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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 ...
He is known as the Drift King (ドリキン, Dorikin) for his nontraditional use of drifting in non-drifting racing events and his role in popularizing drifting as a motorsport. In professional racing, he is a two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner and the 2001 All Japan GT Championship runner-up.
The competition was held as JAF Japan Drift Championship as drifting category is added to Japan Championship by JAF. [1] Hideyuki Fujino entered the season as defending champion in both Overall and Single run championship. [2] Naoki Nakamura won his second Overall and Solo Run championship at the final round of the season from Daigo Saito and ...
2023 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series is the 23rd season of D1 Grand Prix.Started in May 13 in Okuibuki Motorpark and finished at Odaiba in November 12. [1]Masashi Yokoi is the series reigning champion.
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.
2 Seimi Tanaka: Nissan Silvia (S15) Sailun: All 6 Akinori Utsumi: Nissan Silvia (S15) All FAT FIVE RACING 87 Daigo Saito: Toyota GR Supra (A90) Sailun 1-2,7-10,5-6 77 Hokuto Matsuyama: Toyota GR Supra (A90) Toyo Tires All Team RE雨宮 K&N 7 Yukio Matsui: Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Toyo Tires All TEAM VERTEX SAILUN TIRE 78 Takahiro Ueno: Lexus RC (GSC10 ...
Later, British racing driver Stirling Moss improved upon Nuvolari's technique, mastering the art of drifting through curves in Formula 1 races by steering with the accelerator pedal. More recently, drifting as a specialized competition became popular in Japan. [2] [3] [4] It was most popular in the All Japan Touring Car Championship races.
At the championship finale, he was crowned as the 2005 D1GP champion and earned the championship title by beating Masao Suenaga only by 1 point. In 2006, he switched teams from Kei-Office to DG-5 with 2005 championship car having cosmetic changes, specifically with the Kei-Office aero being removed for GP Sports' G-Sonic Evolution kit.