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.