MultiGP reveals 2026 Global Qualifier track finalists ahead of season launch

Cerberus, Dragon, Griffin, Kraken, Minotaur and Phoenix are the six finalists for MultiGP’s 2026 Global Qualifier track, giving pilots their first look at the course that will define the opening races of the season. The selection came from anonymous submissions, then judge selection, then community voting, with the official track release set for March 23, just four days before the Global Qualifier season begins.

Each submission had to fit a 200-by-100-foot flight area, use 10 gates and 5 flags, and stay inside the shared 5-by-5 gate standard that keeps layouts comparable from chapter to chapter. The verification package also split the build instructions into imperial and metric downloads and specified how the flag obstacles had to be built, including one stand-alone flag and two gate-mounted or cloth flags. Designers were warned away from placing the start gate in the middle of the track or building layouts that would make setup and timing unreliable.

MultiGP also made the finalist layouts playable in VelociDrone, so racers could rehearse the same six courses in simulator form before the official season track was locked in.

The season is set to run from March 27, 2026, and the Global Qualifier remains open to all countries. Only Tier 3, Tier 2 and Tier 1 MultiGP chapters are eligible to host the official races, which keeps the structure tight even as the series stretches worldwide. MultiGP has more than 30,000 registered pilots and 500 active chapters worldwide.

MultiGP used the same anonymous-finalist model in previous years, narrowing almost 50 submissions to 6 finalists in both 2024 and 2025, while the 2023 contest used 8 finalists and excluded double votes. 927 pilots from 38 countries took part in the 2024 Global Qualifier.