FAI World Grand Prix 2008

The third FAI World Grand Prix 2008–2009 was a gliding Grand Prix that took place in 2010 in Santiago, Chile, with qualifying races taking place during the 2008–2009 flying season, worldwide.

FAI World Grand Prix 2008
TypeGliding
Founded2005
CountryChile
Date2–9 January
Year2010
Season3
AirfieldVitacura
LocationSantiago, Chile
Websitehttp://www.grandprixchile.org
First
Second
Third

Summary

Overall results

PositionPilotCountryGliderPoints
1 Sebastian Kawa Poland Diana Sailplanes – Diana 2 69
2 Carlos Rocca Vidal Chile Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbHVentus-2b 55
3 Mario Kiessling Germany Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbHVentus-2ax 47
4 Uli Schwenk Germany Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbHVentus-2ax 40
5 Thomas Gostner Italy Diana Sailplanes – Diana 2 43
6 Tilo Holighaus Germany Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbHVentus-2ax 24
7 Wolfgang Janowitsch Austria Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbHVentus-2cxa 15
8 Rene Vidal Chile Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbHVentus-2c 14
8 Stanislaw Wujczak Poland Alexander Schleicher GmbH & CoASG 29 14
10 Eduard Supersperger Austria Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbHVentus-2b 12
11 Heimo Demmerer Austria Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbHVentus-2b 11
12 Patrick Puskeiler Germany Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbHDiscus-2ax 8
13 Petr Krejcirik Czech Republic Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbHVentus-2ax 4
13 Graham Parker Australia Alexander Schleicher GmbH & CoASG 29 4
15 Olli Teronen Finland Alexander Schleicher GmbH & CoASG 29 2

Qualifying races

PlaceCountryQualifying Grand PrixClassDates
Torino  Italy Torino Grand Prix 15 meters 15–22 June 2008
Saint-Auban  France Sailplane Grand Prix of France 15 meters 30 August – 7 September 2008
Lasham  United Kingdom Soaring Grand Prix of United Kingdom 15 meters 1–7 September 2008
Nitra  Slovakia Soaring Grand Prix of Slovakia 18 meters 7–13 September 2008
Narromine  Australia Soaring Grand Prix of Australia 18 meters 30 November – 6 December 2008
Santiago  Chile Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix 15 meters 17–25 January 2009
Zar  Poland Qualifying Grand Prix of Poland club 22 April – 3 May 2009
Feldkirchen  Austria Austrian Soaring Grand Prix 15 meters 16–23 May 2009

Final

The list of participating pilots:

FAI rankingPilotCountryQualifying Grand Prix
2 Sebastian Kawa Poland FAI World Sailplane GP Champion 2007
14 Mario Kiessling Germany Grand Prix de France
20 Wolfgang Janowitsch Austria Austrian Soaring Grand Prix
24 Petr Krejcirik Czech Republic Soaring Grand Prix of Slovakia
36 Uli Schwenk Germany Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix
39 Graham Parker Australia Soaring Grand Prix of Australia
60 Thomas Gostner Italy Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix
61 Stanislaw Wujczak Poland Qualifying Grand Prix of Poland
116 Carlos Rocca Vidal Chile Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix
204 Tilo Holighaus Germany Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix
247 Heimo Demmerer Austria Austrian Soaring Grand Prix
261 Rene Vidal Chile Santiago Qualifying Grand Prix
302 Eduard Supersperger Austria Austrian Soaring Grand Prix
341 Patrick Puskeiler Germany Qualifying Grand Prix of Poland
410 Olli Teronen Finland Soaring Grand Prix of Slovakia

Race 1 – 2.01.2010

Position Pilot Glider Speed Distance Points Penalties
1 Mario KiesslingVentus-2ax160.6 km/h319.7 km10
2 Carlos Rocca VidalVentus-2b153.4 km/h319.7 km8
3 Sebastian KawaDiana 2153.2 km/h319.7 km7
4 Stanislaw WujczakASG 29152.5 km/h319.7 km6
5 Thomas GostnerDiana 2147.9 km/h319.7 km5
6 Uli SchwenkVentus-2ax147.6 km/h319.7 km4
7 Petr KrejcirikVentus-2ax147.3 km/h319.7 km3
8 Patrick PuskeilerDiscus 2ax147.0 km/h319.7 km2
9 Eduard SuperspergerVentus-2b146.1 km/h319.7 km1Penalty 10 sec (Finish Line Altitude 784 m)
10 Tilo HolighausVentus-2ax144.2 km/h319.7 kmPenalty 105 sec (Finish Line Altitude 765 m)
10 Heimo DemmererVentus-2b143.6 km/h319.7 kmPenalty 125 sec (761m Before Finish Line)
10 Wolfgang JanowitschVentus-2cax143.5 km/h319.7 km
10 Rene VidalVentus-2c142.7 km/h319.7 kmPenalty 190 sec (Finish Line Altitude 748 m)
10 Olli TeronenASG 29142.1 km/h319.7 kmPenalty 165 sec (Finish Line Altitude 753 m)
10 Graham ParkerASG 29141.2 km/h319.7 km

