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The Drone Racing League (DRL), a drone racing circuit, and the General Sport Authority (GSA) of Saudi Arabia have introduced the 2018 DRL Allianz World Championship to happen in Saudi Arabia subsequent September. This would be the first skilled drone race staged within the kingdom and it’ll mark the seventh and ultimate occasion of the 2018 DRL Season. The Allianz World Championship will pit eight of most elite FPV (First Person View) pilots on the planet towards one another. They will probably be racing custom-built DRL drones in extra of 90 miles per hour by way of a fancy, three dimensional racecourse, in a battle to be topped the World’s Greatest Drone Pilot (not less than in response to the DRL). The ultimate race will probably be broadcast in 87 nations on the very best sports activities applications on the globe together with, ESPN, OSN, Sky Sports, ProSiebenSat.1, FOX Sports Asia, and Disney XD.
“With a rapidly growing fanbase in Saudi Arabia and throughout the Middle East, we felt it was crucial to expand our presence locally and debut our iconic 2018 race there,” stated DRL CEO/Founder, Nicholas Horbaczewski. “We’re thrilled to partner with the GSA of Saudi Arabia to deliver the sport of the future directly to new fans internationally.”
Of the announcement, President of the General Sport Authority of Saudi Arabia: H.E. Turki Al-Alsheikh stated: “The partnership with the Drone Racing League demonstrates our commitment to promoting and developing sports in the kingdom. Bringing the Allianz World Championship to Saudi Arabia will help grow this uniquely innovative sport in the region.”
DRL is a worldwide skilled drone racing group. Their 2017 Season adopted 16 skilled pilots competing by way of six races within the US and Germany, with the ultimate eight going face to face within the DRL Allianz World Championship in London’s Alexandra Palace. DRL has reached greater than 50 million world broadcast viewers of their first two seasons, and pushed greater than 100 million views of their digital content material. In February, DRL launched Allianz because the title sponsor of DRL’s elite race circuit, leveraging the insurance coverage model’s motor racing sponsorship heritage to carry the “Sport of the Future” to a quickly rising worldwide viewers. The partnership with the GSA will assist DRL to proceed to develop its world footprint and convey iconic DRL occasions internationally.
Here is a teaser video courtesy of the Drone Racing League
