The 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the seventh official Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. The 2009 champion was

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, 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

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left the series. They were

Matthias Dolderer Matthias Dolderer (born 15 September 1970 in Ochsenhausen, Baden Württemberg) is a German professional race pilot. He is the 2016 champion of the Red Bull Air Race. Flying career Beginnings Dolderer, who once colourfully compared the precision ...

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, Matt Hall from

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Yoshihide Muroya is a Japanese aerobatics pilot and race pilot of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. He started glider flight training in 1991 because it was an inexpensive way to fly. Muroya went to the United States privately to earn his airplane licens ...

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Pete McLeod Pete McLeod (born February 23, 1984 in Kapuskasing, Ontario) is a Canadian professional aerobatic pilot whose first competitive flight was in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2009. Biography Raised in Red Lake, a small town in Nort ...

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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 c ...