---
title: "Watch a Drone Racer Compete With a Porsche 911 GT3 RS While Riding Shotgun"
description: "Luke Bannister broke a drone-related Guinness World Record last week. Watch him race a drone against a Porsche 911 GT3 RS while sitting inside it."
date: "2018-07-19"
modified: "2018-07-19"
authors:
  - name: "Marco Margaritoff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/marco-margaritoff.md"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/tech/22233/watch-a-drone-racer-compete-with-a-porsche-911-gt3-rs-while-riding-shotgun"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Porsche News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Aerial"
  - "Coupe"
  - "Drones"
  - "Goodwood Festival of Speed"
  - "porsche"
  - "Supercar"
---

# Watch a Drone Racer Compete With a Porsche 911 GT3 RS While Riding Shotgun

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2018/07/goodwood-drone-race-porsche-hero-01.jpg>)
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Teenage drone racer Luke Bannister, who flies for Vodafone and [recently broke the Guinness World Record for fastest speed by a remote-controlled tilt-rotor aircraft](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/22176/vodafone-drone-sets-guinness-world-record-at-goodwood-festival-of-speed.md>), brought impressive drone news from the [Goodwood Festival of Speed](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/12041/goodwood-festival-of-speed-includes-drone-racing-to-inspire-youth.md>) to the eyeballs of drone enthusiasts across the world.

The official Goodwood Road & Racing YouTube channel just uploaded footage of a heated race between the Wingcopter XBR drone Bannister used to break records and a [Porsche 911 GT3 RS](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/21099/heres-the-story-behind-the-porsche-911-gt3-rs-lizard-green-paint-job.md>) on the world-famous Goodwood estate.

To set the stage, let’s clarify the situation: The Porsche is being driven by a professional racer while Bannister, competing on behalf of the [Vodafone](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/22043/vodafone-developing-internet-of-things-drone-tracking-system.md>) XBlades Racing Team, rides shotgun. With a [Fat Shark first-person view goggle headset](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/11927/fat-sharks-new-drone-goggles-will-keep-up-with-drone-racing.md>) on his face, Bannister is looking through the Wingcopter XBR’s eyes as it dukes it out with the very car he’s sitting in.

Let’s take a look, shall well?

https://youtube.com/embed/VIbxX3q0l_Y

While some are undoubtedly going to dismiss the event as a mere marketing gimmick for Vodafone, Porsche, and the Goodwood Festival of Speed as a ploy to garner more publicity and attention, this is a pretty awesome idea, regardless.

Having a drone pilot sit in the very car he’s competing against while he’s looking through eyes aerially spotting him zipping along below is something so meta and modern that so-called drone enthusiasts who roll their eyes would do well to reconsider their cynicism. Between a world record-breaking drone racer, his constant struggle to maintain a consistent first-person view, and a Porsche 911 GT3 RS roaring through the Goodwood estate, what’s not to love?

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