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The Flying Matador Speaks About a Tough 2009

Arguably one of the most charismatic pilots in the paddock, Alejandro (or simply Alex) Maclean is a seasoned Red Bull Air Race pilot with an experienced team...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about about 1 month ago 45 reads 0 comments
Arch Catches Up to Bonhomme in Barcelona Qualifying

Hannes Arch (AUT) appears to have found his mojo again! The Austrian flew a very disciplined qualifying round to take pole position, take a crucial championship point, and narrow the gap to Paul Bonhomme (GBR) to three points...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about about 1 month ago 18 reads 0 comments
Red Bull Air Race Aircraft of 2009: Who'll Be Flying What?

The 2009 Red Bull Air Race season will begin in less than two months, and with the schedule set, the pilots ready to fly and the tickets on sale, we wonder as to who will be flying what and what their aircraft will look like...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 8 months ago 594 reads 2 comments
What Does 2009 Hold For Air Racing's Experienced Pilots? Pt. 3: Positions 1-4

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Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 8 months ago 108 reads 2 comments
What Happened to Steve Jones?

Everybody in the air racing community has been asking what happened to the likable Englishman after the roster came out with only 15, as opposed to 16 pilots in the premier series of air racing...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 8 months ago 311 reads 3 comments
What Does 2009 Hold For Air Racing's Experienced Pilots? Pt. 2: Positions 5-8

For Part II of my 2008 pilot analyses for the Red Bull Air Race, I will be looking at the mid-field. This group was one where they had a combination of both good and bad luck in equal doses...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 8 months ago 111 reads 0 comments
Bonhomme Wins Porto As Hall Takes First Podium

2009 Could be Paul Bonhomme's (GBR) year, but the season isn't over, so let us not jump to conclusions too quickly! The Portuguese stop in the 2009 edition of the Red Bull Air Race saw both a ...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 2 months ago 76 reads 0 comments
Bonhomme Takes Point as Qualifying Turns Upside Down in Porto

This was a week to behold for the Red Bull Air Race as fog bestowed the very beautiful and historical section of the Douro River thereby resulting in the 15 pilots involved not being able to put a lot of time in track training this previous week...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 2 months ago 19 reads 0 comments
What Does 2009 Hold for Air Racing's Experienced Pilots? Pt. 1: Positions 9-12

The Red Bull Air Race enters its seventh season during April in Abu Dhabi (with the reporter being present at the event)...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 9 months ago 114 reads 2 comments
Correspondent's Thoughts: Too Many Thoughts Ahead of Porto

Porto is another one of those beautiful and scenic races in the Red Bull Air Race World Series. The course gives more of a drag race feeling than any sort of technical track that was experienced ...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 2 months ago 37 reads 0 comments
Red Bull Air Race: Porto Preview

Hello everybody! We are reaching the final races of the 2009 Red Bull Air Race season and the championship is still wide open for the taking, with Paul Bonhomme and Hannes Arch neck-and-neck...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 2 months ago 129 reads 0 comments
Rules of the Red Bull Air Race: A Look at Penalties

The Red Bull Air Race is an ever-evolving sport in a manner similar to ground-based motorsports. In motorsports like Formula One, the driver has to be the fastest in order to win, a similarity ...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 9 months ago 96 reads 0 comments
New Schedule, New Format, New Pilots for the Red Bull Air Race 2009

The Red Bull Air Race will begin 2009 in the traditional manner by starting off in Abu Dhabi. However, absent from the schedule is London, Rotterdam, and Perth...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 9 months ago 358 reads 0 comments
An Hour With Matt Hall, Part III: Talking New Team and Fan Q & A

Matt Hall and I sat down together for a telephone chat on a dreary January afternoon. As well as talking at length about his team, his goals, and answering questions that fans had for him, Matt ...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 9 months ago 92 reads -1 comments
America Dominates the Danube as Michael Goulian Wins in Budapest.

Four races in and four different pilots have stood on the top step of the podium this year in the Red Bull Air Race. This was a weekend for the Americans. Michael Goulian clinched his first and long-awaited career win and in Budapest of all places...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 3 months ago 55 reads 0 comments
Red Bull Air Race: Paul Bonhomme on Paul Bonhomme's 2009!

