MultiGP eyes global pipeline for 2026 championship through chapter racing

The real story in MultiGP’s 2026 championship page was the ladder underneath it: local chapter racing leading into regional qualifiers, then into a world-level final that the league has now parked for October 15 in Dallas, Texas. With more than 30,000 registered pilots and 500 active chapters worldwide, MultiGP is not selling a single marquee weekend. It is showing how a pilot can move from practice nights to the top of the sport.

That pipeline is the point of the league’s new 2026 Regional Series, which MultiGP described as an international circuit built to grow drone racing “from the ground up.” The championship series is open to all countries, and any MultiGP chapter in Tier 3, Tier 2 or Tier 1 can host designated Global Qualifier races on the official track. In other words, the road to the final does not begin in one region or one country. It starts wherever a chapter can field pilots and run a sanctioned race.

The scale claims are not empty, either. Chris Thomas said he founded MultiGP in early 2015, and the league’s own 2016 recap showed how quickly the model expanded, growing from 4,600 to more than 13,000 registered pilots in a single year. That same season, the 2016 National Championship at Academy of Model Aeronautics headquarters in Muncie, Indiana, drew more than 140 pilots, a sign that the sport could produce real fields, not just demonstration laps. By 2024, the system had widened again: more than 900 elite pilots battled through the Global Qualifier season, 120 pilots from 15 countries earned spots at the championship, and the event ran from October 22 to October 27 at No Quarter Ranch in Citrus Springs, Florida.

For active pilots, the calendar now matters as much as the branding. The current main-events archive lists the 2026 International Open for June 10 in Muncie, Indiana, and the 2026 MultiGP Championship for October 15 in Dallas. That pairing shows how the league is staging the season: build through chapter-level racing, test depth in open events, then funnel the best into a championship that is meant to feel global. MultiGP’s strongest advantage remains structural. It gives FPV racers a path upward, one chapter, one qualifier, and one official track at a time.