2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship

Aircraft and pilots

Master Class

• Peter Podlunšek retired the master class pilot of Red Bull Air Race following the final round of the 2017 season.
• 2017 Challenger Class pilot of Red Bull Air Race Ben Murphy made his debut in the Master Class.

  Challenger Class

• All Challenger Cup Pilots used a Zivko Edge 540 V2.

	Pilot	Rounds
33	Mélanie Astles	2–4, 6
62	Florian Bergér	1, 3, 7–8
7	Kenny Chiang	3–8
48	Kevin Coleman	1, 4–5, 7–8
32	Dario Costa	1–2, 4, 6–7
6	Luke Czepiela	1, 3–4, 6, 8
77	Patrick Davidson	1–2, 4–5, 7
78	Daniel Genevey	1–3, 5, 7
17	Daniel Ryfa	1–2, 5–6, 8
15	Baptiste Vignes	2–3, 5–8

• Italy's Dario Costa and South Africa's Patrick Davidson will make their debuts in the Challenger Class.

  Race calendar and results

Round	Country	Location	Date	Fastest Qualifying	Winning Pilot	Winning Aircraft	Winning Challenger
1		Abu Dhabi	2–3 February	Matthias Dolderer	Michael Goulian	Zivko Edge 540 V2	Florian Bergér
2		Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	21–22 April	Michael Goulian	Matt Hall	Zivko Edge 540 V3	Daniel Ryfa
3		Makuhari, Chiba	26–27 May	Michael Goulian	Matt Hall	Zivko Edge 540 V3	Not held
4		Budapest, Central Hungary	23–24 June	Martin Šonka	Martin Šonka	Zivko Edge 540 V3	Luke Czepiela
5		Kazan, Tatarstan	25–26 August	Matthias Dolderer	Martin Šonka	Zivko Edge 540 V3	Kevin Coleman
6		Wiener Neustadt, Austria	15–16 September	Yoshihide Muroya	Martin Šonka	Zivko Edge 540 V3	R1: Kenny Chiang R2: Kenny Chiang
7		Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana	6–7 October	Martin Šonka	Michael Goulian	Zivko Edge 540 V2	Florian Bergér
8		Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth	17–18 November	Matthias Dolderer	Martin Šonka	Zivko Edge 540 V3	Luke Czepiela

Championship standings

Master Class

Challenger Class