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Red Bull Air Race World Series 2008

The fourth race July 19 - 20 Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Nederland
Amsterdam
37,330 km2

15,384,000

Dutch, Frysian

 

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August 19 - 20

September 6 - 7

September 27 - 28

November 1 - 2


 

Red Bull Air Race 2008

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San Diego, USA

Detroit, USA

Stockholm, SWE

Rotterdam, NED

London, GBR

Budapest, HUN

Porto, POR

Valencia, ESP

Perth, AUS


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A day at the races

First Training Day Second Training Day Qualifying Day Race Day

First training day Wednesday July 16

Second training day Thursday July 17


Qualification Saturday July 19

Rotterdam, Netherlands

 

 

 

The podium of Rotterdam, Hannes Arch (2), Paul Bonhomme (1) and Steve Jones (3)

Rank  Name Nation Rnd. Time Diff. Pen. Max. G Max. Speed
Bonhomme Paul GBR F 1:17.25   0 10,7 g 363 kph
Arch Hannes AUT F DNF        
Jones Steve GBR F/O 1:16.00   0 11,1 g 379 kph
Chambliss Kirby USA F/O 1:16.03 + 0.03 0 11,2 g 372 kph
Mangold Mike USA S8 1:17.83   0 11,1 g 365 kph
Besenyei Peter HUN S8 1:18.15 + 0.32 0 10,9 g 368 kph
Goulian Michael USA S8 1:18.50 + 0.67 0 11,0 g 368 kph
Lamb Nigel GBR S8 1:22.80 + 4.97 3 10,0 g 380 kph
Rakhmanin Sergey RUS PO 1:20.54   0 11,1 g 362 kph
10  Maclean Alejandro ESP PO 1:21.17 + 0.63 0 9,4 g 361 kph
11  Ivanoff Nicolas FRA PO 1:22.15 + 1.61 3 11,0 g 370 kph
12  Dell Glen RSA PO 1:40.83 + 20.29 16 11,0 g 361 kph

Paul Bonhomme's sublime race

Semi Final 3rd Place Fly-Off Final
Heat 1
4 Chambliss Kirby USA 1:14.95
+ 0 sec
2 Bonhomme Paul GBR 1:14.35
+ 0 sec
Heat 2
19 Jones Steve GBR 1:18.45
+ 0 sec
28 Arch Hannes AUT 1:14.41
+ 0 sec
Heat 3
19 Jones Steve GBR 1:16.00
+ 0 sec
4 Chambliss Kirby USA 1:16.03
+ 0 sec
Heat 4
28 Arch Hannes AUT DNF
 
2 Bonhomme Paul GBR 1:17.25
+ 0 sec

Hannes Arch did hit a pylon in the final.

Rank Name Nation Rnd. Time Diff Points
1 Bonhomme Paul GBR  F 1:17.25   9
2 Arch Hannes AUT  F DNF   8
3 Jones Steve GBR  F/O 1:16.00   7
4 Chambliss Kirby USA  F/O 1:16.03  + 0.03 6
5 Mangold Mike USA  S8 1:17.83   5
6 Besenyei Peter HUN  S8 1:18.15  + 0.32 4
7 Goulian Michael USA  S8 1:18.50  + 0.67 3
8 Lamb Nigel GBR  S8 1:22.80  + 4.97 2
9 Rakhmanin Sergey RUS  PO 1:20.54   1
10 Maclean Alejandro ESP  PO 1:21.17  + 0.63 0
11 Ivanoff Nicolas FRA  PO 1:22.15  + 1.61 0
12 Dell Glen RSA  PO 1:40.83  + 20.29 0

Steve Jones the surprise of the day

World Standings 2008

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Bonhomme Paul GBR 35
2 Arch Hannes AUT 29
3 Chambliss Kirby USA 27
4 Mangold Mike USA 26
5 Besenyei Peter HUN 17
6 Jones Steve GBR 14
7 Goulian Michael USA 10
8 Maclean Alejandro ESP 8
9 Lamb Nigel GBR 8
10 Ivanoff Nicolas FRA 5
11 Rakhmanin Sergey RUS 1
12 Dell Glen RSA 0

 

First Training Day Second Training Day Qualifying Day Race Day

First Training Day Second Training Day Qualifying Day Race Day

Ivanoff in front of the Erasmus Bridge, one of the beautiful bridges of Rotterdam

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
  

 

 


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