Malaysia to host famed Red Bull air race for first time

Spectators looking on at an acrobatic flight demonstration by Hungarian pilot and former champion Peter Besenyei at the launch in Putrajaya today. - MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star

Putrajaya is one of seven new locations to stage a leg of the Red Bull Air Race World Championships next year.

FOR the first time ever, Malaysia will be hosting a leg of the Red Bull Air Race World Championships, the world’s premier low-level acrobatics flight race competition.