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|link colspan="2" style="padding:0 1em;border-bottom:1px #aaa solid;" |'''2010 [[Red Bull Air Race World Championship]]'''

|Next:title = [[2011 Red Bull Air Race World Championship|2011]]▼

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|Previous: [[2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship|2009]]

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[[File:Paul Bonhomme.jpg|thumb|right|[[Paul Bonhomme]] claimed his second consecutive Air Race World Championship, defeating [[Hannes Arch]] by four points.]]

The '''2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship''' was the eighth official Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. [[Paul Bonhomme]] became champion for the second successive year, finishing each of the six rounds of the championship in the top three placings, two of which were victories. [[Hannes Arch]] was the only other round winner, taking four victories but finished four points behind Bonhomme, after an eleventh-place finish in the season-opener in the United Arab Emirates. [[Nigel Lamb]] finished third with three runner-up placings, and three fourth places.

At the end of the season, Red Bull Air Race GmbH announced that the series would take a one-year break in 2011, to reorganize and strengthen development and commercial aspects of the series.<ref>[http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satellite/en_air/Article/STATEMENT---World-Championship-confirms-one-year-021242877560993?refmod=ContentFeed&refmodpos=A3 World Championship confirms one-year break in 2011]</ref>

==Aircraft and pilots==▼

▲== Aircraft and pilots ==

{|class="wikitable"

!No.

!Pilot

!Aircraft

!Rounds Contested

|-

|<{{center>|4}}

| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kirby Chambliss]]

| [[Edge 540]]

| All

|-

|<{{center>|5}}

| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[PeterPéter Besenyei]]

| [[MX Aircraft MXS|MX Aircraft MXS-R]]

| All

|-

|<{{center>|7}}

| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adilson Kindlemann]]<ref name="kindelmann"/>

| MX Aircraft MXS-R

| [[MSX-R]]

| 1

|-

|<{{center>|8}}

| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Martin Šonka]]

| [[Edge 540]]

| All

|-

|<{{center>|9}}

| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Nigel Lamb]]

| [[MX Aircraft MXS-R]]

| All

|-

|<{{center>|18}}

| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Rakhmanin]]

| [[MX Aircraft MXS-R]]

| All

|-

|<{{center>|21}}

| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Matthias Dolderer]]

| [[Edge 540]]

| All

|-

|<{{center>|27}}

| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Ivanoff]]

| [[Edge 540]]

| All

|-

|<{{center>|28}}

| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hannes Arch]]

| [[Edge 540]]

| All

|-

|<{{center>|31}}

| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshihide Muroya]]

| [[Edge 540]]

| 1–4, 6

|-

|<{{center>|36}}

| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alejandro Maclean]]

| [[MX Aircraft MXS-R]]

| All

|-

|<{{center>|55}}

| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Paul Bonhomme]]

| [[Edge 540]]

| All

|-

|<{{center>|84}}

| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Pete McLeod]]

| [[Edge 540]]

| All

|-

|<{{center>|95}}

| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Matt Hall (pilot)|Matt Hall]]

| [[MX Aircraft MXS-R]]

| 1–4, 6

|-

|<{{center>|99}}

| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Goulian]]

| [[Edge 540]]

| All

|}

=== New pilots ===

Two new pilots joined the Red Bull Air Race Series for 2010 season as [[Mike Mangold]] and [[Glen Dell]] left the series. They arewere [[Martin Šonka]] from [[the Czech Republic]] and [[Adilson Kindlemann]] from [[Brazil]].

