Jakarta hosts 33-pilot MultiGP Global Qualifier as points chase heats up

A 33-pilot field at Jakarta Aeromodelling Club gave Southeast Asian FPV racers a real local route into the MultiGP championship chase, instead of making them fly halfway around the world just to keep pace. For Indonesia’s pilots, that matters as much as the points themselves: the Jakarta stop turned qualification into a reachable weekend target, not a costly overseas project.

The race took place on June 6, 2026, in Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, and was run by IDRF, the Indonesia Drone Race Federation. FPVTrackside listed it as a completed event with 33 pilots, and MultiGP’s own race tracker placed it in the completed-events section of the 2026 Global Qualifier calendar. That combination of a recognized club venue, a live-streamed listing, and a double-digit field made the Jakarta round look like a serious qualifier, not a casual fly-in.

The scale of IDRF’s chapter gives that reading more weight. MultiGP lists the chapter with 65 members and 14 events, a sign that Indonesia is building enough depth to host meaningful qualifier density of its own. In practical terms, that kind of chapter activity helps turn Jakarta into a regional checkpoint, especially for pilots in Southeast Asia who would otherwise have to chase qualification through North America or Europe.

That broader ladder is already crowded. MultiGP’s 2026 Global Qualifier schedule includes Muncie, Reykjavik, Bristol, Buenos Aires, Jacksonville and Bogota, showing just how international the path to the championship has become. The season began on March 27, 2026, and MultiGP says Tier 3, Tier 2 and Tier 1 chapters can host Global Qualifiers on the official annual track, which was designed by AryFPV. The organization also says the top 64 PRO pilots and top 52 SPORT pilots get the first opportunity to buy a championship ticket, while the championship series remains open to all countries.

That is why Jakarta stands out. The race did not just add another date to the calendar; it gave the region a meaningful entry point into a global points race. With 33 pilots on track and IDRF anchoring the event, Indonesia looks less like a stopover and more like a developing ladder hub in the sport’s 2026 structure.