AOPA Pilot Magazine - April 2018 - 40

PILOT BRIEFING

MILESTONES |

Goulian wins Red Bull Air Race in Dubai
His first win since 2009
THE RED BULL AIR RACE World Championship
opened in early February in Abu Dhabi and
it was loaded with surprises. USA's Michael
Goulian logged his first victory since 2009 to
claim the top of the overall leaderboard for
the first time in his career. Defending World
Champion Yoshihide "Yoshi" Muroya was second, with the Czech Republic's Martin Šonka
initially placing in third. He was disqualified for
a technical infringement of the rules.
Red Bull said Goulian took full advantage of
the perfect weather conditions. Known for having great promise but often failing to convert
early-race speed into a podium appearance, the
Massachusetts native was icy cool, Red Bull said.
Going first in the Final 4, he delivered one of the
best times of the day, 53.695 seconds, to Šonka's
54.650, and a 54.768 from fellow American Kirby
Chambliss. It was all down to Muroya, and while

the Japanese ace flew cleanly, his 53.985 gave
Goulian his first win since Budapest 2009, and
the second of his career.
"It was awesome. It's been a long time coming to get to the second win and my whole team
is over the moon," said Goulian. "Now we need
consistency. There are 13 other great pilots in
the Red Bull Air Race, and I feel nothing but
excitement for the rest of the year."
Another unexpected high point came from
Great Britain's Ben Murphy, the only newcomer
to the World Championship this season, who
advanced to the Round of 8 in his first race.
Next up is the long-awaited debut of the Red
Bull Air Race in France, when the raceplanes
fly above the Côte d'Azur at Cannes on April
21 and 22.
WEB

www.redbullairrace.com

RED BULL AIR RACE 2018 CALENDAR
April 21-22 Cannes, France
May 26-27 Europe, location TBA
June 23-24 Budapest, Hungary
August 4-5 Asia, location TBA

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August 25-26 Kazan, Russia
October 6-7 Indianapolis, USA
November TBD Asia, location TBA

RESULTS
MASTER CLASS
ABU DHABI 2018 
1. Michael Goulian (USA)
2. Yoshihide Muroya (JPN)
3. Kirby Chambliss (USA)
4. Martin Šonka (CZE)
5. Matt Hall (AUS)
6. Ben Murphy (GBR)
7. François Le Vot (FRA)
8. Mika Brageot (FRA)
9. Petr Kopfstein (CZE)
10. Nicolas Ivanoff (FRA)
11. Juan Velarde (ESP)
12. Cristian Bolton (CHI)
13. Matthias Dolderer (GER)
14. Pete McLeod (CAN)



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