Sochi to host 2022 FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup

Positioned on the flit of the Sad Sea, Sochi Autodrom since 2015 has been the home of the Russian System 1 Huge Prix. The venue, known for its declare-of-the-paintings products and companies, is decided to welcome the field’s top drifter next summer season, becoming the first colossal prix circuit to host the FIA IDC.

Launched in 2017, the FIA IDC is the maiden FIA-sanctioned drifting competitors. The principle three editions gather been held in the non secular home of the sport – Japan, at the initiating at a non-everlasting venue in the Odaiba district of Tokyo, with the match transferring to the successfully-known Tsukuba Circuit for 2019.

The cup returned final twelve months below the stewardship of a brand modern promoter, Russian Perambulate with the circulate Series LLC, with its first European operating staged in the very coronary heart of the continent’s drifting scene, at Riga’s Biķernieki Sports Advanced.

In 2021, the pause role used to be clinched by the embellished Irish driver James Deane, who regardless of being Riga’s circuit specialist, used to be making his FIA IDC debut.

Competing on home soil, the younger and promising Nikolass Bertans performed runner-up, becoming the revelation of the 2021 version to the pride of the local crowd, while Ukraine’s Max Miller rounded out the podium.

VIADA Latvija, represented by Nikolass Bertans, Kristaps Bluss and Ivo Cirulis, triumphed in the modern-for-2021 FIA IDC Teams’ Classification.

Dmitri Dobrovolsky, CEO of Russian Perambulate with the circulate Series, the promoter of FIA IDC, stated: “We are very excited that the next Cup would perchance be held in Russia, at regarded as one of many RDS home tracks. Within the next FIA IDC season, we strive to stage a burly-scale world-class match with the strongest line-up ever. Sochi Autodrom provides a brilliant infrastructure for global occasions. It’s logistically convenient for both drivers and spectators. The high-velocity and technically advanced drifting configuration ensures sizzling struggle and spectacular competitors”.

Akira Iida, FIA Drifting Commission President, stated: “This twelve months intended a brand modern initiating for the FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup, with the appointment of a brand modern promoter and its first European venue. Subsequent twelve months, the competitors will steal one other step forward and I’m certain that having it stage at a world-class venue corresponding to the Sochi Autordom, will elevate the FIA IDC to modern heights.”