---
title: "Dubai’s World Drone Prix Looks Cooler Than You Thought"
description: "Massive aerial race courses threaded with neon light? Oh, hell yes."
date: "2016-03-11"
modified: "2016-03-11"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/2510/dubais-world-drone-prix-looks-cooler-than-you-thought"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Racing"
tags:
  - "Drones"
  - "Dubai"
  - "racing"
---

# Dubai’s World Drone Prix Looks Cooler Than You Thought

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Oh, World Drone Prix, you had us at "hello." By which we mean, you had us at that [video of a McLaren 650S Spider racing a quadcopter through Dubai](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/2434/watch-this-mclaren-650s-race-a-drone-through-dubai>) at night. We were going to watch your drone races anyway. You didn't have to then turn around and release a new video showing the elaborate racecourse and freakishly green grass of your desert racing paradise.

Qualifying for the Drone Grand Prix kicked off on March 8 and continued through March 9, with the races taking place over the 12 and 13th. Sure enough, the Drone Grand Prix organizers released a concise highlight reel from each of the first qualifying days. Worth a watch.

https://youtube.com/embed/Fpwxm-RpHdM

https://youtube.com/embed/OTM5yB2BJjI

https://youtube.com/embed/__NZ6QxEpec

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/willsabelcourtney>)  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/willscourtney>)