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2022 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix series is the 22nd season of D1 Grand Prix started from April 24 on Fuji Speedway and ended on November 6 on Ebisu Circuit. [1] Naoki Nakamura entered the season as the Defending Champion. [2] Masashi Yokoi won his third championship with Masato Kawabata winning the Tanso (Solo Run) championship.
D1 Grand Prix Masashi Yokoi (横井 昌志, Yokoi Masashi , 29 October 1982, Gifu ) is a Japanese professional drifter, he currently competing in D1 Grand Prix and win the championship in 2018 , 2019 and 2022 making him the second driver to win back-to-back championship. he is nicknamed as Zombie Yokoi or Galaxy Yokoi [ 1 ]
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 scored 204 points, the first to score more than 200 points in a season. His championship win made him the third person to win both D1GP and D1 Street Legal, after Katsuhiro Ueo and Masashi Yokoi. In early 2022 he began collaborating with the new TMAR team and was to debut a V8 powered S13 built alongside fellow D1 driver Daigo Saito.
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.
Hideyuki Fujino (藤野 秀之, Fujino Hideyuki, born 26 June 1974, Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese professional drifting driver. He currently competes in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team Toyo Tires Drift, and is the 2017 and 2023 series champion.
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] After 1 year absent D1GP planned to return to Tsukuba Circuit. Okuibuki and Ebisu round will held alongside D1 Lights.
2024 Gran Turismo D1 Grand Prix Series was the 24th season of D1 Grand Prix drifting competition. It started in May 10 at Okuibuki Motorpark and ended in November 10 at Odaiba. The series is run by Sunpros under Japanese Automobile Federation (JAF) official semi-national competition format. The competition was held as JAF Japan Drift ...