Video of Formula One Car Drifting on Skyscraper Rooftop Jeddah in Not Real
The Claim
For the first time in Jeddah, a Formula One car races on the roof of a skyscraper.
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A video of a Formula One car racing or drifting on a skyscraper rooftop is making the rounds on social media in English and Arabic, including verified users.
According to the accompanying claim, the Formula One car is driven atop the Headquarters Business Park skyscraper in Saudi Arabia. Notably, this stunt coincides with the start of the Corniche circuit races, and some say it is the first of its kind in Bahrain.
Misbar’s Analysis
According to Misbar's investigation, the clip circulating is created using computer-generated imagery.
The video's Instagram watermarks (amrkhaled94 and soulndrone) indicated that the video was created using CGI. A 3D artist named Amr Khaled appears to have composed and edited the video, which seems to have been shot on a drone by Soulndrone.
Amr's Instagram account is full of similar videos and images. Additionally, he shared a short clip from the ariel recording in his highlights, in which the rooftop can be seen in the background, but there is no Formula One race car, as shown in the image below.
Computer-generated imagery (CGI) uses computer graphics to create or contribute to images in art, printed media, video games, simulators, computer animation, and visual effects (VFX) in films, television programs, shorts, commercials, and videos.
