China Dragons: Team Profile and Where China’s Drone Racers Fly Now

China Dragons opened 2026 the hard way. In the Drone Champions League’s virtual seeding race on January 19, the team’s pilot WSQ posted 1:27.281, almost nine seconds behind Spain Drone Team’s winning 1:18.005. Sixth of six. The top three flew on to Riyadh; China Dragons did not.

That result, published in the DCL’s season-opener report, is the clearest snapshot of where China’s longest-running pro drone team stands.

China Dragons team profile

• Country: China
• League: Drone Champions League (DCL)
• Best recent result: third place at the 2022 Reutte round
• 2026: sixth in the virtual seeding race; not in the Cup grid

The Dragons’ record in the DCL

China Dragons have been part of the DCL story since the league’s early seasons, when a handful of teams raced in Alpine towns and city centers. They have never won a title, and their record says so: no tournament wins and one podium across their first 25 races.

Their best documented recent stretch came in 2022. In what the league called the closest championship in DCL history, China Dragons reached two Small Finals and took third place at Reutte in Austria. Raiden Racing won the title from XBlades on the final Big Heat in Stavanger.

Why the Great Wall keeps coming up

China has been part of the DCL’s identity in a way few countries have. The league’s 2021 hybrid calendar included a virtual round on the Great Wall, and the 2025 Eagle Cup ran its finale on a Great Wall track in DCL – The Game. For a team that rarely contends for wins, China Dragons have given the league a market and a backdrop.

The 2026 seeding race in full

The DCL opened its season with a simulator time trial on January 19: six teams, one pilot each, the same track. The fastest three earned a place at the live seeding final at Tuwaiq Academy’s Drones Hub in Riyadh on January 29. That was a short format of four heats, mixing head-to-head and all-pilot races. Everyone else was seeded by sim time.

The top four were separated by under 1.6 seconds. China Dragons were nearly four seconds off fifth. On a lap of about 78 seconds, that is the difference between a contender and a guest.

Where China Dragons race now

After the January seeding race, the 2026 DCL settled on six teams for its Cups. They are Vexcel Spain Drone Team, DCL Wildcard Team, Cyclone Drone Racing, Raiden Racing, Kazakhstan’s Aspan and Argentina’s Squadron78. China Dragons are not among them.

Vexcel Spain Drone Team won the 2026 Falcon Cup, beating the DCL Wildcard Team 42–28 in the Cup Final, and followed it by winning the Eagle Cup. Our Drone Champions League guide follows the rest of the season.

Who took the seats instead

Two of the six Cup places now belong to teams that barely registered a few years ago. Kazakhstan’s Aspan, fifth in the seeding race, finished fifth in the Falcon Cup on 4 points. Argentina’s Squadron78 took sixth on 3. Neither has the Dragons’ history, but both had a Cup seat when the season began. The DCL’s simulator-led format lets a team from anywhere compete without the cost of a European tour.

For China Dragons, that cuts both ways. The barrier to entry is lower than ever, and so is the protection that a long history once gave an established team.

China’s pilots are getting faster elsewhere

The team’s seeding time understates Chinese talent. At the 2026 MultiGP Championship in Carrollton, Texas, held October 15–17, two Chinese pilots made the 16-pilot A Main. One was Siqing “WSQ” Wang, the same pilot who flew the Dragons’ seeding run. The other was TJ “TJ_FPV” Tian, who qualified fifth. MultiGP’s report lists both among a field won by South Korea’s Minchan “MCK” Kim.

That matters if you follow form. Open-class racing at MultiGP is one of the few places where pilots from every major league meet on the same real-world track. Our MultiGP finals coverage has the full picture.

Betting on China Dragons: what exists

DraftKings once offered real-money drone racing odds in five states. That deal was with the Drone Racing League, a separate series, and it never covered DCL teams like China Dragons.

Today there is no regulated market for China Dragons. We found no US sportsbook or prediction market listing DCL races. If you want exposure to machine sports and AI outcomes, event contracts are where the action is. Our prediction markets hub covers the legal platforms and which states restrict them.

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What to watch next

This year’s seeding race showed the door is not closed: China Dragons flew for a place alongside the established Cup teams. The more realistic route back is pilot-led. If WSQ and his peers keep closing the gap at MultiGP, a sub-1:20 sim time is within reach. For the full list of active teams, see our drone racing teams hub.