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CSI Drone Racing 2026 final set for two days in Monteporzio, Italy

CSI Drone Racing’s Race #04 final ran as a two-day test at Aeromodellismo Valcesano, forcing pilots to manage lines, batteries and consistency from 18 July to 19 July.

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FAI unveils 2026 drone racing World Cup season-long points chase

FAI has turned drone racing into a season-long standings race, with rankings updating after every result and the title picture not settling until APEX on October 11.

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FPV Combat Camp returns to Modelcity for 2026 summer showdown

Modelcity hosted a week of FPV dogfights as Combat Camp returned to the Czech venue where the series began, with Warbird, Raptus and WW1 Biplane classes.

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Canadian Nationals and MultiGP Finals return to Ontario in 2026

Ontario gets a three-day FPV doubleheader: Nationals qualifiers start Aug. 1 at PrecisionFPV, then Sport, Pro and regional finals decide two titles.

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Races

Mundy wins tense final lap at MultiGP Drone Racing Worlds

Tom Mundy held off Kris Smith and Toby Hughes on a final lap MultiGP called emotionally charged, with Samuele Felotti fourth in the Advanced final.

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Technology

Drone racing’s rules split between spec racing and open class

Spec racing makes drone racing about piloting, not the wallet. Open class keeps the engineering arms race alive, and that split shapes who can win and how fans watch.

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France’s Swan Versmissen becomes first FAI e-Drone Racing World Cup champion

Swan Versmissen, 18, became the first FAI e-Drone Racing World Cup champion, giving France the sport’s first official benchmark to chase. The title was decided over five events.

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Uncrashed FPV tournament adds drift-car chasing and new maps

The new Uncrashed qualifier leans on drift-car chasing and fresh maps, a setup that rewards line choice, throttle control and target tracking over simple free-fly speed.

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Technology

AKSADRON opens July 2026 FPV drone training intake

AKSADRON’s July FPV intake targets pilots who want hands-on flying, build work and race prep, not just simulator laps and video tutorials.

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Races

Mount Pearl brings family drone racing to City Days event

Mount Pearl turned City Days into a gateway for new pilots, pairing a Sunday family demo with a free youth league that capped enrollment at 20.

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Technology

AI drone beats human pilots in landmark racing breakthrough

An AI drone beat human FPV pilots on a 3D racetrack, after Zurich's Swift had already beaten world champions and Abu Dhabi turned autonomy into live competition.

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Races

GrayBear wins Seattle-area FPV regional qualifier, Warp9 tops qualifying

Warp9 owned qualifying with a 2-lap, 39.67 Q4 run, but GrayBear turned the pressure into a win over supergeek and Warp9.

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Technology

Formula 1 unveils 217 mph drone for Austrian Grand Prix footage

Formula 1’s 217 mph camera drone turned the Austrian Grand Prix into an FPV benchmark, with safety now the main barrier to wider race coverage.

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Technology

FAI standardizes drone racing as world cup expands globally

FAI’s rulebooks chart drone racing’s rise from provisional F3U FPV racing to official F9U status, while World Cup fields jumped from 9 events in 7 countries to 16 in 12.

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JoeCool edges Sky Ready RC by 0.149 seconds in Micro Drone Race final

JoeCool won Expert FPV in 9.841 seconds, beating Sky Ready RC by 0.149 as the entire podium fit inside 0.561 seconds.

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Minjae Kim wins FAI World Drone Racing Cup in Italy

Minjae Kim topped a four-nation final in Sassuolo, beating Killian Rousseau, Yuki Hashimoto and Jonny Exner at an FAI Cat. 2 world cup.

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Shenzhen world drone racing championship set the sport's template

Shenzhen's 650-meter, three-section course turned drone racing's first official world final into a blueprint. Rudi Browning, 15, beat 127 rivals and Team Australia topped Sweden and South Korea.

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Technology

Study finds expert drone racers choose better racing lines

Elite drone racers win by cutting cleaner lines, not just throttling harder. A real-track study of five pros and five beginners shows how trajectory choice turns into race-winning tenths.

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Burkan FPV takes MultiGP Global Qualifier lead with 26.33000

Burkan FPV's 26.33000 has taken the MultiGP Global Qualifier lead, raising the bar for 927 pilots from 38 countries chasing Drone World Cup Canada.

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Technology

DCL: The Game positions simulation as key to drone racing training

DCL: The Game turns sim laps into race prep, linking real tracks, beginner tutorials, and a route from PS4 or Steam into live FPV competition.

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Equipment

BETAFPV expands 2026 micro FPV racing lineup with new whoops

BETAFPV’s new whoops and 1S motors are built to pull more pilots into micro racing without watering down tuning for veterans.

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Equipment

GEPRC Racer targets serious FPV pilots with purpose-built race design

GEPRC’s Racer is built for gate-to-gate speed and faster pit returns, with 6S power, a 208mm frame, and quick-release arms for serious open-class racing.

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Minjae tops qualifiers as MultiGP crowns first European Championship

Yuki Hashimoto climbed from third in qualifying to win MultiGP’s first European Championship, outlasting 86 pilots from 18 countries in Aichtal.

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Drone Champions League Split 2 raises the stakes in FPV racing

Split 2 turns every heat into a standings fight, with DCL’s top-four path to Super Finals 2024 and the 2026 seeding race raising the pressure.

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Thunderstorms compress Collegiate Drone Racing Championship into one-day finale

Thunderstorms shoved the title race into Saturday, and PrincessJ won by a point in a 65-seat sellout at SkyWay 36 in Tulsa.

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Jordan Temkin became drone racing’s first true professional star

Temkin didn’t just win early drone races. He turned a garage build and back-to-back DRL titles into the first real pro star power the sport could sell.

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Technology

How drone racing lap times are tracked with hidden timing systems

Behind every clean drone-race result is a timing stack that listens for 5.8 GHz signals or transponders, then turns RF chaos into official laps.

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Tracks & Venues

Drone racing’s 2026 rules standardize tracks, gates and lap timing

Drone racing’s 2026 rules turn the track into the story: fixed gate sizes, flagged landmarks and a first-gate timer create fairer, faster races.

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Wilf wins Brisbane qualifier in comeback after eight-month layoff

Wilf returned after nearly eight months away and won Brisbane’s MultiGP qualifier, turning one club race into a direct threat to the regional final field.

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Tracks & Venues

FAI reveals how drone-racing tracks are engineered for speed and strategy

FAI's championship tracks turn drone racing into a geometry test, with 725 m in Namwon, about 650 m in Hangzhou, and simulator replicas that mirror race-day lines.

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