Automotive & Motorsport Drone Filming
High-speed FPV and cinematic aerial filming for automotive, motorsport and vehicle productions.
Emmy-winning FPV pilot and drone cinematographer Lewis Whyld creates dynamic tracking shots around cars, race vehicles and moving subjects — combining close-proximity FPV with conventional aerial cinematography for commercials, branded content, motorsport films and live productions.
London-based, filming across the UK and worldwide.
High-speed FPV and drone cinematography by Lewis Whyld for automotive, motorsport and vehicle productions, including close-proximity tracking, race circuits, drifting and cinematic aerial filming.
High-Speed FPV Vehicle Tracking
FPV allows the camera to move with a vehicle rather than simply watch it pass.
Flights can follow directly behind, alongside or around moving cars, transition between different angles and stay close to the action while maintaining the speed and energy of the sequence.
Typical projects include:
Automotive commercials
Motorsport
Race circuits
Drifting
Performance vehicles
Manufacturer films
Brand content
Track-day productions
Vehicle launches
Social campaigns
Live events
FPV & Conventional Aerial Together
Not every automotive shot needs FPV.
Conventional aerial drones are often better for wide landscapes, circuits, establishing shots and smoother vehicle tracking.
FPV can then provide the faster, lower and more immersive sequences.
Using both allows a production to move from:
wide establishing aerial → vehicle tracking → close FPV pursuit → detail and action
without forcing every shot through a single drone platform.
Built Around the Vehicle & Shot
Vehicle speed, route, terrain and required camera movement all affect the aircraft and flight plan.
Depending on the production, Lewis can use compact protected-prop systems, high-performance FPV platforms, conventional cinema drones or bespoke aircraft.
The platform is selected around the shot rather than asking the creative to fit the limitations of one drone.
Automotive & Motorsport Case Studies
McLaren Technology Centre
Drone and FPV cinematography within one of the world's most recognisable automotive and engineering environments, combining precision flying with premium brand and architectural imagery.
King’s Lynn — Drift Car FPV
High-speed FPV pursuit filming around drifting vehicles, flying close to the cars through dynamic changes in direction, speed and proximity.
British Superbikes - Castle Combe
[MPS Motorsport Castle Combe →]
High-speed FPV filming at Castle Combe Circuit, tracking race vehicles through a live motorsport environment and capturing speed, movement and circuit action from close range.
Moonshot
Development of a proprietary long-endurance FPV platform designed for high-speed tracking and extended vehicle pursuit beyond the endurance of conventional FPV systems.
Testing has included approximately 20 minutes of continuous high-speed drift-car pursuit.
Commercial Automotive Production
Automotive shoots often involve much more than simply following a car.
Whyldthings can work with directors, DOPs, agencies and production teams to plan sequences around:
Vehicle speed
Driving line
Camera direction
Lighting
Road or circuit layout
Talent
Multiple takes
Safety zones
Timing and choreography
This allows FPV footage to integrate naturally with tracking vehicles, ground cameras and the wider production.
Why Whyldthings?
Lewis combines high-speed FPV flying with more than a decade of professional aerial cinematography and extensive experience operating around fast-moving subjects.
Capabilities include:
Close-proximity FPV tracking
High-speed pursuit
Conventional aerial cinematography
Long-endurance FPV
Bespoke aircraft development
Complex choreographed routes
Cinema-grade capture
Commercial production workflows
What You’ll Get
Creative and technical planning
Route and vehicle choreography
FPV and/or conventional aerial filming
Multiple takes and shot variations
Director and client monitoring
Risk assessments / RAMS where required
Cinema-grade footage
Editing and post-production if required
UK and international production capability
Planning an Automotive or Motorsport Shoot?
Send the location, filming date, vehicle type and an outline of the shots you want to achieve.
Whether the brief involves a commercial, drifting, circuit racing, vehicle tracking or a technically ambitious FPV sequence, Whyldthings can advise on the most appropriate aircraft and filming approach.