2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series

2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series
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The 2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series was the fourth Red Bull Air Race World Series season. It began on March 18, 2006 and ended on November 19.

In the 2006 season the air race venues Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Zeltweg in Austria, and Rock of Cashel in Ireland gave place to other locations, and the number of legs increased from 7 to 9. The new places were Barcelona in Spain, Berlin in Germany, Saint Petersburg in Russia, Istanbul in Turkey and Perth in Australia. Actually, 8 air races were held after the cancellation of the 4th leg in Saint Petersburg. The race in Longleat, United Kingdom was also cancelled due to high winds, however, Friday’s qualifying results were used as the official race results.

Michael Goulian from the USA, who had paused in 2005, participated at the 2006 competitions again as the 11th pilot. The American pilot Kirby Chambliss, who flew 4 wins, became champion with a total of 38 points followed by Hungarian Peter Besenyei (35 points). Titleholder Mike Mangold from the United States, ranked 3rd with 30 points.

Race calendar

2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series
Race Calendar
Leg Date Place Country
1 March 18 Port of Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
2 May 6 Beaches of Bogatell and Nova Icària,
Barcelona
Spain Spain
3 May 27 Tempelhof International Airport, Berlin Germany Germany
4 June 17 River Neva, Saint Petersburg Russia Russia
5 July 29 Golden Horn, Istanbul Turkey Turkey
6 August 20 River Danube, Budapest Hungary Hungary
7 September 2 Longleat, Wiltshire United Kingdom United Kingdom
8 October 7 Marina Green and Aquatic Park,
San Francisco, California
United States United States
9 November 19 Swan River, Perth Australia Australia

Standings and results

2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series
Standings and Results
Rank Pilot UAE United Arab Emirates ESP Spain GER Germany RUS Russia TUR Turkey HUN Hungary GBR United Kingdom USA United States AUS Australia Total Points
1 Kirby Chambliss 1 3 1 CAN 1 5 3 1 3 38
2 Peter Besenyei 3 1 2 CAN 3 DQ 2 2 1 35
3 Mike Mangold 2 2 3 CAN 4 3 4 4 4 30
4 Paul Bonhomme 7 8 6 CAN 2 2 1 3 2 26
5 Michael Goulian 6 9 5 CAN DNS 4 5 5 6 11
6 Steve Jones 8 10 7 CAN 8 1 DQ DQ 5 8
7 Klaus Schrodt DQ 4 4 CAN 9 7 8 6 10 7
7= Nicolas Ivanoff 5 5 9 CAN 5 6 9 9 9 7
9 Alejandro Maclean 4 7 DNS CAN 7 8 7 DQ 7 3
9= Nigel Lamb 9 6 8 CAN 6 DQ 6 8 8 3
11 Frank Versteegh 10 11 10 CAN 10 DQ 10 DQ 11 0

Legend:

Aircraft

2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series
Aircraft
Aircraft Constructor Pilot
Extra 300L Extra Flugzeugbau Frank Versteegh
Extra 300S Extra Flugzeugbau Peter Besenyei
Paul Bonhomme
Nicolas Ivanoff
Nigel Lamb
Klaus Schrodt
MX2 MXR Technologies Michael Goulian (Race Abu Dhabi only)
Nigel Lamb (Race San Francisco only)
Frank Versteegh (Race San Francisco only)
Velox Revolution 1 Velox Aviation Peter Besenyei (Training Abu Dhabi only)
Zivko Edge 540 Zivko Aeronautics Peter Besenyei
Paul Bonhomme
Kirby Chambliss
Steve Jones
Alejandro Maclean
Mike Mangold

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