MultiGP Drone Racing 2018's Press Kit

1. 2018PRESS KIT

2. DEMOGRAPHICS
WHAT IS DRONE RACING
Drone Racing has emerged to be one of the fastest growing and most
exciting sports in modern history. This fusion of technology and human
reflexes is as close to a real life video game as you can get. Pilots race
drones around courses at up to 100 miles per hour at local, regional,
national and international competitions. The new sport is propelled by
using VR goggles that allow drone pilots to fly the agile machines as if they
are sitting in the cockpit. It is a sport that has no age or gender barrier, and
has generated events that have collectively had millions of dollars in prize
purses for participants.
25K WEBSITE
VISITORS P/M
10K APP USERS
600 ACTIVE
CHAPTERS
160+ EVENTS
EVERY WEEKEND
22K REGISTERED
PILOTS
17.1K FACEBOOK FANS AND A
TOTAL OF 489.3K VIDEO VIEWS
28.1K INSTAGRAM
FOLLOWERS
6.8K TWITTER
FOLLOWERS
5.1K YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBERS
AND MORE THAN 150K VIEWS
15K NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBERS
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WE REACH 100K+ FANS EVERY MONTH
WHO IS MULTIGP
We are the world’s largest professional and
amateur drone racing league. Organizing nearly
10,000 Races with over 22,000 Members and
600 Active Chapters in 83 Countries.
GENDER
EDUCATION
99%MALE
YEARLY INCOMES
AGE
$50,000 -
$124,999
ANNUALLY
82%
72%
21-49
SOME
COLLEGE
50%
COMPLETED
COLLEGE
44%
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3. We’ve built the
ecosystem that is
the lifeblood of
drone racing.
SUPPORT
Our grassroots approach supports the sport from the ground up. We transform
informal groups of pilots into organized MultiGP Chapters by giving them tools such
as proprietary event management software, an interactive and personalized
website, racing gates, racing flags, community and one-on-one training.
COMMUNITY
Our pilots enjoy meeting new people with similar interests through our social media
assets. The value comes when the online interactions turn into real life friendships
at MultiGP FPV racing events. This creates a solid foundation of participants and a
lifestyle they enjoy.
EVENT MANAGEMENT & SANCTIONING
Our network of MultiGP Chapters provides the foundation to execute not only large
local event; it also enables MultiGP to hold the only true drone racing series with
regional qualifiers and final that lead to a national championship.
SPORT ADVANCEMENT
Our programs are designed to further the sport of FPV Drone Racing. As the
Academy of Model Aeronautics Special Interest Group for FPV, we pride ourselves in
guiding pilots and groups to safe and rewarding events.
SPONSORSHIP
Presenting FPV manufacturers and distributors to our community in an attractive
manner is a core mission to advance the sport. We have developed attractive
packages that present your brand to not only our pilots, but the entire worldwide
drone racing community.
WHAT WE DO

4. Our Chapter program transforms casual groups into
competitive MultiGP drone racing Chapters.
Chapters with the most frequent and quality events are recognized and rewarded,
which builds our community.
Tier 3 Chapters hold 6
- 11 Annual events
Tier 2 Chapters hold 12 -
17 annual events and
have 15 registered
members or more.
Tier 1 Chapters hold a
minimum of 18 Annual
events and have 30 or
more registered
members.
BUILDING THE COMMUNITY

5. SOME OF OUR LATEST ACHIEVEMENTS
1 In 2017 we became the drone racing league with the largest amount of registered pilots, reaching the amazing
milestone of 20,000 people!
2 This past year we had the pleasure to sanction and produce the Collegiate Drone Racing Championship,
bringing together for the first time young pilots from more than 20 different universities!
3 With the addition of Alaska last summer, MultiGP became the 1st drone racing league to have presence in all
50 states!
4 The first edition of the MultiGP International Open was an epic success for the league and the whole drone
racing community becoming, by far, the largest gathering of FPV pilots in history!
5 During the International Open we managed to successfully complete one of the biggest challenges we've ever
faced as event organizers: having 8 different FPV tracks running simultaneously! Nobody had accomplished it
before, and we took race activation to the next level!
6 Our 2018 Regional Series has just launched and will nationally rank over 1,200 US-based pilots, with our
regional finals featuring 600+ of the country’s best pilots, while showcasing the top-150 at our 4th National
Championships!

6. SOME OF OUR LATEST ACHIEVEMENTS...

7. FIRST LATIN AMERICAN
CHAMPIONSHIP
The 1st Campeonato Latinoamericano
took place in November 2017 and was
sanctioned by MultiGP. This event wrote a
new chapter in drone racing history,
bringing together 80 pilots from 12
different Latin American countries under
the same standards! One of our main goals
is to become a worldwide organization and
this competition was a huge step into this
direction.
COLLEGIATE DRONE
RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
Through the cooperation of Perdue
University, MultiGP had the pleasure to
sanction the first ever drone racing
championship between college students
from all over the country. More than 20
universities answered the call and joined
us at this historic event. Next year, our
goal is to keep raising that number and
slowly grow drone racing into a popular
collegiate sport.
SEBRING DRONE
RACING CHALLENGE
Every January the famous U.S. Sport Aviation
Expo takes place in Sebring, Florida. In the
2017 edition, MultiGP was invited for the first
time to participate as a side event, so we
organized the 1st Sebring Drone Racing
Challenge. Building on the success and
acceptance of this event, we returned in 2018
with an over 35,000 prize purse. In 2019 the
Sebring Drone Racing Challenge will be back
and will be sanctioned once again by MultiGP.
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PAST COLLABORATIONS

8. MORE RACES IN MORE PLACES. PERIOD.
With over 20,000 internationally registered pilots and over 600
chapters, our growth proves that pilots find value in our system.

