The landmark moment in motorsport and flying car mobility revolution has been made in the salt flats of South Australia. Airspeeder pilot Walsh beat fellow-competitor Fabio Tishcler in a tense and close inaugural EXA remotely piloted race. This was the first time two pilots were given full license to race their 4.1m long eVTOL race-craft blade-to-blade in a fully competitive race setting. No concession to preserving their vehicles was made as the competitive instincts of born racers was on display from the very beginning of this historic first race, staged above the pink salt flats of Lake Lochiel near Adelaide. After winning, a delighted Walsh said: “I couldn’t be prouder to know that forever more I’ll be the first winner of an electric flying car race and I look forward to retaining my crown as we go racing around the world in the coming months” There were three overtakes in the first lap alone, with the most daring manoeuvre of all rewarded with the ultimate victory when Zephatali overtook Tischler who had gone wide at Turn 1. On losing speed on exit, the champion made his move flying just 1 metre below his fellow competitor to secure the track position that ultimately led to this historic maiden victory.
