I got a call last week to go over to Japan for the season opener event in Tokyo for the D1 GP.
After a long off season of not much of practice I saw this as a great opportunity to get some seat time.
I always wanted to visit Japan and see how a Drift competition would be over here. So to do it against the top guys over here is awesome.
Ueno is prepping a car for me as we speak. It’s going to be so hard, because first it is a right hand drive car and on top of that a car I never drew before.
So I don’t have to high expectations on myself for this one.
After breakfast we are heading out to his shop to get fitted in the car. Then tomorrow morning it will be an hour practice before the qualification.
I forgot my camera so unfortunately there will not be many pictures from my side.
Stay tune for more info from the qualification.
Samuel

Here is a short clip from the Super Drift demo in Chile 2 weeks ago. Check it out!

I just finished up a Drift Demo in Santiago, Chile. We were 6 FormulaD drivers that got the invitation from RPM Motorsports to come and do drift demos for 3 days. It was myself, Tanner Foust, Chris Forsberg, Robbie Nishida, Ruji Miki and Stefan Verdier. It was nice to get away from the competition mode and just have a blast with the other guys doing demos!
RPM Motorsports had made a great effort to put on a professional and good show. The track that they put up on a parking lot worked out great and it was a good turn out of people through out the weekend.
It was great to be back in the BFG/Royal Purple Drift Viper and to get back in the sideways mode. Not that I have not been going sideways in Spain, but it was great to be back in the real drift car.
The weather was awesome due to the summer season in Chile. But unfortunately I didn’t get to see much more then the race track and the hotel because of my quick 3 days visit there. So I hope to get a tour of the country side next time I’ll go there.
Now I’m back working on the movie in Spain for another few weeks before heading up to Sweden for the holidays.

Check back for more photos/videos later!