9. OUR EVENTS
FOR 2018

10. This is our youngest and most promising event. During the first edition in 2017,
we managed to not only bring together more than 200 pilots from many
different nationalities and different skill levels for the first time, but also we
became the first organization running 8 tracks at the same time in a single event.
For these reasons the International Open is, without a doubt, the largest
and most inclusive drone racing event in history.
REGIONAL SERIES
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
INTERNATIONAL OPEN
Thousands of pilots from all over the country compete at their
local MultiGP chapter during the whole season with the dream of qualifying to
the regional finals and try to get a spot at the National Championship.
This is the big event! The most expected and the most determinant competition
for all MultiGP pilots. The National Championship is the conclusion of a whole
season, where only the best pilots from the country will have a chance to reclaim
the title of National Champion.
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11. This will be a pivotal year for Drone Racing, and MultiGP is taking steps to ensure that we
continue to lead the way in growing and legitimizing our sport. We are looking to host
and/or sanction at least 20 major races or events in 2018, Including the second annual
International Open, which will open up competition to pilots across the globe.
2018 EVENTS CALENDAR
2018
Drone Racing
season
South West
Regional Final
South East
Regional Final
Buffalo Bando
Drone Racing
Flite Fest Ohio
June 9-10 June 30-July 1
June 22-24 July 12-15
North East
Regional Final
June 30-July 1
International
Open
August 8-12
Regional Series Regional Series Regional Series
Sanctioned
Event
Sanctioned
Event
Sanctioned
Event

12. This will be a pivotal year for Drone Racing, and MultiGP is taking steps to ensure that we
continue to lead the way in growing and legitimizing our sport. We are looking to host
and/or sanction at least 20 major races or events in 2018, Including the second annual
International Open, which will open up competition to pilots across the globe.
2018 EVENTS CALENDAR
National
Championship
Flite Fest
Texas
Florida, December 6
November 1-4
North West
Regional Final
September 1-2
North Central
Regional Final
September 22-23
Regional Series Final
Regional Series
Regional Series
Sanctioned
Event
South Central
Regional Final
October 13- 14
Regional Series
AMA Expo
West
November
1-4
Sanctioned
Event

13. EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL OPEN
2018
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14. WHAT IS THE MULTIGP
INTERNATIONAL OPEN?
64 PILOTS FLYING AT
ONCE ACROSS 8 TRACKS
16 COMPETITIONS AND
ADDITIONAL GAMES
OVER 300 PILOTS
ATTENDED LAST YEAR
5 DAY
EVENT
● Projected attendance: over 500 pilots in 2018
● Up-to-8 pilots on each track, up to 64 people successfully flying at
any given time at one event
● World Cup Championship Race featured pilots from over 20
countries in 2017
● Over 14 hours of flying every day for 5 days
● The drone racing industry’s most successful event with almost
100% pilot satisfaction
● More drone flying than at any event ever-before
● Open Quad, Spec Quad, Large Quad and Wing Racing
● Over 17,120 laps including 9,891 practice/open timed laps and
7,229 qualifying and championship laps! (plus almost as many
“un-timed” laps)
The MultiGP International
Open is the largest FPV and
Drone Event in the World.
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15. The 2018 MultiGP international Open is the largest
gathering of FPV pilots and enthusiasts in the world.
This is not just an event… this is a village with hundreds of pilots and enthusiasts on the AMA
campus with 8 different tracks all flying at once in the best drone competitions and event in the
world.
This are not just backyard race course... this is a World Cup Track, SPEC track, Freestyle,
X-Class, Rookie track, LED Night track, and a SECOND World Cup Track!
This is not engaging with a handful of pilots per race…this is about reaching all the pilots of
MultiGP between MultiGP news to the presentation stage at the International Open, engage with
23,000.
This is not your average "Facebook live"... The MultiGP International Open will coordinate live
racing livestream at all 8 courses and from the center stage.
This is not a one-and-done marketing cycle... the lead up to the International Open has already
begun. Each week the MultiGP is filled in on exciting developments and preparations.
Join us in a multiple month campaign. Develop a relationship with over thousands of pilots
directly and over a million in-directly at the most prestigious event in Drone Sports!
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16. It is the goal of MultiGP to unite all facets of
FPV flight under a festival of epic proportions.
● Drone Racing
● Wing Racing
● Large Scale Drone Racing
● Night Racing & Capture the Flag
● Freestyle Flying
● Vendor Village and Stage
● The AMA Headquarters...
With 1200 Acres of land provided by our host the Academy of
Model Aeronautics, MultiGP has a truly special place for pilots
to come together and celebrate FPV flight, Drones, Wings
and the RC hobby.
MultiGP’s Mission
Unite the FPV and Drone
Community
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19. PRESS CONTACT
Kelara Mainade
+1(321)549-3002
News@MultiGP.com