World’s Fastest Camera Drone Vs F1 Car (ft. Max Verstappen)

This is Formula 1 like you’ve never seen it before. The @dutchdronegods follow Max Verstappen’s brand new @redbullracing RB20 F1 car for a full lap of Silverstone’s Grand Prix Circuit. The world first uninterrupted FPV one shot was captured by a manually piloted custom built drone, designed specifically for the challenge of keeping up with the car at speeds of over 300kph.

It took Red Bull and the Dutch Drone Gods over a year to create a drone that can accelerate two times faster than an F1 car, reaching 300 km/h in just 4 seconds with a top speed of over 350 km/h. The development was accelerated by access to know-how and processes of Red Bull Advanced Technologies, a high-performance engineering arm of Oracle Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team and trialled behind the RB8 and RB19 cars driven by @liamlawson30 and David Coulthard.

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[sonic sound] Max Verstappen: Is that the   fastest camera drone in the world? Speaker 2: They’re fucked.  Max: Do you think that can keep up with me around  the lap in an F1 car? I think that can be one of   the best F1 shots ever. [intense music] 

David Coulthard: First of all, let’s see  if you can beat me in a straight line.  Shaggy: All right, yes, let’s see. David: First across the line,   fastest win. Drone is in position. All right,  let’s do this. [roaring sound] Here we go.  Shaggy: 150. 180. David: It’s unbelievable.  Shaggy: 250. David: It’s amazing. 

Shaggy: 310. [sonic sound] Whoo. Okay. David: This isn’t a fair comparison.  Shaggy: I think I got you there. David: You definitely did. There’s   a small issue. These cars aren’t really  made for this type of competition. Here’s   a real challenge. You film a smooth,  well-framed shot for the whole lap  

Around Silverstone in an RV20 with Max Prime. Thomas: Stupid. Stupid idea to build this.  Shaggy: It’s going to be hard to get  that speed, and then it’s impossible   to get the endurance for a full lap. Thomas: This is going to be hard.  Shaggy: Yes. David: The way it’s following a Formula  

1 car around the circuit so much more difficult  than in a straight line. F1 cars are unmatched in   their ability to go around corners and also to  decelerate through braking. Can a drone handle   that rapid acceleration and deceleration around  the turns? Then there’s the distance. The guys are  

Going to have to have enough battery to fly flat  out around this 5.8-kilometer racetrack. They need   to make sure that the motor and electrics can take  that amount of sustained power without bursting   into flames. Then there’s the challenge of having  to learn how to fly a completely new aircraft and  

Keep up with a multiple world champion. Shaggy: This is what we normally use as   an FPV drone for chasing cars. It does 150 to  180 kilometers an hour. It just doesn’t have   the power, the top speed, and definitely not  the endurance to keep up with an F1 car. We  

Need to rethink what an FPV drone could be. Thomas: It’s a testing, improving, testing,   improving cyclist. Full throttle, baby. Shaggy: We came up with this. I have no   idea what’s going to happen. Let’s see how far  we can push it. We’re going to see first if  

It works. Second, that it doesn’t burn. See  how it handles at some higher speeds. Going   up. Ooh. What the fuck? Whoo. Speaker 6: This wire.  Shaggy: The wire melted. Speaker 6: It explodes.  Shaggy: [laughs] Drone prototype number 2.  [sonic sound] Fly straight. [sonic sound] Should   I land? Speaker 6: Yes, land. 

Shaggy: Overheating. It can go maximum 100 degrees  and it’s already at 120. [sonic sound] I turn   around quickly. It really wobbles. Aerodynamic  hacks. Taping everything. I mean, if it works, it   works. [sonic sound] Now, I’m going faster. G50. Speaker 6: Whoa. Holy crap. Sorry. [laughter] 

Shaggy: Oop. Sorry. [laughter] Thomas: It’s alive. Zero damage. Oh yes.  Shaggy: We’ve tested all we can test in the  field, but it doesn’t work on a track. We’re   here at Silverstone for some test laps  behind Liam Lawson. We’ve never done this  

Before. We’ve only flown in the field so far. Liam: This thing’s so cool. You have to chuck   it to start it. Shaggy: [laughs] No.   We have to start it like this, and then  it basically tilts like that and flies.  Liam: Right. Shaggy: We’ll show you the footage later. 

Gianpiero Lambiase: How does it work? Speaker 1: By a tracker   or do you program it via GPS? Shaggy: No. This is pure manual.  Speaker 8: He’s a pilot. Shaggy: I’m the pilot.  Gianpiero: Are you kidding? Shaggy: Yes. This is the time we  

Get to show what we really can do. [sonic sound]  There is a lot of pressure on. It’s a long track.   It’s a fast track. It’s hard braking zones. Speaker 9: We are ready to go with a full lap. 

