2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
# 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

The 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the thirteenth Red Bull Air Race World Championship series.

## Aircraft and pilots

### Master Class

| No. | Pilot | Aircraft | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Cristian Bolton | Zivko Edge 540 V2 | All |
| 11 | Mikaël Brageot | MX Aircraft MXS | All |
| 10 | Kirby Chambliss | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | All |
| 21 | Matthias Dolderer | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | All |
| 99 | Michael Goulian | Zivko Edge 540 V2 | All |
| 95 | Matt Hall | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | All |
| 27 | Nicolas Ivanoff | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | All |
| 18 | Petr Kopfstein | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | All |
| 12 | François Le Vot | Zivko Edge 540 V2 | All |
| 84 | Pete McLeod | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | All |
| 31 | Yoshihide Muroya | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | All |
| 24 | Ben Murphy | Zivko Edge 540 V2 | All |
| 8 | Martin Šonka | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | All |
| 26 | Juan Velarde | Zivko Edge 540 V2 | All |

**Pilot changes**

* Peter Podlunšek retired the master class pilot of Red Bull Air Race following the final round of the 2017 season.
* 2017 Challenger Class pilot of Red Bull Air Race Ben Murphy made his debut in the Master Class.

### Challenger Class

* All Challenger Cup Pilots used a Zivko Edge 540 V2.

| No. | Pilot | Rounds |
| - | - | - |
| 33 | Mélanie Astles | 2–4, 6 |
| 62 | Florian Bergér | 1, 3, 7–8 |
| 7 | Kenny Chiang | 3–8 |
| 48 | Kevin Coleman | 1, 4–5, 7–8 |
| 32 | Dario Costa | 1–2, 4, 6–7 |
| 6 | Luke Czepiela | 1, 3–4, 6, 8 |
| 77 | Patrick Davidson | 1–2, 4–5, 7 |
| 78 | Daniel Genevey | 1–3, 5, 7 |
| 17 | Daniel Ryfa | 1–2, 5–6, 8 |
| 15 | Baptiste Vignes | 2–3, 5–8 |

**Pilot changes**

* Italy's Dario Costa and South Africa's Patrick Davidson will make their debuts in the Challenger Class.

## Race calendar and results

The eight-event calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 8 November 2017. Chiba of rounds 3 were announced on 6 March 2018. On 24 July 2018, the season finale was announced to be held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.

| Round | Country | Location | Date | Fastest Qualifying | Winning Pilot | Winning Aircraft | Winning Challenger |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 2–3 February | Matthias Dolderer | Michael Goulian | Zivko Edge 540 V2 | Florian Bergér |
| 2 | France | Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 21–22 April | Michael Goulian | Matt Hall | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | Daniel Ryfa |
| 3 | Japan | Makuhari, Chiba | 26–27 May | Michael Goulian | Matt Hall | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | Not held |
| 4 | Hungary | Budapest, Central Hungary | 23–24 June | Martin Šonka | Martin Šonka | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | Luke Czepiela |
| 5 | Russia | Kazan, Tatarstan | 25–26 August | Matthias Dolderer | Martin Šonka | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | Kevin Coleman |
| 6 | Austria | Wiener Neustadt, Austria | 15–16 September | Yoshihide Muroya | Martin Šonka | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | R1: Kenny Chiang R2: Kenny Chiang |
| 7 | United States | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana | 6–7 October | Martin Šonka | Michael Goulian | Zivko Edge 540 V2 | Florian Bergér |
| 8 | United States | Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth | 17–18 November | Matthias Dolderer | Martin Šonka | Zivko Edge 540 V3 | Luke Czepiela |

## Championship standings

### Master Class

**Master Class scoring system**

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11–14th |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Pos. | Pilot | ABU | CAN | CHI | BUD | KAZ | WIN | IND | FTW | Points |
| 1 | Martin Šonka | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 80 |
| 2 | Matt Hall | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 75 |
| 3 | Michael Goulian | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 73 |
| 4 | Mikaël Brageot | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | Yoshihide Muroya | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 40 |
| 6 | Kirby Chambliss | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 34 |
| 7 | Ben Murphy | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Pete McLeod | 14 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 |
| 9 | Juan Velarde | 11 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 10 | Nicolas Ivanoff | 10 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 11 | François Le Vot | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 22 |
| 12 | Matthias Dolderer | 13 | 2 | 8 | DNS | 13 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 17 |
| 13 | Petr Kopfstein | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 16 |
| 14 | Cristian Bolton | 12 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 12 |
| Pos. | Pilot | ABU | CAN | CHI | BUD | KAZ | WIN | IND | FTW | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Challenger Class

**Challenger Class scoring system**

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6-8th |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Pos. | Pilot | ABU | CAN | BUD | KAZ | WIN | IND | FTW | Drop | Points |
| 1 | Luke Czepiela | 2 | | 1 | 6 | 2 | | 1 | | 36 |
| 2 | Florian Bergér | 1 | | 2 | | | 1 | 2 | | 36 |
| 3 | Kevin Coleman | 3 | | | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | | 30 |
| 4 | Baptiste Vignes | | 2 | 5 | | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Patrick Davidson | 6 | 5 | | 2 | 4 | 3 | | | 20 |
| 6 | Kenny Chiang | | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | | 16 |
| 7 | Daniel Ryfa | 5 | 1 | | | 8 | | 5 | | 14 |
| 8 | Dario Costa | 4 | 3 | | 5 | 7 | 5 | | | 14 |
| 9 | Mélanie Astles | | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | | | | 14 |
| 10 | Daniel Genevey | 7 | 6 | 3 | | 6 | 6 | | | 6 |
| Pos. | Pilot | ABU | CAN | BUD | KAZ | WIN | IND | FTW | Drop | Points |
