October 31, 2008 —If you can’t be there, you can still see the action in real time. That’s because for the first time, a Red Bull Air Race will be broadcast live over the Internet.
This weekend’s race, held in Perth, Australia, is the final event in this year's series and will determine the overall champion. Leading the competition is Hannes Arch, of Austria, with 54 points. In second is Britain’s Paul Bonhomme with 45 points; American Kirby Chambliss is third with 44 points.
Bonhomme, who has won three races this year, could still win the title if he collects nine points for a victory and Arch fails to finish in the points. Chambliss, the 2006 World Champion, and Mike Mangold, the 2005 and 2007 champion who is in fourth with 43 points, will be trying to overtake Bonhomme to get second place.
All 12 of the Red Bull pilots will fly in this weekend's competition. Going in to the race in fifth through 12th place include Peter Besenyei (Hungary), Steve Jones (UK), Nigel Lamb (UK), Michael Goulian (USA), Alejandro Maclean (Spain), Nicolas Ivanoff (France), Sergey Rakhmanin (Russia), and Glen Dell (South Africa).
More than 300,000 people are expected to watch the race, held along the banks of the Swan River, as the pilots perform high-speed and high-G maneuvers through the course, while trying to avoid the tiniest miscue. "It's going to be a very difficult, fast, twisting and turning track which will require a refined race line," said Drew Searle, one of the race organizers. "This should result in a track that's much more about pilot judgment than just pure speed."
Click here to go to the live webcast. Since the race is live on Sunday, Australian time, the time of the webcast will depend on where you are, including:
- New York: Nov 1, 11:55 p.m. - 2:30 am. EDT
- San Francisco: Nov 1, 8:55-11:30 p.m. PDT
- London: Nov 2, 3:55-6:30 a.m. UTC
- China, Bejing: Nov 2, 11:55 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
- Brazil, Rio: Nov 2, 1:55-4:30 a.m.
If you miss the live webcast, you’ll be able to watch the replays afterward.
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America’s Kirby Chambliss and Britain’s Nigel Lamb and Steve Jones fly out of Perth and over the nearby Indian Ocean for the traditional formation flight on Thursday ahead of the weekend’s racing. Photo: Red Bull Air Race
Red Bull pilots fly over the picturesque Rottnest Island.
Photo: Red Bull Air Race
The Red Bull Air Race World Series Champion will be determined after this weekend’s race in Perth.
Photo: Red Bull Air Race
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