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

CSI Drone Racing’s Race #04 final was staged as a two-day pressure test at Aeromodellismo Valcesano in Monteporzio, Italy, with action beginning at 08:30 local time on 18 July and closing at 18:00 on 19 July. Listed by FPVScores as the “Final,” it served as the decisive round of the CSI Drone Racing 2026 series.

The schedule mattered as much as the label. A final stretched across two days does more than crown a winner from one quick run: it forces pilots to keep pace through qualifying, heat progression and the last bracket without burning through batteries, drifting off line or making costly gate errors. In FPV racing, that kind of format rewards consistency under repeat pressure, not just raw speed on a single lap.

Drone Racing Fano was named as the organizer on the listing, and the page also pointed to an official CSI Drone Racing event site. That combination of a named organizer, a fixed venue and a formal timetable marked the Monteporzio stop as a serious championship weekend rather than a casual fly-in. For Race #04, the stakes were higher because the final was the series’ decisive round, the point where earlier results no longer mattered and every clean run carried bracket-level consequences.

Aeromodellismo Valcesano also gave the event a distinctly technical edge. As a dedicated model-aircraft field, it is a setting where race infrastructure has to be built around the site rather than taken for granted, and that usually puts a premium on timing, course discipline and pilot precision. At a venue like this, lines through the gates and the ability to repeat them from one session to the next can separate the pilots who stay alive in the weekend from those who fade before the final stage.

The Monteporzio final also underlined how the CSI calendar has been structured around formal championship racing rather than isolated showcases. FPVScores identified the meeting as CSI Drone Racing 2026 - Race #04 - Final, and that framing made the weekend the clear endpoint of this segment of the season. With the start time, end time, venue and organizer all fixed in advance, the event was built to reward the pilots who could adapt fastest and hold that pace over two demanding days.