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2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

The 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the twelfth Red Bull Air Race World Championship series.

Peter Podlunšek at 2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba.

The 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the twelfth Red Bull Air Race World Championship series.

.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}No.	Pilot	Aircraft	Rounds
5	Cristian Bolton	Zivko Edge 540	All
8	Martin Šonka	Zivko Edge 540	All
10	Kirby Chambliss	Zivko Edge 540	All
11	Mikaël Brageot	MX Aircraft MXS	All
12	François Le Vot	Zivko Edge 540	All
18	Petr Kopfstein	Zivko Edge 540	All
21	Matthias Dolderer	Zivko Edge 540	All
26	Juan Velarde	Zivko Edge 540	All
27	Nicolas Ivanoff	Zivko Edge 540	All
31	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540	All
37	Peter Podlunšek	Zivko Edge 540	All
84	Pete McLeod	Zivko Edge 540	All
95	Matt Hall	Zivko Edge 540	All
99	Michael Goulian	Zivko Edge 540	All

Pilot changes

Former champion Nigel Lamb retired from the sport following the final round of the 2016 season.
2015 Challenger Class champion Mikaël Brageot made his debut in the Master Class.
All Challenger Cup Pilots used an Extra 330LX.

No.	Pilot	Rounds
6	Luke Czepiela	1–4, 7–8
7	Kenny Chiang	2–6
15	Baptiste Vignes	1–5
17	Daniel Ryfa	1, 3–5, 7–8
24	Ben Murphy	1, 4–8
33	Mélanie Astles	1, 4–8
48	Kevin Coleman	1–3, 5–6, 8
62	Florian Bergér	1–3, 6–8
78	Daniel Genevey	2–4, 6–7

On 16 December 2016, it was announced that the first round in the Arabian Gulf, Abu Dhabi will be held on 10-11 February. Other rounds were announced on 19 January 2017, with the final two European rounds announced on 8 March 2017. Due to organisational reasons, the Challenger round in Chiba was later rescheduled to Kazan, making it a double-header round for the class.

Round	Country	Location	Date	Fastest Qualifying	Winning Pilot	Winning Aircraft	Winning Challenger
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi	11–12 February	Martin Šonka	Martin Šonka	Zivko Edge 540	Daniel Ryfa	report
United States	San Diego, California	15–16 April	Matthias Dolderer	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540	Florian Bergér	report
Japan	Makuhari, Chiba	3–4 June	Pete McLeod	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540	rescheduled	report
Hungary	Budapest, Central Hungary	1–2 July	Pete McLeod	Kirby Chambliss	Zivko Edge 540	Florian Bergér	report
Russia	Kazan, Tatarstan	22–23 July	Pete McLeod	Kirby Chambliss	Zivko Edge 540	R1: Luke CzepielaR2: Kenny Chiang	report
Portugal	River Douro, Porto	2–3 September	Pete McLeod	Martin Šonka	Zivko Edge 540	Kevin Coleman	report
Germany	Lausitzring, Klettwitz	16–17 September	Matt Hall	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540	Daniel Ryfa	report
United States	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana	14–15 October	Matt Hall	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540	Mélanie Astles	report

Master Class scoring system

Challenger Class scoring system

Position
10	8	6	4	2	0

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