Race 2 – 3.01.2010

Position Pilot Glider Speed Distance Points Penalties
1 Sebastian KawaDiana 293.6 km/h324.1 km10
2 Uli SchwenkVentus-2ax90.7 km/h324.1 km8
3 Mario KiesslingVentus-2ax89.6 km/h324.1 km7
4 Carlos Rocca VidalVentus-2b85.5 km/h324.1 km6
5 Thomas GostnerDiana 285.1 km/h324.1 km5
6 Tilo HolighausVentus-2ax81.3 km/h324.1 km4
7 Heimo DemmererVentus-2b80.8 km/h324.1 km3
8 Stanislaw WujczakASG 2979.0 km/h324.1 km2Penalty 25 sec (Start Altitude 2005)

Warning (Right Turn Before Start)

9 Rene VidalVentus-2c78.4 km/h324.1 km1Penalty 140 sec (Finish Line Altitude 772m)
10 Patrick PuskeilerDiscus 2ax272.0 km
10 Wolfgang JanowitschVentus-2cax271.9 km
10 Petr KrejcirikVentus-2ax203.9 km
10 Graham ParkerASG 29195.3 kmWarning (Right turn before start)
10 Eduard SuperspergerVentus-2b188.5 kmPenalty 93 sec (24 sec to late behind start line

+ start speed 179 km/h)

10 Olli TeronenASG 29172.1 km

Race 3 – 4.01.2010

Position Pilot Glider Speed Distance Points Penalties
1 Thomas GostnerDiana 2121.2 km/h217 km10
2 Sebastian KawaDiana 2121.2 km/h217 km8
3 Heimo DemmererVentus-2b119.1 km/h217 km7
4 Mario KiesslingVentus-2ax118.2 km/h217 km6
5 Carlos Rocca VidalVentus-2b115.9 km/h217 km5Warning (right circle before start)
6 Uli SchwenkVentus-2ax115.2 km/h217 km4
7 Rene VidalVentus-2c114.4 km/h217 km3
8 Wolfgang JanowitschVentus-2cax113.9 km/h217 km2
9 Eduard SuperspergerVentus-2b112.6 km/h217 km1
10 Olli TeronenASG 29110.7 km/h217 kmWarning (right circle before start)
10 Patrick PuskeilerDiscus 2ax104.2 km/h217 kmPenalty 125 sec (finish line altitude 761m)
10 Tilo HolighausVentus-2ax103.2 km/h217 km
10 Stanislaw WujczakASG 29101.7 km/h217 km
10 Petr KrejcirikVentus-2ax99.4 km/h217 km
10 Graham ParkerASG 2935.2 km

Race 4 – 5.01.2010

Position Pilot Glider Speed Distance Points Penalties
1 Mario KiesslingVentus-2ax128.8 km/h240.5 km10
2 Uli SchwenkVentus-2ax128.1 km/h240.5 km8
3 Carlos Rocca VidalVentus-2b127.6 km/h240.5 km7Penalty 40 sec (finish line altitude 778m)
4 Sebastian KawaDiana 2127.1 km/h240.5 km6
5 Thomas GostnerDiana 2126.3 km/h240.5 km5
6 Graham ParkerASG 29125.7 km/h240.5 km4Penalty 145 sec (finish line altitude 757m)
7 Tilo HolighausVentus-2ax125.3 km/h240.5 km3Penalty 10 sec (finish line altitude 784m)

Warning(Interval between fixes > 10sec)

8 Wolfgang JanowitschVentus-2cax124.2 km/h240.5 km2
9 Heimo DemmererVentus-2b124.1 km/h240.5 km1
10 Eduard SuperspergerVentus-2b124.0 km/h240.5 km
10 Stanislaw WujczakASG 29123.9 km/h240.5 km
10 Petr KrejcirikVentus-2ax121.4 km/h240.5 km
10 Rene VidalVentus-2c117.1 km/h240.5 kmPenalty 8 (start altitude 2008m)
10 Patrick PuskeilerDiscus 2ax111.1 km/h240.5 km
10 Olli TeronenASG 2995 km/h240.5 km

