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{{Short description|Slovenian air racer}}
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|birth_place= [[Trbovlje]], [[Central Sava Statistical Region|Central Sava]]
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|racing_aircraft = [[Extra EA-300|Extra E-330LX]]
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[[File:2017RedBullAirRaceChibaS5-MPP.jpg|thumb|[[2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba]] - S5-MPP]]
'''Peter Podlunšek''' (born May 25, 1970) is a [[Slovenia]]n aerobatics pilot.

He competes in the [[Red Bull Air Race World Championship]] Challenger Cup competition. His first Red Bull Air Race was on 12 April 2014 in [[Rovinj]] where he took third place.<ref>[http://www.redbullairrace.com/en_US/article/rovinj-challenger-cup-results Rovinj Challenger Cup results - Red Bull Air Race World Championships] redbullairrace.com</ref> He uses two racing aircraft; an [[Extra EA-300|Extra 300L]] and an [[Extra EA-300|Extra 330SC]]. He has flown aerobatic aircraft since 1994 and has won eight national championships in aerobatics. He is based in Slovenia's aerobatics hotbed of [[Murska Sobota]]. Since 2008 he has been flying the Extra 330SC and participated in more than 250 airshows across [[Europe]], [[China]] and [[Libya]]. In his two decades of flying he has clocked more than 1,000 flight hours - 450 of those being in aerobatics.{{Citation needed|reason=The figures quoted seem too low; 1000 hours in 20 years is not very much, only 50 hours a year on average|date=April 2014}}
Peter announced that he will retire the master class pilot of Red Bull Air Race in the 2017 season.

==Red Bull Air Race==
===Challenger Class===
{|class="wikitable" style="clear:both;"
|- 
! colspan=12 align=center|{{Flagicon|Slovenia}} Peter Podlunšek<br />at the [[Red Bull Air Race World Championship]] 
|-
!width="2%"|Year
!width="2%"| 1
!width="2%"| 2
!width="2%"| 3
!width="2%"| 4
!width="2%"| 5
!width="2%"| 6
!width="2%"| 7
!width="2%"| 8
!width="2%"|Points
!width="2%"|Wins
!width="2%"|Rank
|- align=center
! [[2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season|2014]]
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|{{Flagicon|United Arab Emirates}}<br />DNP
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"|{{Flagicon|Croatia}}<br />3rd<hr />6
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|MYS}}<br />5th<hr />2
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|{{flagicon|POL}}<br />DNP
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|GBR}}<br />5th<hr />2
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|USA}}<br />4th<hr />4
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|{{flagicon|USA}}<br />DNP
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|{{flagicon|AUT}}<br />DNP
! 12
! 0
! style="background:#cfcfff;"|9th
|- align=center
! [[2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season|2015]]
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|{{flagicon|UAE}}<br />[[2015 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi|DNP]]
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br />[[2015 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba|6th]]<hr />0
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|CRO}}<br />[[2015 Red Bull Air Race of Rovinj|4th]]<hr />4
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"|{{flagicon|HUN}}<br />[[2015 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest|3rd]]<hr />6
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|GBR}}<br />[[2015 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot|4th]]<hr />4
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|AUT}}<br />[[2015 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg|4th]]<hr />4
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{flagicon|USA}}<br />[[2015 Red Bull Air Race of Fort Worth|2nd]]<hr />8
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{flagicon|USA}}<br />[[2015 Red Bull Air Race of Las Vegas|2nd]]
! 18
! 0
! style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2nd
|}

===Master Class===
{|class="wikitable" style="clear:both;"
|-
!width="2%"|Year
!width="2%"| 1
!width="2%"| 2
!width="2%"| 3
!width="2%"| 4
!width="2%"| 5
!width="2%"| 6
!width="2%"| 7
!width="2%"| 8
!width="2%"|Points
!width="2%"|Wins
!width="2%"|Rank
|- align=center
! [[2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season|2016]]
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| {{flagicon|UAE}}<br>[[2016 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi|Abu Dhabi]]<br>13th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"| {{flagicon|AUT}}<br>[[2016 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg|Spielberg]]<br>8th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| {{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba|Chiba]]<br>11th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| {{flagicon|HUN}}<br>[[2016 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest|Budapest]]<br>12th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"| {{flagicon|GBR}}<br>[[2016 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot|Ascot]]<br>10th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| {{flagicon|GER}}<br>[[2016 Red Bull Air Race of Lausitz|Lausitz]]<br>13th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| {{flagicon|USA}}<br>[[2016 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis|Indianapolis]]<br>11th
| {{flagicon|USA}}<br>[[2016 Red Bull Air Race of Las Vegas|Las Vegas]]<br>CAN
! 4
! 0
! style="background:#cfcfff;"|13th
|- align=center
! [[2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship|2017]]
| style="background:#000000;color:#ffffff"| {{flagicon|UAE}} [[2017 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi|<span style="color:#ffffff">Abu Dhabi</span>]]<br>DSQ
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| {{flagicon|USA}}<br>[[2017 Red Bull Air Race of San Diego|San Diego]]<br>2nd
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| {{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[2017 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba|Chiba]]<br>12th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| {{flagicon|HUN}}<br>[[2017 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest|Budapest]]<br>13th(DNS)
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| {{flagicon|RUS}}<br>[[2017 Red Bull Air Race of Kazan|Kazan]]<br>14th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"| {{flagicon|PRT}}<br>[[2017 Red Bull Air Race of Porto|Porto]]<br>9th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| {{flagicon|GER}}<br>[[2017 Red Bull Air Race of Lausitz|Lausitz]]<br>13th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"| {{flagicon|USA}}<br>[[2017 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis|Indianapolis]]<br>14th
! 14
! 0
! style="background:#cfcfff;"|12th
|}
''*season in progress''
Legend:
* CAN - cancelled
* DNP - did not participate
* DNS -  did not show
* DQ - disqualified
* NC - not classified

==See also==
* [[Competition aerobatics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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{{commonscat|Peter Podlunšek}}
* [http://www.peterpodlunsek.aero/si/home Peter Podlunšek] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913183436/http://www.peterpodlunsek.aero/si/home |date=2017-09-13 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140409102743/http://www.redbullairrace.com/en_INT/athlete/peter-podlunsek-0 Peter Podlunšek - Red Bull Air Race] profile

{{Red Bull Air Race World Series Pilots}}
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[[Category:1970 births]]
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