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 Paul Bonhomme (born 22 September 1964) is a British aerobatic and commercial airline pilot and was owner/race pilot of Team Bonhomme, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship Team from 2003 to 2015. Racing career Bonhomme was born into a famil ...

, who won the series for the first time.

Aircraft and pilots

New pilots

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

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, Matt Hall from

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, Yoshihide Muroya from

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and Pete McLeod from

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. McLeod was the youngest pilot in the history of the series, joining at 25 years of age.

Race calendar and results

Championship standings

(*) indicates the pilot received an extra point for the fastest time in Qualifying

References

External links

Red Bull Air Race official website

Unofficial Air Race website

Smoke-On.com A Red Bull Air Race Fan Site

Bleacher Report's Red Bull Air Race Page
{{Red Bull Air Race World Series Red Bull Air Race World Championship seasons

Red Bull Air Race The World Championship Air Race is a series of air races sanctioned by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI). Originally established in 2003 as the Red Bull Air Race, and created by Red Bull GmbH, the event involves competitors navigating a ...