The 2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the fourteenth and final Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. Red Bull has decided not to continue the Red Bull Air Race World Championship beyond the 2019 season.^[1]

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

Challenger Class

• All Challenger Cup Pilots used a Zivko Edge 540 V2.^[2]

No.	Pilot	Rounds
33	Mélanie Astles	1, 3
62	Florian Bergér	1–2, 4
7	Kenny Chiang	2, 4
48	Kevin Coleman	1–2, 4
32	Dario Costa	1, 3
6	Luke Czepiela	1, 3–4
77	Patrick Davidson	2–3
25	Sammy Mason	1, 3
17	Daniel Ryfa	2–3
23	Patrick Strasser	2–3
15	Baptiste Vignes	2–4
87	Vito Wyprächtiger	3–4

Pilot changes

• USA's Sammy Mason, Austrian Patrick Strasser and Swiss Vito Wyprächtiger will make their debuts in the Challenger Class. ^[3]

Race calendar and results

On 23 January 2019, it was announced that Red Bull Air Race will be held in Chiba on September 7 and 8 at the Muroya's kickoff meeting held in Tokyo. The eight-event calendar for the 2019 season was announced on 29 January 2019.^[4]

Round	Country	Location	Date	Fastest Qualifying	Winning Pilot	Winning Aircraft	Winning Challenger
1	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	8–9 February	Yoshihide Muroya	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540 V3	R1: Florian Bergér R2: Florian Bergér
2	Russia	Kazan, Tatarstan	15–16 June	Mikaël Brageot	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540 V3	R1: Kenny Chiang R2: Florian Bergér
3	Hungary	Zamárdi, Lake Balaton[5]	13–14 July	Martin Šonka	Matt Hall	Zivko Edge 540 V3	R1: Dario Costa R2: Daniel Ryfa
4	Japan	Makuhari, Chiba	7–8 September	Juan Velarde	Yoshihide Muroya	Zivko Edge 540 V3	R1: cancelled R2: cancelled

Races in Indianapolis, US, and Saudi Arabia which were to be held in October and November respectively were cancelled. Two more planned races, one in Europe and the other in Asia, did not have a venue at the time of the calendar reveal.

Championship standings

Master Class

Master Class Qualifying scoring system

Master Class scoring system

Pos. Pilot ABU KAZ ZAM CHI Points 1 Matt Hall 5 2 1 3 81 2 Yoshihide Muroya 1 1 1 12 1 80 3 Martin Šonka 2 3 2 4 1 13 2 68 4 Pete McLeod 9 2 9 3 4 50 5 Ben Murphy 13 5 2 8 48 6 Kirby Chambliss 8 12 6 2 48 7 Nicolas Ivanoff 4 7 11 5 47 8 Mikaël Brageot 7 8 1 10 3 6 44 9 Michael Goulian 3 3 10 7 9 42 10 Juan Velarde 6 11 5 2 10 1 39 11 François Le Vot 12 4 3 14 7 3 34 12 Cristian Bolton 14 6 8 11 27 13 Petr Kopfstein 10 13 9 14 10 14 Matthias Dolderer 11 DNS 13 12 6 Pos. Pilot ABU KAZ ZAM CHI Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Fastest Qualifying Pilot

Challenger Class

Challenger Class scoring system

Pos.	Pilot	ABU	KAZ	ZAM	CHI	Drop	Points
1	Florian Bergér	1	1				20
2	Mélanie Astles	2		4			12
3	Kevin Coleman	3	4				10
4	Sammy Mason	4	8				12
5	Dario Costa	5		1			12
6	Luke Czepiela	6		5			2
-	Baptiste Vignes	-	2	3			14
-	Kenny Chiang	-	1				10
-	Daniel Ryfa	-	6	1			10
-	Patrick Davidson	-	2	3			14
-	Patrick Strasser	-	5	4			6
-	Vito Wyprächtiger	-		6			0
Pos.	Pilot	ABU	KAZ	BUD	CHI	Drop	Points