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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 ==

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!No.

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!Rounds Contested

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

| [[Edge 540]]

| All

|<{{center>|5}}

| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[~~Peter~~Péter Besenyei]]

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

| All

|<{{center>|7}}

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

| MX Aircraft MXS-R

| 1

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| {{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

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

| Edge 540

| All

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| {{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

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=== 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 were [[Martin Šonka]] from the Czech Republic and [[Adilson Kindlemann]] from Brazil.

== Race calendar and results ==

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| [[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 ~~~~| ~~deadurl~~url-status= nolive}}</ref>

! 8

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== Championship standings ==

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! rowspan="2"| Rank

! rowspan="2"| Pilot

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

! rowspan="2"| ~~Total~~ Points

!{{flagicon|UAE}} UAE

~~!United Arab Emirates~~

! {{flagicon|AUS}} AUS

~~! Australia~~

! {{flagicon|BRA}} BRA

~~! Brazil~~

! {{flagicon|CAN}} CAN

~~! Canada~~

! {{flagicon|USA}} USA

~~! United States~~

! {{flagicon|DEU}} GER

~~! Germany~~

! 1

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

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

|style="background:~~black; color:white~~#ffffff;"| ~~DSQ~~EX

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

! 31

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! 10

| ~~Peter~~Péter Besenyei

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

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

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

~~|style="background:#ffffff;"| DNS~~

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

! 5

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| Adilson Kindlemann

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

~~|style="background:blank; color:black;"| EX~~

! 0

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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>

During qualifying for the race in Windsor, Matt Hall nearly crashed his aircraft 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> The aircraft lost lift after a series of high-G turns and dipped both wings and a wheel into the water before Hall powered up and out of what could have been a bad wreck. His aircraft 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>

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 |~~deadurl=yes |df~~url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==

== 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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