Thomas: A lot of things that could go wrong.  Firing up now. All right. We’re on track.  Shaggy: Yes. Call it. Drone, take off. Speaker 9: Drone is in the air.  Shaggy: Signal is still good. I’m going around the  turn. It’s glitching. We’re going to do a bit more  

Full-speed on the straight now. Oop. Thomas: Did you see that?  Shaggy: Oh, shit. Thomas: That’s not cool.  Shaggy: I have no video. Hitting return to home. Thomas: I see it. It’s over there. I   have video now. Shaggy: Okay. I’m  

Canceling this lap. Easy landing, please.  I’m going to land it in the grass here.  Thomas: Two, one, off. Oh, shit. Shaggy: It’s bouncing down.  Thomas: It’s a bit worse than I was thinking.  It was definitely not in the game plan. 

Shaggy: That really scared me a little bit.  I still don’t know what happened. We lost   signal. We’re flying a drone at 300 kilometers an  hour is quite crazy. When we get really close to   the car, the wake of the car is just causing  so much turbulence in the drone. I’m really  

Struggling to keep it stable. If we can’t fix  this then we cannot do the shot. It’s critical.  Thomas: No pressure. Shaggy: Second attempt. It’s started   recording. [background noise] Going up. [sonic sound]  Liam: Dude, what? Look at that. [background  noise] Dude, looks like a movie when it comes  

In like that. [background noise] Oh, it’s  so cool, man. [background noise] When you   watch on TV, nobody understands the speed  of Formula 1. With this, you definitely can.  Shaggy: Yes. Liam: Oh, you got close to the bridge.  Shaggy: Yes, that was low over the bridge. [background noise] 

Liam: When you do drone footage shooting  with an F1 car, it always passes or fall   off for a little bit and then it takes  off, but you can never have a drone   that’s — wait, it’s actually faster than us. Speaker 8: The speed it catches you through  

Here is just ridiculous. Liam: Yes. Going through   here and then into Maggots & Beckets Speaker 8: Copse Corner [background noise] Liam: I didn’t   lift much. Speaker 8: That’s just so cool.  Liam: Now you actually get an idea of  how fast you’re going by everything. 

[background noise] [laughs] That’s so cool, dude. Thomas: Now we need to do this with Max.  Liam: No pressure, yes. Thomas: If we got Max in the car,   we might have an issue with chasing. We only  get one lap because it’s the brand new RB20. 

Shaggy: We can do all sorts of things probably  to improve. Maybe some aerodynamic changes   and improve reliability. Thomas: We’re going to   visit people that know how to help us out. Rob Gray: We have all of the same departments  

That they use to engineer the car and we use  all of the same tools, techniques, methods,   equipment. Formula 1 is all about the development  race. We need to really look at how we can add   some performance quickly. We can think about using  the aerodynamics side of the business to help make  

It go quite a lot faster. Some material changes.  The composite design side could probably take some   weight out. I think there’s lots of things we can  do to help. We need to work together on this and   then we’ll see where we end up. [intense music] 

Shaggy: RBAT have helped us with  really cool materials. It’s shorter,   it’s lighter, we have a better camera system. Thomas: Now it all comes down to one lap.  Speaker 9: Max has arrived. Max: It flies like this or like that?  Shaggy: Like this. Max: It looks really cool. 

Shaggy: Yes. We’ve been working for a  year on this project. It’s one of the   fastest drones in the world, but it’s  the fastest filming drone in the world.  Max: Do you think you can keep  up with me for a full lap? 

Shaggy: We’ve not picked the easiest driver  to do this. We have to film Max Verstappen,   the three-time world champion in the RB20. Speaker 9: That is Max getting into the car.  Shaggy: How confident are we feeling? Thomas: 10 out of 10. If it doesn’t rain. 

Shaggy: I’m not nervous normally,  but now I’ve slowly– getting me.  Speaker 9: Firing up. The car is  ready to go. Enjoy. Safe riding.  Shaggy: Let’s get ready to go. Speaker 9: This is the only route   we have for the RB20. Shaggy: Okay? Ready?  Speaker 9: Now he’s leaving the garage. 

[background noise] Shaggy: Oh, he’s there already. Shit.  [background noise] Shaggy: Ready.  Thomas: Recording. Shaggy: Okay. Let’s go up. Launching.  [background noise] Speaker 9: There’s a drone in   the air. It will be a full lap.  Drone is starting the full lap.  Shaggy: I’m on it. [background noise]  [pause 00:09:33] [drone recording] [music] 

Thomas: That sounds good. Speaker: [laughs]  Max: Shots never really been done before. The  quality is really good. Oh wow. You have to also be careful of the the bridges. Shaggy: Just over.  Max: Crazy. I never thought to see  a drone going that quick. It gives  

A different perspective to watching Formula 1. Shaggy: A little bit to the side and  then try to match up. For the first two laps. Max: Yes. That’s really nice. A bit of a   shame with the rain. Shaggy: Well, Max,  

We need a full speed dry lap behind you. Max: Sure. This can change how   people watch Formula 1. [00:12:05] [END OF AUDIO]