2026 AIR RACE X / Championship season
The road
to 99.
Patrick Davidson. Team 77. Champions again.
It started with floods, setbacks and 12 points. It ended with a second consecutive title. This is how the 2026 season unfolded.
- 2026 Champion
- 1st
- Championship points
- 99
- Race wins
- 2
- Races completed
- 4 / 4
A title earned the hard way
The comeback
in four numbers.
Fourth in the opener. Second in Race 2. A win in Race 3. Then pole position and victory in the finale. Every round moved Team 77 closer to defending the crown.
Race 1
12
Points
Race 2
33
Points
Race 3
66
Points
Race 4
99
Points
The final tie-break: Patrick and Yoshi both finished on 99 points. Two wins for Team 77, one for Yoshi. The title stayed with Patrick.
The season, round by round
Every point.
Every turning point.
Choose a round to see the story, qualifying and championship standings at that stage of the season.
Race 4 / 13 September 2026
Chapter 04 / The title
Back to back.
A −1°C morning in the Karoo. Pole position. A semi-final scare. Then two final runs that sealed it: 61.414, followed by 61.207 seconds. Level on 99 points, ahead on race wins. Champions again.
- Qualified
- 1st
- Race result
- 1st
- Points earned
- +33
Team 77 after Race 4: 1st · 99 points
All eight pilots
Final championship standings
Race points + qualifying bonus
- 1
🇿🇦 Patrick Davidson
#77 · Team 77
99Points
Race 1
12
Race 2
18 +3Q
Race 3
25 +8Q
Race 4
25 +8Q
- 2
🇯🇵 Yoshihide Muroya
#31 · LEXUS PATHFINDER AIR RACING
99Points
Race 1
15 +5Q
Race 2
25 +8Q
Race 3
18 +5Q
Race 4
18 +5Q
- 3
🇦🇺 Aarron Deliu
#7 · Aarron Deliu Racing
78Points
Race 1
25 +3Q
Race 2
12 +5Q
Race 3
15 +3Q
Race 4
15
- 4
🇨🇿 Martin Šonka
#8 · Red Bull Team Šonka #8
59Points
Race 1
18 +8Q
Race 2
15
Race 3
12
Race 4
6
- 5
🇦🇺 Emma McDonald
#86 · BEYOND GRAVITY
45Points
Race 1
10
Race 2
10
Race 3
10
Race 4
12 +3Q
- 6
🇪🇸 Juan Velarde
#26 · Team Velarde
34Points
Race 1
8
Race 2
8
Race 3
8
Race 4
10
- 7
🇨🇦 Michael Tryggvason
#12 · Viking 12 Racing
24Points
Race 1
6
Race 2
4
Race 3
6
Race 4
8
- 8
🇺🇸 Melissa Burns
#22 · Melissa Burns Racing
18Points
Race 1
4
Race 2
6
Race 3
4
Race 4
4
99 points each. The title goes to Team 77. Patrick’s two race wins beat Yoshi’s one under the championship tie-break rule.
Rounds 1–3 points follow the latest AIR RACE X standings. Race 4 comes from the final classification supplied to Team 77. Q = qualifying bonus; totals include both.
Race 4 · Full results & heat times
All times in seconds. Final / placing includes the classification runs for pilots outside the title-deciding final.
| Qual. rank | Pilot | Qualifying | Q bonus | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final / placing | Race rank | Race points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Davidson | 60.678 | +8 | 62.917 | 61.942 | 61.207 | 1 | +25 |
| 2 | Yoshihide Muroya | 61.018 | +5 | 61.877 | 62.011 | 61.717 | 2 | +18 |
| 3 | Emma McDonald | 63.425 | +3 | 63.689 | 64.554 | 64.720 | 4 | +12 |
| 4 | Michael Tryggvason | 63.644 | +0 | 66.023 | 64.519 | 67.793 | 6 | +8 |
| 5 | Aarron Deliu | 63.781 | +0 | 62.786 | 64.189 | 63.451 | 3 | +15 |
| 6 | Juan Velarde | 63.990 | +0 | 64.721 | 66.682 | 67.075 | 5 | +10 |
| 7 | Martin Šonka | 64.952 | +0 | 66.136 | 64.795 | 66.208 | 7 | +6 |
| 8 | Melissa Burns | 87.326 | +0 | 86.482 | 85.449 | 86.830 | 8 | +4 |
Inside the championship-winning team
Hear the moment.
Feel the release.
Greg’s film takes you behind the scenes and into the cockpit for the final. Patrick in the air. Greg, Jarrod and Conner on the ground. The original team radio, the tension and the moment it all came together.
