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{{Short description|English aerobatics pilot (born 1956)}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox aviator
 |name            = Nigel Lamb
 |image           = Nigel Lamb -Red Bull Air Race -London -28July2007.jpg
 |image_size      = 220
 |caption         = Lamb in 2007
 |birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1956|08|17|df=y}}
 |birth_place     = {{nowrap|[[Eastern Highlands]], [[Southern Rhodesia]]}}
 |death_date      = 
 |death_place     = 
 |nationality     = British
 |first_race      = 2005
 |racing_best     = 1st ([[2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship|2014]])
 |racing_aircraft = [[MXS-R]]
 |website         = {{URL|nigellamb.com}}
}}

'''Nigel Lamb''' (born 17 August 1956) is an English [[aerobatics]] pilot and the 2014 [[Red Bull Air Race]] World Champion.

== Early life ==
Lamb was born in the [[Eastern Highlands]] of [[Southern Rhodesia]] and was inspired to fly by his father, a [[Royal Air Force]] fighter pilot iduring[[World War II]]. {{citation needed span|Lamb first applied to join the [[Rhodesian Air Force]] at 11|date=May 2017}}, and persisted until he was finally accepted at 18, in 1975, having finished his schooling at Umtali Boy's High School.

== Career ==
After gaining his wings he did an Operational Conversion on [[de Havilland Vampire]] jets before becoming a helicopter pilot, flying the [[Aérospatiale Alouette II|Alouette II]] and [[Aérospatiale Alouette III|Alouette III]] and Augusta Bell UH1-H in the [[Rhodesian Bush War]]. In 1980, following the election of [[Robert Mugabe]], Lamb, by then an instructor, left the Air Force and moved to England to join the Marlboro Aerobatic team.<ref name="am617 p92-4">Dunnell ''Aeroplane'' June 2016, pp. 92–94.</ref> He was a professional display pilot for 36 years, flew 1,900 public displays in over 30 countries worldwide including leading the first civilian aerobatics display team to fly in China in 1996. Nigel was the British Unlimited Aerobatic Champion 8 times consecutively and spent eight years putting his skills to the test in the highly challenging [[Red Bull Air Race World Championship]], winning the 2014 world championship title.

He also featured in some major movie productions as an aerial display pilot flying a variety of historical aircraft including a [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]], [[P-51 Mustang]] and a [[P-40 Kittyhawk]].

== Personal life ==
Nigel Lamb is married to successful aerobatic pilot Hilary, and together they have three sons, Max, Daniel and Ben. He enjoys [[skiing]], [[scuba diving]] and [[squash (sport)|squash]].

=== 2005–2010 ===
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!colspan=16 align=center|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Nigel Lamb<br>at the [[Red Bull Air Race World Championship]]
|-
!width="2%"|Year
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!width="2%"| 3
!width="2%"| 4
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!width="2%"| 7
!width="2%"| 8
!width="2%"| 9
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!width="2%"| 12
!width="2%"|Points
!width="2%"|Wins
!width="2%"|Rank
|- align=center
! [[2005 Red Bull Air Race World Series season|2005]]
| {{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}}<br>DNP
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}}<br>DNP
| {{flagicon|Austria}}<br>DNP
| {{flagicon|Ireland}}<br>DNP
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}<br>9th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|Hungary}}<br>8th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|United States}}<br>7th
|
|
|
|
|
! 0
! 0
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|'''8th'''
|- align=center
! [[2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series season|2006]]
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}}<br>9th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|Spain}}<br>6th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|Germany}}<br>8th
| {{flagicon|Russia}}<br>CAN
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|Turkey}}<br>6th  
| {{flagicon|Hungary}}<br>DQ  
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}<br>6th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|United States}}<br>8th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|Australia}}<br>8th
|
|
|
! 3
! 0
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|'''9th'''
|- align=center
! [[2007 Red Bull Air Race World Series season|2007]]
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}}<br>11th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|Brazil}}<br>7th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|United States}}<br>8th 
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|Turkey}}<br>8th 
| {{flagicon|Spain}}<br>CAN
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|Switzerland}}<br>10th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}<br>7th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|Hungary}}<br>6th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|Portugal}}<br>7th
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"|{{flagicon|United States}}<br>3rd
| {{flagicon|Mexico}}<br>CAN
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|Australia}}<br>8th
! 5
! 0
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|'''9th'''
|- align=center
! [[2008 Red Bull Air Race World Series season|2008]]
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}}<br>8th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|United States}}<br>6th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|United States}}<br>12th
| {{flagicon|Sweden}}<br>CAN
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|Netherlands}}<br>8th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}<br>5th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|Hungary}}<br>6th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|Portugal}}<br>5th
| {{flagicon|Spain}}<br>CAN
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{flagicon|Australia}}<br>2nd
| 
| 
! 30
! 0
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|'''7th'''
|- align=center
! [[2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship|2009]]
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{Flagicon|United Arab Emirates}}<br>4th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{Flagicon|United States}}<br>6th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{Flagicon|Canada}}<br>8th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{Flagicon|Hungary}}<br>9th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{Flagicon|Portugal}}<br>11th
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{Flagicon|Spain}}<br>2nd
| 
| 
| 
|
| 
|
! 32
! 0
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|'''6th'''
|- align=center
! [[2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship|2010]]
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}}<br>2nd
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|Australia}}<br>4th
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{flagicon|Brazil}}<br>2nd
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|Canada}}<br>4th
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{flagicon|United States}}<br>2nd
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|Germany}}<br>4th
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}<br>CAN
|{{flagicon|Portugal}}<br>CAN
| 
|
|
|
!55
!0
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|'''3rd'''
|- align=center
|colspan=16| '''Series not held between 2011 and 2013'''
|}

=== 2014-2016 ===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!width="2%"|Year
!width="2%"| 1
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!width="2%"| 5
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!width="2%"|Wins
!width="2%"|Rank
|- align=center
! [[2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship|2014]]
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}}<br>5th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|Croatia}}<br>8th
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| {{flagicon|Malaysia}}<br>1st
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{flagicon|Poland}}<br>2nd
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{flagicon|Great Britain}}<br>2nd
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{flagicon|United States}}<br>2nd
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{flagicon|United States}}<br>2nd
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{flagicon|Austria}}<br>2nd
! 62
! 1
| style="background:#ffffbf;"|'''1st'''
|- align=center
! [[2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship|2015]]
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}}<br />5th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{Flagicon|Japan}}<br />5th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{Flagicon|Croatia}}<br />5th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{Flagicon|Hungary}}<br />8th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{Flagicon|UK}}<br />5th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{Flagicon|Austria}}<br />13th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{Flagicon|USA}}<br />6th
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{Flagicon|USA}}<br />10th
! 20
! 0
! style="background:#dfffdf;"|7th
|- align=center
! [[2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship|2016]]
| style="background:#cfcfff;"|{{flagicon|UAE}}<br />11th
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"|{{flagicon|AUT}}<br />3rd
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br />4th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|HUN}}<br />6th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|GBR}}<br />6th
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|{{flagicon|GER}}<br />10th
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|{{flagicon|USA}}<br />2nd
| {{flagicon|USA}}<br />CAN
! 37.75
! 0
| style="background:#dfffdf;"|'''4th'''
|- align=center
|}

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

== References ==

=== Footnotes ===
{{reflist}}

== Sources ==
*{{cite magazine|last=Dunnell|first=Paul|title=Aeroplane meets Nigel Lamb|magazine=[[Aeroplane Monthly|Aeroplane]]|volume=45|issue=6|date=June 2017|pages=90–97|issn=0143-7240}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0482999}}

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