== Race calendar and results ==

{|class="wikitable"

!Round

Line 105 ⟶ 107:

|-

! 1

| {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Mina' Zayid]], [[Abu Dhabi]]

| [[United Arab Emirates]]

| March 26–27

| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hannes Arch]]

| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Paul Bonhomme]]

| [[Edge 540]]

|-

! 2

| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]], [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]]

| [[Australia]]

| April 17–18

| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Paul Bonhomme]]

| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hannes Arch]]

| [[Edge 540]]

|-

! 3

| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Flamengo|Flamengo Beach]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]

| [[Brazil]]

| May 8–9

| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hannes Arch]]

| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hannes Arch]]

| [[Edge 540]]

|-

! 4

| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Ontario]]

| [[Canada]]

| June 5–6

| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Nigel Lamb]]

| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hannes Arch]]

| [[Edge 540]]

|-

! 5

| {{flagicon|USA}} [[New York City]]

| [[United States]]

| June 19–20

| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hannes Arch]]

| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Paul Bonhomme]]

| [[Edge 540]]

|-

! 6

| {{flagicon|GER}} [[EuroSpeedway Lausitz]]

| [[Germany]]

| August 7–8

| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Paul Bonhomme]]

| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hannes Arch]]

| [[Edge 540]]

|-

! 7

| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[River Danube]], [[Budapest]]

| [[Hungary]]

|colspan=4 align=center| Cancelled<ref name="HUN-cancelled">{{cite web |url=http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satellite/en_air/Article/Champion-to-be-crowned-in-Germany-following-021242872555117?refmod=ContentFeed&refmodpos=A1 |title=Champion to be crowned in Germany following Budapest cancellation |work=RedBullAirRace.com |date=July 13, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100716142727/http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satellite/en_air/Article/Champion-to-be-crowned-in-Germany-following-021242872555117?refmod=ContentFeed&refmodpos=A1| archivedate= 16 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

|-

! 8

| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Lisbon]]

| [[Portugal]]

|colspan=4 align=center| Cancelled<ref name="POR-cancelled">{{cite web |url=http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satellite/en_air/Article/Final-round-of-the-World-Championship-2010-in-021242870739151?refmod=ContentFeed&refmodpos=A5 |title=Final round of the World Championship 2010 in Portugal Cancelled |work=RedBullAirRace.com |date=July 7, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2010}}</ref>

|}

== Championship standings ==

{|

|

{|class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2"| Rank

! rowspan="2"| Pilot

! colspan="6"| Race Results (Place)

! [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]]<br>{{flagicon|UAE}}

! Totalrowspan="2"| Points▼

! [[Australia|AUS]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}}

▲|-

! [[Brazil|BRA]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}}

! [[Canada|CAN]]<br>{{flagicon|CANUAE}}<br>UAE

! [[United States|USA]]<br>{{flagicon|USAAUS}}<br>AUS

! [[Germany|GER]]<br>{{flagicon|GERBRA}}<br>BRA

! [[Canada|CAN]]<br>{{flagicon|CAN}}<br>CAN▼

▲! Total Points

! {{flagicon|USA}}<br>USA

! {{flagicon|DEU}}<br>GER

|-

! 1

| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Paul Bonhomme]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffffbf;"| 1

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3*

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffffbf;"| 1

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2*

! 64

|-

! 2

| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hannes Arch]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 11*

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffffbf;"| 1

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffffbf;"| 1*

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffffbf;"| 1

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 4*

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffffbf;"| 1

! 60

|-

! 3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Nigel Lamb]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 4

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 4*

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 4

! 55

|-

! 4

| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kirby Chambliss]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 6

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 8

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 5

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 6

! 41

|-

! 5

| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Pete McLeod]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 5

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 5

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 7

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 9

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 5

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 8

! 33

|-

! 6

| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Ivanoff]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 9

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 6

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 6

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 7

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 6

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 5

! 33

|-

! 7

| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Matt Hall]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 8

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 4

|style="background:black; color:white;"| DSQ

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffffff;"| DNSEX

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3

! 31

|-

! 8

| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Matthias Dolderer]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 7

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 7

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 10

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 5

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 10

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 7

! 26

|-

! 9

| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Goulian]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 4

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 11

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 8

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 6

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 7

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 13

! 24

|-

! 10

| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[PeterPéter Besenyei]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 10