Race 5 – 6.01.2010

Position Pilot Glider Speed Distance Points Penalties
1 Sebastian KawaDiana 2128.8 km/h313.4 km10
2 Thomas GostnerDiana 2128.6 km/h313.4 km8
3 Carlos Rocca VidalVentus-2b128.5 km/h313.4 km7
4 Uli SchwenkVentus-2ax127.5 km/h313.4 km6
5 Wolfgang JanowitschVentus-2cax124.5 km/h313.4 km5Penalty 5 sec (start altitude 2205m)
6 Rene VidalVentus-2c124.4 km/h313.4 km4
7 Stanislaw WujczakASG 29124.2 km/h313.4 km3
8 Tilo HolighausVentus-2ax120.4 km/h313.4 km2
9 Eduard SuperspergerVentus-2b107.2 km/h313.4 km1
10 Petr KrejcirikVentus-2ax94.6 km/h313.4 km
10 Graham ParkerASG 2994.2 km/h313.4 kmPenalty 120 sec (right circling before start, 2nd offence)
10 Olli TeronenASG 2991.3 km/h313.4 km
10 Mario KiesslingVentus-2ax227.6 km
10 Patrick PuskeilerDiscus 2ax139.4 km
10 Heimo DemmererVentus-2bDid not fly

Race 6 – 7.01.2010

Position Pilot Glider Speed Distance Points Penalties
1 Carlos Rocca VidalVentus-2b141.2 km/h329.5 km10
2 Sebastian KawaDiana 2140.4 km/h329.5 km8
3 Eduard SuperspergerVentus-2b137.9 km/h329.5 km7Penalty 45 sec (start speed 179 km/h)
4 Patrick PuskeilerDiscus 2ax136.9 km/h329.5 km6
5 Wolfgang JanowitschVentus-2cax133.9 km/h329.5 km5
6 Uli SchwenkVentus-2ax131.4 km/h329.5 km4Warning (right circling before start)
7 Tilo HolighausVentus-2ax131.1 km/h329.5 km3
8 Mario KiesslingVentus-2ax128.0 km/h329.5 km2
9 Rene VidalVentus-2c127.7 km/h329.5 km1
10 Thomas GostnerDiana 2125.5 km/h329.5 km
10 Graham ParkerASG 29121.0 km/h329.5 km
10 Stanislaw WujczakASG 29119.9 km/h329.5 km
10 Olli TeronenASG 29116.8 km/h329.5 km
10 Petr KrejcirikVentus-2ax114.6 km/h329.5 km
10 Heimo DemmererVentus-2bDid not fly

Race 7 – 8.01.2010

Position Pilot Glider Speed Distance Points Penalties
1 Sebastian KawaDiana 2126.6 km/h341.4 km10
2 Carlos Rocca VidalVentus-2b124.4 km/h341.4 km8
3 Thomas GostnerDiana 2123.0 km/h341.4 km7Penalty 15 seconds (finish line altitude 783m)
4 Uli SchwenkVentus-2ax122.6 km/h341.4 km6
5 Tilo HolighausVentus-2ax120.2 km/h341.4 km5
6 Mario KiesslingVentus-2ax120.1 km/h341.4 km4
7 Stanislaw WujczakASG 29119.9 km/h341.4 km3
8 Eduard SuperspergerVentus-2b119.4 km/h341.4 km2
9 Wolfgang JanowitschVentus-2cax118.9 km/h341.4 km1
10 Petr KrejcirikVentus-2ax117.8 km/h341.4 km
10 Graham ParkerASG 29117.3 km/h341.4 km
10 Patrick PuskeilerDiscus 2ax116.6 km/h341.4 kmPenalty 200 seconds (finish line altitude 766m)
10 Rene VidalVentus-2c109.4 km/h341.4 km
10 Olli TeronenASG 2994.1 km/h341.4 km
10 Heimo DemmererVentus-2bDid not fly

Race 8 – 9.01.2010

Position Pilot Glider Speed Distance Points Penalties
1 Sebastian KawaDiana 2140.9 km/h269.7 km10
2 Mario KiesslingVentus-2ax140.5 km/h269.7 km8
3 Tilo HolighausVentus-2ax139.1 km/h269.7 km7
4 Uli SchwenkVentus-2ax139.1 km/h269.7 km6
5 Rene VidalVentus-2c138.3 km/h269.7 km5
6 Carlos Rocca VidalVentus-2b137.9 km/h269.7 km4
7 Thomas GostnerDiana 2137.5 km/h269.7 km3Penalty 70 seconds (finish line altitude 779m)
8 Olli TeronenASG 29137.1 km/h269.7 km2Penalty 20 seconds (finish line altitude 784m)
9 Petr KrejcirikVentus-2ax136.8 km/h269.7 km1
10 Eduard SuperspergerVentus-2b136.7 km/h269.7 km
10 Patrick PuskeilerDiscus 2ax132.8 km/h269.7 km
10 Stanislaw WujczakASG 29132.1 km/h269.7 km
10 Wolfgang JanowitschVentus-2cax128.4 km/h269.7 km
10 Graham ParkerASG 29177.6 km
10 Heimo DemmererVentus-2bDid not fly
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