The (programmed ) end of Red Bull air races...

[TomcatViP]

Red Bull said the Championship’s final races will be held in Kazan, Russia (June 15-16); Lake Balaton, Hungary (July 13-14); and Chiba, Japan (September 7-8).
[...]
t. Outside the aviation community, however, the races failed to attract the same level of interest as other Red Bull events. For this reason, Red Bull announced on Wednesday that its Air Race World Championship that began in 2003 will not continue after 2019.

Source:

Red Bull Cancels Air Race Series - FLYING Magazine

For a heart-pounding, on-the-edge-of-your seat adrenalin rush, the Red Bull Air Race Championship series was hard to beat. Outside the aviation community, however, the races failed to attract the same level of interest as other Red Bull events. For this reason, Red Bull announced on Wednesday...

www.flyingmag.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Pity.

 

[TomcatViP]

I don't know if future generations will believe those race had ever existed for real, with real pilots flying real planes close to hard ground.

Twitter and the next unisyllabical social media will be full of borborygms claiming it was not.

[/Theatrical]

 

[TomcatViP]

Another way to say how the races have gone under the carpet (the artist is Dario Costa) :

https://twitter.com/x/status/1434214413985271810

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1434214413985271810