Learn How Drake’s Ferrari Flies at His Shows

Looks like a rare hypercar, but it is actually an inflatable flying drone that looks like the most extreme Ferrari ever.

Canadian Rapper Drake is known best for creating the song that has morons dancing outside of moving vehicles on public roads, but within the car culture, he is known for his gorgeous Ferrari LaFerrari. The car has been featured in his music videos and across social media, but more importantly, the car plays a key role in the ongoing Aubrey and the Three Migos Tour, staring Drake and Migos.

To make sure that everyone at the show gets a good, close-up look at his bright yellow LaFerrari, the production team has rigged the car up to fly above the crowd. At first, you might assume that the car is on a system of wires and cables, but it isn’t actually a car and it is actually flying under its own power. Thanks to the INSIDER YouTube channel, we have a detailed look at how this all came together.

Drake’s LaFerrari

In case you aren’t familiar with Drake’s flying Ferrari, here is a quick rundown.

It is a 2015 LaFerrari finished in Giallo Modena. One 500 examples of this wicked hypercar exist in the world and the striking bright yellow makes it even rarer. This unique, 789-horsepower Ferrari is an incredible machine, so it comes as little surprise that Drake has gotten so much attention for having it, but he wanted to show it off even more.

The best way that he can do that is to take it on tour and show it to every fan who attends a show, but how do you make sure that everyone can see your car without risking any damage? You fly it around the inside of the stadium, so fans from front to rear can see it without being able to touch it.

So how do you make a LaFerrari fly in a way that is safe to the fans and safe to the car? You build an inflatable that is a nearly identical replica of the car and you operate it like a drone.

The Flying Supercar

While the car flying about the crowd at Drake’s shows looks like his LaFerrari, it is actually an inflatable replica made by the Spanish firm Gear Factor. In other words, it is a big, electronic, remote-controlled blimp in the shape of a Drake’s hypercar. It is a bit smaller than the real thing while weighing far less, allowing the crew to literally fly the car around the stadium during the show.

This gives fans the feeling of being a part of the show, as the flying Ferrari gets very close to the crowd and since many don’t realize that it is an inflatable drone, many of them come away believing that they just had a close encounter with one of the world’s fastest hypercars.

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Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

Rall can be contacted at QuickMirada@Yahoo.com

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