Red Bull are at it again. After three missing seasons, since the last 2010 series race in Lisbon, the Red Bull Air Race World Series (RBAR) will be on screen again from the end of February 2014, starting in Abu Dhabi. A total of eight races are planned, other locations including Las Vegas, Nevada, and Ascot, Berkshire – probably the first time that those two venues have shared a speciality event! Once the ‘World Series’ first gained TV coverage, almost 10 years ago, people off the street have started to make a correlation between aerobatics and Red Bull

When people without any specialist knowledge find out that I have been the British national...