2022 Air Race World Championship - Race Schedule and Race Aircraft Tracking

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Brian
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2022 Air Race World Championship - Race Schedule and Race Aircraft Tracking

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2022 Air Race World Championship - Race Schedule
Buckle up, the calendar for the 2022 Air Race World Championship is here. From the UK through Asia and the Middle East and Australia, we're racing in exciting worldwide locations.
https://www.wcairrace.com/races

https://twitter.com/theairrace
https://facebook.com/theairrace
https://www.instagram.com/theairrace

Teams & Pilots
https://www.wcairrace.com/pilots

No locations yet for United States… maybe in 2023

2022 RACE CALENDAR SEASON ONE OF THE AIR RACE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

UK - GOODWOOD - 09/10 JUL 2022

MALAYSIA - 10/11 - SEP 2022

IDN - JAKARTA 15/16 OCT 2022

AUS - AUSTRALIA 19/20 NOV 2022

TBA - DEC 2022

More host cities, countries and dates will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

Air Race: motorsport is ‘taking to the skies’ and organisers hope fans will jump aboard for the ride
• Race Series Director Willie Cruickshank says fans will soon relate to air racing the way they do Formula One
• World Championship Air Race series working with designers on electrically powered vehicles that take off and land vertically.

Willie Cruickshank, race director for the new World Championship Air Race (WCAR) series expected to launch in 2022, said a future world in which urban air travel is commonplace will increase demand for motor racing in the skies. “Motorsport is going up,” said Cruickshank. “It will not be staying stuck to the ground forever. We are seeing motorsport take to the skies.”
https://amp.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/ar ... -will-jump

HISTORY BUILDING ON THE LEGACY
The Red Bull Air Race had 93 races in 35 cities spanning 12 seasons, the series has already proven its ability to attract fans in large numbers by staging thrilling events in some of the most dynamic city around the world.

WCAR is expected to run for at least 15 years, so new series will be added later on. We’re promised jetpack racing, but also high-speed runs of electrically-powered vertical takeoff and landing machines (eVTOL).

Lake Macquarie to host ‘Red Bull’ Air Race in November, 2022.
Organisers of the revived “Red Bull” Air Race have confirmed its Australian leg will take place at Lake Macquarie after the state government provided $2.5 million of funding.
The renamed Air Race World Championship will arrive on 18, 19 and 20 November 2022 and is expected to attract 150,000 fans to watch it live.
https://australianaviation.com.au/2022/ ... ember/amp/

Racing Airplanes Coming to Malaysia for the Next Three Years
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/raci ... 86276.html

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Matt Hall Racing has revealed its new domestic livery ahead of the 2022 Air Race World Championship, after deepening its partnership with Bankstown-based training facility Sydney Flight College.
Registration Tail Number: VH-IOG
Operator: INVERTED DOWNUNDER PTY LTD
Aircraft Type: EXTRA EA-300 (E300)
VH-IOG - https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHIOG
https://australianaviation.com.au/2022/ ... y-for-2022
Brian
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May 27, 2022
It is with a heavy heart that we have had to make the difficult decision not to race at Goodwood in July 2022. There are a number of factors that have contributed to this, including significant logistics challenges that have arisen and subsequent reduced working timeframe in the lead up to the event. Whilst it’s a disappointing loss for the 2022 race calendar, we very much hope Goodwood Estate will feature as a race venue in 2023.
With sad news comes some exciting news however - we’re talking with potential strategic multi-national partners in relation to the growing UAM/eVTOL market. As a result, we hope to be adding Korea, Japan and other parts of South East Asia to our race calendar for 2023.

August 12 , 2022 -
We are extremely disappointed to announce that the AIR RACE World Championship will not be returning to the skies in 2022.
Despite the tireless efforts and support of all of our race teams, specialist suppliers and partners, some of the challenges presented by COVID and further implications posed by the current global economic situation have simply been too great to overcome.
The safety of our pilots and fans is paramount and without all of the intricate parts required for safe racing firmly in place we have been forced to make this very difficult decision to cancel the 2022 World Championship Series.
We remain totally committed as event organisers, competitors and fans of this incredible sport as we now focus on 2023.
Our thanks go out to fans around the world for their ongoing resilience and support. We’ll be updating on plans and news as it happens – stay tuned.
https://www.facebook.com/theairrace
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