Petr Kopfstein
Petr Kopfstein | |
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| Born | March 18, 1978 |
| Nationality |  Czech |
| Website | www.kopfstein.com |
Petr Kopfstein (born March 18, 1978) is a Czech aeroabtic pilot, representing the Czech Republic in flying aerobatics in an Unlimited category, and most recently a racer in the Master Class category of the Red Bull Air Race. He is historically the very first winner of the Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup. After his victory of the whole Challenger Cup in 2014, there were rumors about him moving to Masters. However, it became a reality for the 2016 season. This was partly also supported by Peter Besenyei and Paul Bonhomme's departure from the series.
In 2014, Petr Kopfstein won the Czech National Championship in the Unlimited category, beating his mate and aerobatic colleague Martin Šonka. He flew an Extra 300SC.
In 2015, Petr Kopfstein participated again in the Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup, taking 4th place at the end of the series. All in all, he grabbed 28 points in total, for a three-way tie for 1st place in the point-based ranking.
On 19 January 2016, it was confirmed by the RBAR Management that Petr will move to the main "Masters" category for the 2016 season, together with Peter Podlunsek of Slovenia.
Successes
Red Bull Air Race
| Petr Kopfstein at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points | Wins | Rank | ||||
| 2014 Challenger Cup |
 Abu Dhabi4th |
 RovinjDNP |
 Putrajaya2nd |
 Gdynia4th |
 AscotDNP |
 Fort WorthDNP |
Las Vegas 2nd |
 Spielberg1st |
20 | 0 | 1st | ||||
| 2015 Challenger Cup |
Abu Dhabi 2nd |
 Chiba1st |
Rovinj DNP |
 Budapest4th |
Ascot 1st |
Spielberg 2nd |
Fort Worth SCO |
Las Vegas 4th |
28 | 0 | 4th | ||||
Legend: * CAN: Cancelled * DNP: Did not take part * DNS: Did not start * DSQ: Disqualified * SCO: Safety Climb-Out
Flying Aerobatics
- 2015 - 4th place Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup, 13th place WAC Châteauroux France, 2nd place Czech National Championships in Unlimited Aerobatics, 1st place in the international competition "Karlovarský pohár" in Unlimited
- 2014 - 1st place Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup, 1st place Czech National Championships in Unlimited Aerobatics, 16th place EAC Hungary
- 2013 - 14th place WAC Texas, USA, 2nd place Czech National Championships in Unlimited Aerobatics
- 2012 - 1st place in the international competition "Karlovarský pohár" in Advanced, 5th place in one-day aerobatic race Aerobatic Freestyle Challenge, Prague
External sources
- http://www.redbullairrace.com/en_INT/article/kopfstein-and-podlunsek-join-master-class-2016
- http://www.aeroweb.cz/clanky/4846-kopfstein-miri-se-slovincem-podlunsekem-do-master-class-red-bull-air-race
- http://sport.idnes.cz/petr-kopfstein-air-race-0v6-/motorsport.aspx?c=A151229_2214799_motorsport_ten
- http://sport.idnes.cz/air-race-kopfstein-0n1-/sporty.aspx?c=A160118_224657_sporty_rs2
- http://acro-online.com/results/view?event=19