The 2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series season was the fourth Red Bull Air Race World Series season. It began on March 18, 2006 and ended on November 19.
In the 2006 season the air race venues Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Zeltweg in Austria, and Rock of Cashel in Ireland gave place to other locations, and the number of legs increased from 7 to 9. The new places were Barcelona in Spain, Berlin in Germany, Saint Petersburg in Russia, Istanbul in Turkey and Perth in Australia. Actually, 8 air races were held after the cancellation of the 4th leg in Saint Petersburg. The race in Longleat, United Kingdom was also cancelled due to high winds, however, Friday’s qualifying results were used as the official race results.
Michael Goulian from the USA, who had paused in 2005, participated at the 2006 competitions again as the 11th pilot. The American pilot Kirby Chambliss, who flew 4 wins, became champion with a total of 38 points followed by Hungarian Peter Besenyei (35 points). Titleholder Mike Mangold from the United States, ranked 3rd with 30 points.
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