Red Bull Air Race World Series 2008 - The ninth race November 1 -2 Perth, Australia

Paul Bonhomme is the winner of the final race of the 2008 season in Perth Australia.
Hannes Arch is the new World Champion of 2008, the Austrian pilot is the first European World Champion of the Red Bull Air Race.

Rank	Name	Nation	Points
1	Arch Hannes	AUT	61
2	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	54
3	Chambliss Kirby	USA	46
4	Mangold Mike	USA	44
5	Besenyei Peter	HUN	34
6	Jones Steve	GBR	33
7	Lamb Nigel	GBR	30
8	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	21
9	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	19
10	Goulian Michael	USA	16
11	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	2
12	Dell Glen	RSA	0

Perth - Australia

Taking place over the magnificent Swan River, the Red Bull Air Race is right on the city’s doorstep. The race course itself will be situated on the body of water called 'Perth Waters' on the Swan River adjacent to Langley Park. The best vantage point would be the South Perth foreshore.

Perth race track

Rank	Name	Nation	Rnd.	Time	Diff.	Pen.	Max. G	Max. Speed
1	Lamb Nigel	GBR	S8	1:18.02		0	11,0 g	366 kph
2	Arch Hannes	AUT	S8	1:18.46	+ 0.44	0	9,6 g	370 kph
3	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	S8	1:19.52	+ 1.50	0	9,9 g	356 kph
4	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	S8	1:19.79	+ 1.77	0	9,9 g	359 kph
5	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	S8	1:20.29	+ 2.27	0	10,1 g	349 kph
6	Jones Steve	GBR	S8	1:20.36	+ 2.34	0	10,5 g	349 kph
7	Besenyei Peter	HUN	S8	1:20.84	+ 2.82	0	10,5 g	346 kph
8	Chambliss Kirby	USA	S8	1:31.56	+ 13.54	10	11,7 g	344 kph
9	Mangold Mike	USA	PO	1:20.91		0	10,7 g	344 kph
10	Goulian Michael	USA	PO	1:22.15	+ 1.24	0	10,1 g	348 kph
11	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	PO	1:25.79	+ 4.88	0	10,4 g	338 kph
12	Dell Glen	RSA	PO	1:35.79	+ 14.88	10	10,4 g	341 kph

Point One

Order	Bib#	Name	Nation	Aircraft
1	45	Dell Glen	RSA	Edge 540
2	18	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	Edge 540
3	99	Goulian Michael	USA	Edge 540
4	1	Mangold Mike	USA	Edge 540

Super Eight

Order	Bib#	Name	Nation	Aircraft
1	36	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	MXS
2	4	Chambliss Kirby	USA	Edge 540
3	27	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	Extra 300 SR
4	19	Jones Steve	GBR	Edge 540
5	3	Besenyei Peter	HUN	Edge 540
6	2	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	Edge 540
7	9	Lamb Nigel	GBR	MXS
8	28	Arch Hannes	AUT	Edge 540

World Standings 2008

Rank	Name	Nation	Points
1	Arch Hannes	AUT	54
2	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	45
3	Chambliss Kirby	USA	44
4	Mangold Mike	USA	43
5	Besenyei Peter	HUN	31
6	Jones Steve	GBR	29
7	Lamb Nigel	GBR	22
8	Goulian Michael	USA	16
9	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	15
10	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	14
11	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	2
12	Dell Glen	RSA	0

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: 27-03-2010