Peter Podlunšek

Peter Podlunšek
Born	(1970-05-25) May 25, 1970 (age 53) Trbovlje, Central Sava
Nationality	Slovenian
Website	redbullairrace.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.^{[citation needed]} 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

Peter Podlunšek at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points	Wins	Rank
2014	DNP	3rd 6	5th 2	DNP	5th 2	4th 4	DNP	DNP	12	0	9th
2015	DNP	6th 0	4th 4	3rd 6	4th 4	4th 4	2nd 8	2nd	18	0	2nd

Master Class

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points	Wins	Rank
2016	Abu Dhabi 13th	Spielberg 8th	Chiba 11th	Budapest 12th	Ascot 10th	Lausitz 13th	Indianapolis 11th	Las Vegas CAN	4	0	13th
2017	Abu Dhabi DSQ	San Diego 2nd	Chiba 12th	Budapest 13th(DNS)	Kazan 14th	Porto 9th	Lausitz 13th	Indianapolis 14th	14	0	12th

*season in progress Legend:

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

See also

• Competition aerobatics

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peter Podlunšek.

• Peter Podlunšek Archived 2017-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Peter Podlunšek - Red Bull Air Race profile