Go Inside the World's First $1 Million Drone Race

March 21 -- The World Drone Prix in Dubai was the first million dollar drone race, with the winning team taking home a cool $250,000. We meet the tech-loving thrill-seekers behind the sport who want to turn it into the next big thing. (Video by Austin Brown and Tom Gibson)(CORRECTION: An earlier version of this video incorrectly stated that a portion of the prize money was given to the winning team's sponsor, Tornado.)

[gordlawson]

The whole video doesn't show a single race.

Very disappointing.

[VTXCageSC]

I'm 62 yo. We've come a long long way from my little 3 piece balsa plane powered from a postal rubber band! I love watching you kids go! Looking forward to watching us landing on Mars before I pass.

[brandonjohnson]

What kills me are the fire retardant suits 😂🤣😂🤣

[WarpedYT]

I tried to organize this in the USA over 2 years ago, it was really tough to get support. UAE did It though .... nice job !

[dhanjitbarman]

Why drone operators are dressed like formula 1 drivers?? 😂

[travisjones]

He said the industry would be worth $4 billion in 2020 but it's actually worth $22 billion. I think I'm going to get into drones

[TheActiveAssault]

This is nothing. Wait until teams are racing full size predator drones with mini nuclear power plants.

That's a race is like to see. The track could be the entire Sahara desert.

Or up to the top of Everest and back.

[EwaRiro]

UAE back at it again with pushing the envelope...🤟🏿

[tls]

299 dislikes by people who came to see a video of race footage rather than a video of talking and 7 seconds of race footage.

[videocruzer]

When my first wireless camera system's showed up at my door, i plugged myself into the equipment and I instantly saw the future. I told my friends in about 20 years you will see teams, race courses, huge prizes, betting systems along with televised media networks bringing a multi billion dollar industry to the fans, all they said was, "Vinnie i bet your right". About 20 years ago my first wireless video systems cost almost 2000 dollars, for that i got 2 full systems to set up two racing aircraft minus the aircraft, quad copter tech was not invented yet and i had to use a a fixed wing design for my model. The video systems that i bought were specked for about a 20 mile range, stable high quality video at close range is what i needed for the business model. Looks like the business model is still looking for that winning aircraft design.

[TheAmazingTwist]

Why are they all wearing racing gear like they're about to jump in a car? It's pretty ridiculous to try to look so "pro" when you're flying a drone.

[AlqGo]

The road-racing race suit is clearly the right outfit for drone pilots.



Oh that is a space suit!

[EricdaRED]

now we will see abandoned high end drones along with forgotten supercars all over Dubai

[KentFPV]

I saw the now very popular drone YouTuber, Mr Steele on the screen at 5:14. Very cool

[afrodan]

casey neistat would lose in the first fiew seconds

[chardelraconner]

"a big dawg?! how much that drone hitchu foh" ©

[Raccoonov]

Awesome idea, but it should evolve more, so the track can react on the pilot's achievements, and the public can be more involved to the show. You're pioneering the new kind of a sport here, don't make same mistakes as F1 did, which is boring as hell now. Make it powerful, make it kicking, clash real and digital worlds, create an amazing UX, while you can!

[Bilangumus]

This will boost the engineering of Drones, respekt.

[streetvl]

Two words to become champ.
"Muscle memory" if you can turn a corner without thinking and do it every single time you've got nothing to lose!

[esaedvik]

I love when a respected business news outlet uses terms like "10-times less" :D