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The Drone Racing League (DRL) has introduced the premiere of the 2017 Allianz Circuit Season Finale, the Drone Racing World Championship, which can air on ESPN this Friday, July 28 at 9 PM EST. Following an epic playoff race in Munich and an electrifying 2017 season, the world’s eight greatest drone pilots face-off on the DRL Allianz World Championship on the iconic Alexandra Palace in London, combating to be topped the World’s Greatest Drone Pilot.
“The 2017 DRL Allianz season has been incredible, featuring the world’s best drone pilots and the craziest, three dimensional race courses ever created,” stated DRL Founder and CEO Nicholas Horbaczewski, “The talent of the pilots and competition continues to improve every race, and we can’t wait to deliver the London Championship to our growing fan base around the world.”
At the 2017 season finale DRL pilots face a frightening course on the iconic Alexandra Palace, hitting speeds of greater than 80 MPH and navigating razor sharp turns and the primary ever FPV Power Loop, a sequence of sunshine gates stretching throughout 180 levels and forcing the drones into an inverted dive at full velocity.
Also debuting on the Drone Racing World Championship is the customized Grand Tour Finish Gate, impressed by the long-lasting inexperienced tent on the worldwide hit Amazon Original Series The Grand Tour with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. The end gate will seize the drones as they dash throughout the end line at full velocity, bringing the motion and thrill of the chase to followers world wide.
DRL has seen astronomical progress over the 2017 Season. In June they introduced their accomplice roster, together with title sponsor Allianz, Toy State, Amazon (Prime Video), Swatch, FORTO Coffee Shots and the U.S. Air Force. DRL has additionally expanded their broadcast partnerships to embrace high tier world networks Disney XD and OSN as well as to ESPN, Sky Sports and ProSiebenSat.1.
The Drone Racing League launched in January 2016 as the one world skilled drone racing group, internet hosting 5 skilled races in its inaugural season. DRL’s ’16 season reached greater than 75 million followers world wide, together with greater than 33 million broadcast viewers and greater than 45 million views of its digital content material.
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