Porto 10

The pilot interviews after today's racing give a great insight into how their day went. Take a look:
www.redbullairracenewsroom.com

Porto 9

A beautiful day in Porto for the final day of racing. Team Moroya had a reasonable day in that our time through the track was quite good and would have had us in 5th place into the super 8. However it was not to be with a 2 sec penalty finishing the day for us.

All in all not a bad effort and we look forward to Barcelona knowning we are getting stronger race by race.

The crowd at the TRW could only be described as extremely enthusiastic as they welcomed the 5 - 15 placed pilots to the autograph session on the far side of the runway.

Porto 8

Onboard Video of Qualifying:
First Quali flight

Porto 7

Pilot interviews from Qualifying can be found here: Quali Interviews





Photos from Qualifying day:
Photos by Taro Imahara

Porto 6

Well, quite a good day for Team Muroya. Everyone is very pleased especially Yoshi. After a mediocre practice in the box Yoshi was not happy with a small modification on the ailerons that we had tested and so we went back to the original settings for the Quali runs. Yoshi is now feeling the courses better and after his good run in the wild cards in Budapest is starting to feel he has the coordination to start to find the potential of the plane. A great run in first Quali and a follow on, although 1 second slower, was smooth and consistent. This is the first time we have achieved 2 consecutive runs with no penalties and is a big step forward for the team.

We hope the weather will allow us to compete in a full day of racing tomorrow. The more racing the better even if we would be 4th if the weather is bad!

Photo: The planes line up for the quali's out of Maia Airport. We had to move there because of the lingering fog at the TRW.

Porto 5

The second practice day ended with no practice again. Although not getting to fly is the same for everyone, it is actually harder on the rookies but I guess we just have to live with it and hope for good weather for the next 2 days.

The official Red Bull Air Race news bulletin about the weather is here:

Red Bull Air Race newsroom

Porto 4

It is now 14:00 and still no training flights. The sea fog is sticking to the coast like glue. The frustrating thing is that the race track is clear and we can see this on our TV screens in the hanger. The RB helicopter has just taken off with Paul Bonhomme on board to check if it is safe to take off and land from the TRW.

Photos:

The TRW as we arrived this morning and Steve Jones describes the way the planes turn at the end of the track for the TV cameras.