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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 ...
Hideo Hiraoka (平岡英郎, Hiraoka Hideo, 30 April 1971, Tochigi) is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team Orange and Yuke’s. Like many of the drivers in the D1GP he is the owner of his own tuning shop called Proshop Rapid, and so has worked on many of his cars himself. [citation ...
D1 Lights driver Toshiyuki Jinno planned to enter D1GP with his S15 Silvia he previously use in D1 Lights. [23] [24] Hayato Miyoshi stepped up to D1GP and will be driving a GR86 previously driven by Shigehisa Sasayama [25] On Ebisu round, Pop debut a VR38 powered BMW 2-Series replacing his GR86 which in turn, would be driven by Pond. [26]
Driver Machine Tires Round LINGLONG TIRE DRIFT Team ORANGE 4 Masanori Kohashi: Nissan Silvia (S15) Linglong: All 9 Naoto Suenaga: Nissan Silvia (S15) All NANKANG TIRE DRIFT TEAM D-MAX 70 Masashi Yokoi: Nissan Silvia (S15) Nankang: All 46 Masao Suenaga: Nissan Silvia (S15) All Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT 66 Hideyuki Fujino: Toyota 86 (ZN6) Toyo Tires ...
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.
Tetsuya Hibino (日比野哲也, Hibino Tetsuya) (born 10 April 1974 in Aichi) is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Shibata Racing Team. Like many of the drivers in the D1 Grand Prix, he is the owner of his own tuning shop called SunRise, and works on his car himself.
Atsushi Kuroi (黒井敦史, Kuroi Atsushi, 30 March 1969 – 2 February 2010, Osaka) was a Japanese professional drifting driver who competed in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team Toyo with River Side. He died on 2 February 2010 during the evening due to a motorcycle accident. [1]
Sayaka Shimoda joined the competition and became the first female driver to compete in D1GP since Michie Mimoto in 2015; Hiroki Vito graduate to D1GP after winning D1 Lights the previous year; Teruyoshi Iwai changes tyre supplier from Vitour to Federal. Tetsura Nakata return to D1GP after missing the whole 2021 season.