ABB FIA Formula E-race car vs Qatar Airways’ Airbus A350 and Boeing 787

Qatar Airways put its most modern aircraft, the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner, up against one of the fastest, most modern cars in the world, the ABB FIA Formula E Spark SRT-01E.

Using Qatar Airways’ home and hub Hamad International Airport as the venue, Qatar Airways closed a runway and pitted Formula E-car and renowned racing driver Jerome D’Ambrosio in a man-and-machine race like no other.

Matched up against an Airbus A350 taking off, can the Formula E-car keep the lead before the plane leaves the ground?

And then on the return leg, how did the Formula E-car fare against a landing Boeing 787 Dreamliner?

Can a car outrun two planes?

Start your engine, ready, set, GO! Watch now and find out.