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Drift Star Racing entered 2 car for the first time as Yumeto Hatanaka join Hiroki Vito. [11] [12] RE Amemiya will use Shibatire and entered as "TEAM RE雨宮 マツモトキヨシ シバタイヤ". Ending a partnership with Toyo Tires. [13] [14] Two-time D1 Street Legal champion Yusuke Kitaoka is leaving Team Mori after 7 season together. [15]
Fuji Speedway will only held an exhibition event rather than championship round as previous season. Odaiba returned to host D1GP round for the first time since 2018 season, 2019 was the last time D1GP ever held any event at Odaiba as the venue was in use for 2020 Summer Olympics. The round will be certified as JAF CUP. [2]
The D1 Grand Prix (D1グランプリ, D1 guranpuri), abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift, is a production car drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Daijiro Inada, founder of Option magazine and Tokyo Auto Salon, and drifting legend, Keiichi Tsuchiya hosted a professional level drifting contest in 1999 and 2000 to feed on the ever ...
Fat Five Racing became Trail Motor Apex Racing and at same time collaborating with Team Vertex and Naoki Nakamura but due to schedule clash with Formula Drift Japan they missed the first round. Naoki Nakamura's S13 V8 Silvia had an engine issue during the opening round, and used his previous car, an S15 Silvia for that roundround.
Daigo Saito (斎藤 太吾, Saitō Daigo, 7 March 1980, Saitama) is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series and Formula Drift Japan. He formerly competed in Formula DRIFT USA and World Championship series for Achilles Radial. He was the first driver to win the two drifting majors, D1GP in 2008 ...
Ebisu Circuit was designed and built by the drift driver Nobushige Kumakubo and is one of the premier drifting-based race tracks in the world. [ citation needed ] Nobushige also holds other non-drifting motorsport events at Ebisu including motorcycle races, karting , endurance races , FJ1600 open-wheel car races and, in previous years, events ...
Japan: Born 15 October 1977 (age 47) Osaka, Osaka Prefecture: D1 Grand Prix career; Debut season: 2002: Current team: Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT: Former teams: TRUST: Championships: 3: Wins: 19: Best finish: 1st in 2007, 2013, 2015: Previous series; 2017-2019 2019,2021: FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup Russian Drift Series: Championship titles ...
Despite not competing full time, he managed to get 2 wins and regain his D1GP license. He switched sponsors to Valino tires. He later competed in the drift class at World Time Attack Challenge in Australia, [3] driving an S15 Silvia he prepared for D1GP the following year. 2019 marked his return to D1GP after nearly a decade.