> I didn’t find the piloting to yield a particularly smooth video Considering the context, I thought it as pretty impressive. I'm sure if it were for a feature

> I didn’t find the piloting to yield a particularly smooth video Considering the context, I thought it as pretty impressive. I'm sure if it were for a feature film it could have been a bit better in aesthetic composition and framing but a movie would have had a lot of rehearsals, section-by-section planned coordination and also not have been shooting a full lap as one continuous shot. Given that this was a Red Bull marketing video vs a movie, I suspect they didn't have Max for very long (hence having to go ahead with the shoot despite the lousy weather). IIRC, there are even F1 rules strictly limiting the number of laps an F1 team driver can do in an F1 car outside of officially sanctioned practice sessions. Interestingly, we'll soon get to see a feature film interpretation of F1 racing. A major movie starring Brad Pitt was shown shooting around the pits last F1 season and Brad Pitt was interviewed about it on one of the F1 pre-race shows. I expect we'll see some dramatic aerial shots when it comes out. As a side note, these kind of drone shots are often done with a wide angle lens which gives some extra leeway for image stabilization and re-framing in post-production. I expect that was probably the case here because I don't think there was enough room in that bullet-shaped drone for a camera gimbal.