	1:04.02
		5 wins	+ 0 sec
1	Mangold Mike	USA	1:05.39
		4 wins	+ 0 sec

Heat 4

19	Jones Steve	GBR	1:06.79
		0 wins	+ 0 sec
28	Arch Hannes	AUT	1:04.19
		2 wins	+ 0 sec

Results Budapest:

Rank	Name	Nation	Rnd.	Time	Diff	Points
1	Arch Hannes	AUT	F	1:04.19		9
2	Jones Steve	GBR	F	1:06.79	+ 2.60	8
3	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	F/O	1:04.02		7
4	Mangold Mike	USA	F/O	1:05.39	+ 1.37	6
5	Besenyei Peter	HUN	S8	1:06.54		5
6	Lamb Nigel	GBR	S8	1:07.72	+ 1.18	4
7	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	S8	1:10.87	+ 4.33	3
8	Goulian Michael	USA	S8	1:11.09	+ 4.55	2
9	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	PO	1:10.11		1
10	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	PO	1:11.37	+ 1.26	0
11	Dell Glen	RSA	PO	1:12.91	+ 2.80	0
12	Chambliss Kirby	USA	PO	1:16.11	+ 6.00	0

World Standings 2008 after Budapest:

Rank	Name	Nation	Points
1	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	45
2	Arch Hannes	AUT	45
3	Chambliss Kirby	USA	36
4	Mangold Mike	USA	36
5	Besenyei Peter	HUN	28
6	Jones Steve	GBR	23
7	Lamb Nigel	GBR	17
8	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	13
9	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	13
10	Goulian Michael	USA	12
11	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	2
12	Dell Glen	RSA	0

TaG All: Touching a Gate (Races + Trainings)
TaG Race: Touching a Gate (Qualifying, Elimination and Race Finals)

Pilots and Teams

1	Mangold Mike	USA	Cobra
2	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	Matador
3	Besenyei Peter	HUN	Red Bull
4	Chambliss Kirby	USA	Red Bull
19	Jones Steve	GBR	Matador
36	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	MRT
27	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	MRT
99	Goulian Michael	USA	Dragon Racing
10	Lamb Nigel	GBR	Breitling
28	Arch Hannes	AUT	Cobra
18	Rakhmanin Sergei	RUS	Dragon Racing
45	Dell Glen	RSA	Breitling

Aircraft

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

Last site update: 02-11-2008