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 11

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 10

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 8

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 9

! 21

|-

! 11

| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alejandro Maclean]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 12

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 13

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 9

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 11

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 9

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 10

! 9

|-

! 12

| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshihide Muroya]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 10

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 9

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 12

|bgcolorstyle="background:#ffffff;"| DNS

|-▼

|bgcolor=#ffffff| DNS

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 12

! 5

|-

! 13

| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Rakhmanin]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 15

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 12

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 14

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 8

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 12

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 14

! 4

|-

! 14

| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Martin Šonka]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 13

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 14

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 13

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 12

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 11

|bgcolorstyle="background:#dfffdf;"| 11

! 2

|-

! 15

| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adilson Kindlemann]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#cfcfff;"| 14

|

|bgcolor=#ffffff| DNS

|

|bgcolor=#ffffff| DNS

|

|bgcolor=#ffffff| DNS

|

|bgcolor=#ffffff| DNS

|

|bgcolor=#ffffff| DNS

! 0

▲|-

! Rank

! Pilot

! [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]]<br>{{flagicon|UAE}}

! [[Australia|AUS]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}}

! [[Brazil|BRA]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}}

▲! [[Canada|CAN]]<br>{{flagicon|CAN}}

! [[United States|USA]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}}

! [[Germany|GER]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}}

! Total Points

|}

|valign="top"|

{{Motorsport driver results legend}}

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

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== Incidents ==

At about 11:50AM local time, (3:50 UTC) on 15 April, Brazilian pilot Adilson Kindlemann crashed his MXS-R<ref name="mxs">"[http://www.mxaircraft.com/more.php?id=11&data=February%2011,%202010&titolo=Recent%20atrical%20in%20the%20Wilkes%20Record%20newspaper MX Aircraft News ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084654/http://www.mxaircraft.com/more.php?id=11&data=February%2011,%202010&titolo=Recent%20atrical%20in%20the%20Wilkes%20Record%20newspaper |date=2016-03-04 }}", ''[[MX Aircraft MX2|MX Aircraft]]'', February 11, 2010, Retrieved April 15, 2010</ref> aircraft into the [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]] in Perth, Western Australia during practice. Rescuers were on the scene within one minute. Kindlemann was taken to [[Royal Perth Hospital]] where it was found that he had no serious injuries.<ref name="kindelmann">{{cite web| title = Red Bull Plane Crashes into River| publisher = TheWest.com.au| date = 2010-04-15| url = http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/7065915/red-bull-plane-crashes-into-river/| accessdate = 2010-04-15| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100622171531/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/7065915/red-bull-plane-crashes-into-river/| archive-date = 2010-06-22| url-status = dead}}</ref> It was only the previous day (14 April) that the pilots completed their underwater emergency training. Kindlemann was the first South American to contest the Air Race and was three-times Brazilian aerobatics champion (Unlimited category) when he joined the competition with 18 years aerobatics experience; over 11,000 hours flight time; and about 1,200 hours of aerobatics, as detailed on the official Red Bull Air Race website.<ref name="profile">"[http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satellite/en_air/Profile/Adilson-Kindlemann-021242804320233?CategoryName=Red+Bull+Air+Race&p=1238611393596 Profile-Adilson Kindlemann ]", ''[[Red Bull Air Race]]'', Retrieved April 15, 2010</ref><ref name="theage">“[http://www.theage.com.au/national/airrace-plane-crashes-into-river-20100415-sggi.html?autostart=1 Air-race plane crashes into river ]”, ''[[The Age]]'', April 15, 2010, Retrieved April 15, 2010</ref>

