On the Igora Drive track near St. Petersburg, the fifth stage of the Russian Drift Series 2022 Grand Prix ended, which determined a new leader in the individual standings of the country’s main drift championship. Forward Auto team leader Georgy Chivchyan became the winner.
The top 16 stage featured several brilliant races at once, but the main characters were Evgeny Losev from the SINTEC FRESH AUTO DRIFT team and Charles NG from STAR РЁR STARS AIMOL. This duel opened the day of competition, and the two pilots showed such a tight and synchronized drift that the judges were not immediately able to determine the winner. It took up to two OMT races to give Evgeny Losev a top-8 finish.
On the way to the final, Losev took over in the race with Sergey Sak (BY Motorsport), and in the semi-finals he won in a duel with Leonid Schneider (Forward Auto). But in the decisive battle for the first place on the podium, the tournament table brought him together with Georgy Chivchyan, and here the leader of Forward Auto had no equal. Two flawless runs, and Chivchyan takes the second victory at the RDS GP stage of the 2022 season. Losev – second place.
These experienced drivers were accompanied on the podium by Leonid Schneider (Forward Auto). In the top 8, his opponent was Damir Idiyatulin (SINTEC FRESH AUTO DRIFT). The judges had to call an OMT race to determine the winner of this pair, and Damir lost in sensational fashion to the young Forward Auto driver. Failing to qualify for the semi-finals, Idiyatulin lost his lead in the individual competition – thanks to the victory in St. Petersburg, Chivchyan overtook him.
As a result, Forward Auto from Krasnoyarsk only strengthened its position in the team standings, thanks to the result of Schneider, who in the battle for third place was able to defeat the leader of FailCrew Darkseid Arkady Tsaregradtsev.
RDS GP-2022. “Igora Drive”. Personal account. Top 3:
1. Georgy Chivchyan (Auto Transfer)
2. Evgeny Losev (SINTEC FRESH AUTO DRIFT)
3. Leonid Schneider (En avant Auto)
RDS GP-2022. “Igora Drive”. Team rating. Top 3:
1. “Auto Transfer” – 408 points
2. SINTEC FRESH AUTO DRIFT – 332 points
3. FailCrew Darkseid – 236 points
Evgeny Losev and Leonid Schneider also did not remain without victories in St. Petersburg. The SINTEC FRESH AUTO DRIFT driver became the second this season, who obtained the best score of 100 points in qualifying. Before him, he was also a representative of SINTEC FRESH AUTO DRIFT – Damir Idiyatulin scored 100 points in qualifying at the first stage of the RDS GP-2022 at Moscow Raceway.
And Leonid Schneider won the unofficial competition for maximum speed on production. In the top 32, the Forward Auto driver skidded his car at a speed of 176 km/h and then managed to keep the car in the track – none of the rivals could outrun him.
RDS GP-2022. Personal ranking after five stages. Top 3:
1. Georgy Chivchyan (Forward Auto) – 938 points
2. Damir Idiyatulin (SINTEC FRESH AUTO DRIFT) – 921 points
3. Arkady Tsaregradtsev (“FailCrew Darkseid”) – 816 points
RDS GP-2022. Team classification after five stages. Top 3:
1. “Auto Transfer” – 1844 points
2. SINTEC FRESH AUTO DRIFT – 1666 points
3. “FailCrew Darkseid” – 1220 points
The stage of the GP RDS in St. Petersburg had a significant impact on the balance of power in the individual championship standings – the season leader changed, and Arkady Tsaregradtsev returned to the top three. The positions have changed, but the difference in points is so insignificant that everything can already change at the end of the next stage.
The sixth stage of the Russian Drift Series Grand Prix will take place on September 10-11 – the country’s main drifting competitions return to Moscow at the Moscow Raceway. This weekend of RDS GP promises to be particularly interesting, as participants are expecting a completely new track configuration.
Source : MatchTV
