what is the drone racing league (drl)
DRL is the world’s premier, professional drone racing property for elite pilots. With custom built racing drones traveling 90 MPH, pilots race through the most insane courses across virtual and physical competitions. Merging the digital with the real, DRL delivers innovative drone technology, immersive content, and visually thrilling races on the best sports networks and streaming platforms around the world, including NBC, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, Fox Sports, Sky Sports, ProSieben, and Weibo.
First Person View (FPV) drone racing is a competition where pilots control drones equipped with cameras while wearing goggles that stream the live video feed from the drones so they feel like they’re flying from inside the drone. The goal is to complete a complex race course as quickly as possible and ahead of the other pilots in the heat. Competitions are held in stadiums around the world and also with our pilots flying virtually in the DRL SIM, the true-to-life drone racing simulator.
SEEDING FOR SEMIFINALS
For IRL racing:
Ranking Rounds take place the day before the first Level at a specific course and determine seeds in the Semifinals. Pilots, based on their best Ranking Round heat finishes, are ranked 1 - 12, then seeded into the following groups:
Group 1 - Pilots ranked 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 11
Group 2 - Pilots ranked 1, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 12
For all subsequent Levels at the same course, and for all subsequent SIM Levels, the overall finish order from the previous Level seeds the pilots into the Semifinal groups of the next Level.
SEASON STANDINGS
Pilots are awarded points based on their overall finish at each Level as follows:
IRL RACING:
1st Place: 25 Points
2nd Place: 20 Points
3rd Place: 16 Points
4th Place: 13 Points
5th Place: 11 Points
6th Place: 9 Point
7th Place: 7 Points
8th Place: 5 Points
9th Place: 3 Points1
10th Place: 2 Points
11th Place: 1 Point
12th Place: 0 Points
SIM RACING:
1st Place: 12 Points
2nd Place: 9 Points
3rd Place: 7 Points
4th Place: 6 Points
5th Place: 5 Points
6th Place: 4 Points
7th Place: 3 Points
8th Place: 2 Points
9th Place: 1 Point
10th - 12th Place: 0 Points