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End of an Era: Red Bull Air Race Wraps Up

Matt Hall shoots through an inflatable pylon in Chiba to take home the trophy for the final Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Samo Vidic/Red Bull Content Pool
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Key Takeaways:

  • The Red Bull Air Race series concluded after 16 years, with its final competition held in Chiba, Japan.
  • Australian pilot Matt Hall secured his first Red Bull Air Race World Championship title in the final season, narrowly beating Yoshihide Muroya who won the last race.
  • The 2019 season was shorter than previous years, and Red Bull announced the cancellation of the entire series in May, making it the last.
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Sixteen years after the first aerobatic pilot dropped in between the unmistakable inflatable pylons that mark the exhilarating Red Bull Air Race course, the competition is over. The final race took place this past weekend in Chiba, Japan. The last Red Bull Air Race World Champion standing atop the podium was Australian Matt Hall, who inched out the home field competitor, Yoshihide Muroya, by only one point. Muroya, however, had a very satisfying end to the season, by winning the final race in front of his countrymen. Czech pilot Martin Sonka finished in third place.

Pia Bergqvist

Pia Bergqvist joined FLYING in December 2010. A passionate aviator, Pia started flying in 1999 and quickly obtained her single- and multi-engine commercial, instrument and instructor ratings. After a decade of working in general aviation, Pia has accumulated almost 3,000 hours of flight time in nearly 40 different types of aircraft.

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