Mahindra Racing Driver Puts Lumenier QAV210 Quadcopter Against Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E Car (Video)

As a bit of a fun detour from more important news, there was recently a video shot of a Lumenier QAV210 quadcopter (piloted by Mahindra Racing driver Bruno Senna) going against a Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E car (piloted by the American racer Scott Speed) “on” the historic Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit in Mexico City. Oh, and so everyone knows, as far as quadcopters go, I picked up a Dragonlink v3 yesterday, so far, it’s the the nicest one I ever had. Anywho…

It’s a bit of a fun break from our typical coverage. The video — which has been given the rather fanciful title “The Chase: Drone vs Formula E Car – Senna vs Speed” — is posted just below. Enjoy.

The Mahindra Racing driver, Bruno Senna, commented: “The Chase was so much fun. It was very cool to have such a spectacular circuit to ourselves with a drone and a racing car to play with. It was a great challenge, which is what flying these high performance drones is all about. My friends, who have watched my drone videos, know I am a bit of a daredevil when I am flying, but all I was thinking during filming was “don’t break a propeller, don’t break a propeller.”

“Scott Speed really got into the spirit of the game, trying to confuse me by spinning and switching direction in the stadium or slowing down and then accelerating as fast as he could. It was so much fun and the footage from the drone looks really great. This was a wonderful opportunity to do something really different and was so much fun. I have just finished building an even faster drone with longer range and I am ready to challenge Formula E to a race again very soon.”