The Red Bull Air Race World Championship will be back in the skies in February 2014 with a full seven-race World Championship staged in 6 countries on 3 continents. The return of the world’s fastest motorsport series was announced at a news conference at the Putrajaya Maritime Centre in Malaysia on Tuesday.
The return of the Red Bull Air Race in 2014 is a dream-come-true for the pilots who helped build the high-speed, low-altitude racing into a popular motorsport watched by millions of fans around the world. The series will be back with the defending World Champion as well as 2008 winner Hannes Arch in the 12-pilot field after it took a three-year break to improve safety and reorganize. There will be a number of technical improvements, including standard engines and propellers for all pilots, changes to the lightweight nylon pylon material to make them even easier to burst apart if they are clipped by plane wings and raising the height of the pylons that the pilots pass through from 20 to 25 meters.
Another safety feature and also a sporting highlight is the new Challengers Cup competition that will be introduced in 2014. It will give new pilots who qualify for that stepping-stone competition valuable experience racing in the tracks on certain Red Bull Air Race stops.
More information on www.redbullairrace.com
THE RACE CALENDAR
1. Abu Dhabi, UAE: 28 Feb /1 March
2. Putrajaya, MAS: 17/18 May
3. Gdynia, POL: 26/27 July
4. Ascot, GBR: 16/17 Augusp
5. Dallas/Fort Worth, USA: 6/7 September
6. Las Vegas, USA: 11/12 October
7. CHINA: 1/2 November