At about 11:50AM local time, (3:50 UTC) of 15 April 2010 Brazilian pilot [[Adilson Kindlemann]] crashed his MXS-R<ref name="mxs">"[http://www.mxaircraft.com/more.php?id=11&data=February%2011,%202010&titolo=Recent%20atrical%20in%20the%20Wilkes%20Record%20newspaper MX Aircraft News ]", ''[[MX Aircraft MX2|MX Aircraft]]'', February 11, 2010, Retrieved April 15, 2010</ref>

aircraft into the [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]], [[Perth, Western Australia]] during practice. Rescuers were on the scene within one minute. Kindlemann was taken to [[Royal Perth Hospital]] where it was found that he had no serious injuries.<ref name="kindelmann">{{cite web| title = Red Bull Plane Crashes into River| publisher = TheWest.com.au| date = 2010-04-15| url = http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/7065915/red-bull-plane-crashes-into-river/| accessdate = 2010-04-15}}</ref> It was only the previous day (14 April) that the pilots completed their underwater emergency training.

During qualifying for the race in Windsor, Matt Hall nearly crashed his planeaircraft into the [[Detroit River]].<ref>[http://www.freep.com/article/20100607/SPORTS18/6070355/Pilot-Matt-Hall-tells-how-he-avoided-crash-into-Detroit-River Detroit Free Press: Pilot Matt Hall tells how he avoided crash into Detroit River]</ref> HeThe aircraft lost lift in his plane after a series of high-G turns and dipped both wings and a wheel into the water before poweringHall powered up and out of what could have been a bad wreck. His planeaircraft was too damaged to continue and he was disqualified from competing both that weekend and the following race in New York.<ref>[http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satellite/en_air/Article/Australia%E2%80%99s-race-pilot,-Matt-Hall-will-not-021242862489661 Australia's Race Pilot, Matt Hall will not compete in New York]</ref>▼

Kindlemann is the first South American to contest the Air Race and is three-times Brazilian aerobatics champion(Unlimited category). He has 18 years aerobatics experience, over 11,000 hours flight time, about 1,200 hours of aerobatics, and has performed over 300 shows in Brazil, as detailed on the official Red Bull Air Race website.<ref name="profile">"[http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satellite/en_air/Profile/Adilson-Kindlemann-021242804320233?CategoryName=Red+Bull+Air+Race&p=1238611393596 Profile-Adilson Kindlemann ]", ''[[Red Bull Air Race]]'', Retrieved April 15, 2010</ref><ref name="theage"> “[http://www.theage.com.au/national/airrace-plane-crashes-into-river-20100415-sggi.html?autostart=1 Air-race plane crashes into river ]”, ''[[The Age]]'', April 15, 2010, Retrieved April 15, 2010 </ref>

Spanish pilot Alejandro Maclean was killed on 17 August, when his aircraft crashed into the ground while performing a manoeuvre during a training exercise at [[Casarrubios del Monte]] in Spain.<ref name="thenational.ae">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100817/FOREIGN/100809562/1002/NEWS |title=Red Bull Air Race pilot killed during stunt flight |accessdate=2010-08-17 |work=thenational.ae |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822192654/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100817%2FFOREIGN%2F100809562%2F1002%2FNEWS |archivedate=22 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

▲During qualifying for the race in Windsor, Matt Hall nearly crashed his plane into the [[Detroit River]].<ref>[http://www.freep.com/article/20100607/SPORTS18/6070355/Pilot-Matt-Hall-tells-how-he-avoided-crash-into-Detroit-River Detroit Free Press: Pilot Matt Hall tells how he avoided crash into Detroit River]</ref> He lost lift in his plane after a series of high-G turns and dipped both wings and a wheel into the water before powering up and out of what could have been a bad wreck. His plane was too damaged to continue and he was disqualified from competing both that weekend and the following race in New York.<ref>[http://www.redbullairrace.com/cs/Satellite/en_air/Article/Australia%E2%80%99s-race-pilot,-Matt-Hall-will-not-021242862489661 Australia's Race Pilot, Matt Hall will not compete in New York]</ref>

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [http://www.redbullairrace.com/ Red Bull Air Race official website]

* [http://www.air-races.com/ Unofficial Air Race website]

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