Competitive, quick, smooth, and witty can all easily describe the British ace who has a monkey on his back: two second-places in the championship in a row and this happening when it was looking certain that he would win it all...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 3 months ago 122 reads 0 comments
Red Bull Air Race Budapest Preview

The Red Bull Air Race is a sport in change all the time, but one thing that never changes is the fact that Budapest hosts a round. Budapest has often been equated to the Monaco Grand Prix of the Red Bull Air Race...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 3 months ago 223 reads 0 comments
Red Bull Air Race: 2009 According to Michael Goulian

One of the unluckiest pilots in the Red Bull Air Race this season is undoubtedly American Michael Goulian. As well, the man from Boston is one of the nicest guys on the field, but he has had ...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 3 months ago 182 reads 2 comments
An Hour With: Matt Hall: Part II: Training, Equipment and Much More!

Matt Hall is Australia's first Red Bull Air Race pilot. A decorated Top Gun in the Air Force, Matt has flown combat missions all over the world including Iraq...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 10 months ago 105 reads 0 comments
Red Bull Air Race Budapest: Perspectives of a Hometown Hero

The European rounds of the Red Bull Air Race will begin in a fortnight with Budapest being the first of the final three rounds followed by Porto, Portugal and Barcelona, Spain...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 3 months ago 101 reads 2 comments
Achieving the Fastest Time Possible: A Real 'Weighting' Game!

In 2008, the Red Bull Air Race grew into a serious sport with aerodynamic modifications galore made with the most notable being Hannes Arch's new canopy at Rotterdam last year...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 4 months ago 104 reads -1 comments
An Hour With: Matt Hall: Part I: The Air Force, Aerobatics & Air Race Quali Camp

If you were to mention the name "Matt Hall" here in North America, one would think that you were talking about a friend of yours perhaps but the end result is nothing significant...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 10 months ago 169 reads 0 comments
Ask The Air Racer: Matt Hall

To start 2009 off over here at the Red Bull Air Race section on Bleacher Report, I will be interviewing the Australian Red Bull Air Race Rookie Matt Hall...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 10 months ago 94 reads 1 comments
Red Bull Air Race 2009 Mid-Season Review

Three races down, three to go, and three different winners so far—Hannes Arch, Nicolas Ivanoff and Paul Bonhomme! The championship is as wide open as it was at the beginning of the season...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 4 months ago 223 reads 0 comments
Most Memorable, Most Spectacular, Most Interesting in the Red Bull Air Race

2008 is coming to a close and while we get our snow shovels out and put our aircraft away in their hangars, I like to sit here over a cup of hot chocolate and think of the most interesting and ...

Written by Sheiban Shakeri about 11 months ago 42 reads 0 comments

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Red Bull Air Race Article Archive

The Flying Matador Speaks About a Tough 2009

Arch Catches Up to Bonhomme in Barcelona Qualifying

Red Bull Air Race Aircraft of 2009: Who'll Be Flying What?

What Does 2009 Hold For Air Racing's Experienced Pilots? Pt. 3: Positions 1-4

What Happened to Steve Jones?

What Does 2009 Hold For Air Racing's Experienced Pilots? Pt. 2: Positions 5-8

Bonhomme Wins Porto As Hall Takes First Podium

Bonhomme Takes Point as Qualifying Turns Upside Down in Porto

What Does 2009 Hold for Air Racing's Experienced Pilots? Pt. 1: Positions 9-12

Correspondent's Thoughts: Too Many Thoughts Ahead of Porto

Red Bull Air Race: Porto Preview

Rules of the Red Bull Air Race: A Look at Penalties

New Schedule, New Format, New Pilots for the Red Bull Air Race 2009

An Hour With Matt Hall, Part III: Talking New Team and Fan Q & A

America Dominates the Danube as Michael Goulian Wins in Budapest.

Red Bull Air Race: Paul Bonhomme on Paul Bonhomme's 2009!

Red Bull Air Race Budapest Preview

Red Bull Air Race: 2009 According to Michael Goulian

An Hour With: Matt Hall: Part II: Training, Equipment and Much More!

Red Bull Air Race Budapest: Perspectives of a Hometown Hero

Achieving the Fastest Time Possible: A Real 'Weighting' Game!

An Hour With: Matt Hall: Part I: The Air Force, Aerobatics & Air Race Quali Camp

Ask The Air Racer: Matt Hall

Red Bull Air Race 2009 Mid-Season Review

Most Memorable, Most Spectacular, Most Interesting in the Red Bull Air Race

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