Peter Podlunšek
Born (1970-05-25) May 25, 1970
Nationality Slovenian
Websiteredbullairrace.com

Peter Podlunšek (born May 25, 1970) is a Slovenian aerobatics pilot.

He competes in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship Challenger Cup competition. His first Red Bull Air Race was on 12 April 2014 in Rovinj where he took third place.[1] He uses two racing aircraft; an Extra 300L and an Extra 330SC. He has flown aerobatic aircraft since 1994 and has won eight national championships in aerobatics. He is based in Slovenia's aerobatics hotbed of Murska Sobota. Since 2008 he has been flying the Extra 330SC and participated in more than 250 airshows across Europe, China and Libya. In his two decades of flying he has clocked more than 1,000 flight hours - 450 of those being in aerobatics. Peter announced that he will retire the master class pilot of Red Bull Air Race in the 2017 season.

Red Bull Air Race

Challenger Class

Slovenia Peter Podlunšek
at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins Rank
2014 United Arab Emirates
DNP
Croatia
3rd
6
Malaysia
5th
2
Poland
DNP
United Kingdom
5th
2
United States
4th
4
United States
DNP
Austria
DNP
12 0 9th
2015 United Arab Emirates
DNP
Japan
6th
0
Croatia
4th
4
Hungary
3rd
6
United Kingdom
4th
4
Austria
4th
4
United States
2nd
8
United States
2nd
18 0 2nd

Master Class

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins Rank
2016 United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
13th
Austria
Spielberg
8th
Japan
Chiba
11th
Hungary
Budapest
12th
United Kingdom
Ascot
10th
Germany
Lausitz
13th
United States
Indianapolis
11th
United States
Las Vegas
CAN
4 0 13th
2017 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
DSQ
United States
San Diego
2nd
Japan
Chiba
12th
Hungary
Budapest
13th(DNS)
Russia
Kazan
14th
Portugal
Porto
9th
Germany
Lausitz
13th
United States
Indianapolis
14th
14 0 12th

*season in progress Legend:

  • CAN - cancelled
  • DNP - did not participate
  • DNS - did not show
  • DQ - disqualified
  • NC - not classified

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