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Five pilots could become the 2019 World Champion... here’s what needs to happen

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United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi 2019

National partners

Russia

Kazan 2019

National partners

Hungary

Lake Balaton 2019

Japan

Chiba 2019

National partners

Current Standings

1.

1.

Martin
Sonka

Czechia

CZE

Points 65 00

UAE 22

RUS 22

HUN 21

2.

2.

Matt
Hall

Australia

AUS

Points 61 00

UAE 14

RUS 22

HUN 25

3.

3.

Yoshihide
Muroya

Japan

JPN

Points 55 00

UAE 28

RUS 25

HUN 2

4.

4.

Ben
Murphy

United Kingdom

GBR

Points 37 00

UAE 1

RUS 14

HUN 22

5.

Michael
Goulian

United States

USA

Points 37 00

UAE 21

RUS 4

HUN 12

6.

Nicolas
Ivanoff

France

FRA

Points 33 00

UAE 18

RUS 12

HUN 3

7.

Juan
Velarde

Spain

ESP

Points 32 00

UAE 13

RUS 3

HUN 16

8.

Mika
Brageot

France

FRA

Points 31 00

UAE 12

RUS 14

HUN 5

9.

Pete
McLeod

Canada

CAN

Points 30 00

UAE 5

RUS 5

HUN 20

10.

Kirby
Chambliss

United States

USA

Points 26 00

UAE 11

RUS 2

HUN 13

11.

Cristian
Bolton

Chile

CHI

Points 24 00

UAE 0

RUS 13

HUN 11

12.

François
Le Vot

France

FRA

Points 21 00

UAE 2

RUS 19

HUN 0

13.

Petr
Kopfstein

Czechia

CZE

Points 10 00

UAE 4

RUS 1

HUN 5

14.

Matthias
Dolderer

Germany

GER

Points 4 00

UAE 3

RUS 0

HUN 1

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It All Comes Down To This

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It All Comes Down To This

August 23 2019

Five pilots could become the 2019 World Champion... here’s what needs to happen

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August 15 2019

The 2017 World Champion needs to be back at his best to win

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