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2005 Red Bull Air Race World Series

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The 2005 Red Bull Air Race World Series was the third Red Bull Air Race World Series season. It began on April 8, 2005 and ended on October 8.

In the 2005 season, the RAF Kemble in the United Kingdom was replaced by Longleat and Reno, Nevada in the United States with San Francisco, California. The number of race locations grew from three to seven by adding Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Zeltweg in Austria and Rock of Cashel in Ireland.

The previous year's competitors from the USA, Michael Goulian and Martin David, did not participate in the 2005 season. British Nigel Lamb joined the Red Bull Air Race from the Longleat leg onwards. American pilot Mike Mangold, won five of the seven races, became champion in 2005 with a total of 36 points followed by Hungarian Péter Besenyei (32 points). Kirby Chambliss from the United States, ranked on third place with 21 points.

Race calendar

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2005 Red Bull Air Race World Series
Race Calendar
Leg Date Place Country
1 April 8 Port of Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
2 June 12 Erasmusbrug, Rotterdam Netherlands The Netherlands
3 June 25 Zeltweg Air Base Austria Austria
4 July 24 Rock of Cashel Republic of Ireland Ireland
5 August 7 Longleat, Wiltshire United Kingdom United Kingdom
6 August 20 River Danube, Budapest Hungary Hungary
7 October 8 Marina Green and Aquatic Park,
San Francisco, California
United States United States

Standings and results

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2005 Red Bull Air Race World Series
Standings and Results
Rank Pilot UAE United Arab Emirates NED Netherlands AUT Austria IRL Republic of Ireland GBR United Kingdom HUN Hungary United States United States Total Points
1 USA Mike Mangold 3 1 1 5 1 1 1 36
2 Hungary Péter Besenyei 1 2 2 1 3 4 4 32
3 USA Kirby Chambliss 9 4 4 DNS 2 2 2 21
4 Germany Klaus Schrodt 5 3 7 4 4 5 3 18
5 United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme 6 7 3 3 5 3 5 17
6 United Kingdom Steve Jones 2 5 5 6 6 6 9 12
7 France Nicolas Ivanoff 4 6 6 2 7 7 6 11
8= The Netherlands Frank Versteegh 8 8 8 7 8 DNS 8 0
8= Spain Alejandro Maclean 7 9 9 TP 10 9 10 0
8= United Kingdom Nigel Lamb DNP DNP DNP DNP 9 8 7 0

Legend:

  • DNP: Did not participate
  • DNS: Did not show
  • TP: Technical problems

Aircraft

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2005 Red Bull Air Race World Series
Aircraft
Aircraft Constructor Pilot
CAP-232 France CAP Aviation France Nicolas Ivanoff
Extra 230 Germany Extra Flugzeugbau France Nicolas Ivanoff
Extra 300L Germany Extra Flugzeugbau United Kingdom Nigel Lamb
Spain Alejandro Maclean
The Netherlands Frank Versteegh
Extra 300S Germany Extra Flugzeugbau Hungary Péter Besenyei
United Kingdom Paul Bonhomme
United Kingdom Steve Jones
Germany Klaus Schrodt
Sukhoi Su-26 Soviet Union Sukhoi Corporation Spain Alejandro Maclean
Sukhoi Su-31 Soviet Union Sukhoi Corporation Spain Alejandro Maclean
Zivko Edge 540 United States Zivko Aeronautics USA Kirby Chambliss
USA Mike Mangold
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