MultiGP names AryFPV as designer of 2026 Global Qualifier track

AryFPV won the job that may matter most in MultiGP’s 2026 Global Qualifier: drawing the only track every qualifier will use. The league used a new video announcement, with Joe Scully presenting the results of the community track-design contest, and the choice now sets the competitive baseline for every chapter race that feeds into the global ladder.

That matters because the Global Qualifier is MultiGP’s worldwide on-ramp, open to Tier 3, Tier 2 and Tier 1 chapters, and every qualifying event must be run on the official track of the year. In practice, that turns one layout into the sport’s common language. Pilots will not be guessing whether one chapter’s course rewards a different style or hides an easier line. Every lap, every gate and every split becomes comparable.

The design process was built to narrow that field even further. MultiGP said the official 2026 GQ layout came from six finalists and could be flown in VelociDrone, giving pilots a digital rehearsal path before they ever see the course in person. The contest rules called for 10 gates and 5 flags, with recommended flight-path dimensions of 200 feet by 100 feet, a size that pushed organizers toward a buildable, repeatable course rather than a one-off showpiece.

That standardization favors the pilots who can preserve speed without overdriving the line. Split-second precision through the gate sequence will matter more than raw throttle bursts, and the narrow structure of the layout should reward racers who carry momentum cleanly through changes of direction instead of relying on recovery speed after mistakes. The risk points are built in by design: miss a gate, scrub too much speed, or force an awkward correction, and the lap is gone.

It also puts a premium on throttle discipline and simulator time. Because the track is available in VelociDrone, the best-prepared pilots can rehearse the exact angles, rhythm and pacing before chapter events begin. That helps the field, but it also sharpens the edge for racers who study tracks like chessboards, and it gives veteran line-readers an advantage over pilots who depend more on instinct than repetition.

MultiGP’s timeline reinforces how much weight this carries. Submissions came in late January and early February, anonymous judges narrowed the field, community voting followed in March, and the official track release landed with the season start later that month. By locking the course before qualifiers begin, MultiGP reduced one of the biggest variables in the sport and made the season’s opening question clear: who can master the same track fastest, cleanest and under the least margin for error.