2021 Drift Masters European Championship: Round 4 Finals Highlights
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
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With the forecast rainstorms making way for blue skies and beaming sunshine, the Top 32 burst into action with some heavyweight battles. Andrius Vasiliauskas made an early exit in the Top 32 against Diogo Correia, whilst wins from James Deane, Marco Zakouril, Benediktas Cirba, Martin Richards, Johannes Hountondji, Jack Shanahan, Adam Zalewski, Piotr Wiecek and Juha Rintanen followed, almost as expected. Another Juha - this time Poytalaakso - found a return to form, eliminating Grzegorz Hypki to progress into the Top 16.
A stand-out battle from the Top 16 came in the form of Zakouril vs Cirba, which would go to an exciting One More Time decision before Cirba took the win. Red Bull Drift Brother Johannes Hountondji would also find his feet, removing Martin Richards from the competition in the Top 16 too, whilst a potentially great head-to-head between Jack Shanahan and Adam Zalewski was cut short following an accident on the Pole’s part, granting Jack the win.
In the Great 8, James Deane’s dominance would be tested by an on-form Korpulinski, clearly gelling well with his new S14 chassis. After a One More Time call from the judges, Deane would edge the win following a great chase run. Jack Shanahan, eager for battle, would find himself with the luck of the Irish on his side, as a retirement by Johannes Hountondji would be all it took to gift the young driver into the Final 4. Lithuanian fan-favourite Benediktas Cirba’s route to the Final 4 wouldn’t be quite so easy, but a hard-fought battle with Juha Poytalaakso would see him through as well.
All eyes would also be on Deane’s former Worthouse teammate, Piotr Wiecek, as he chased down a potential championship win at this event. In Wiecek’s Great 8 showdown with Finland’s Juha Rintanen, the Fin narrowly missing out following mistakes in both runs, propelling the Pole into the Final 4 against Jack Shanahan.
In the Final 4 between Deane and Cirba, heavy contact between the two would leave both cars damaged, with Dean’e E92 coming off worse on initial inspection. With a pause in play for both teams to attempt to repair the battered Eurofighters, all eyes turned to the other half of the bracket as Jack Shanahan took on the might of Wiecek. Two of the fastest drivers on the grid, they were well-matched, but still even Shanahan struggled to match Wiecek’s pace through turn two. Shanahan picked up the pace in his lead run, just pulling away from Wiecek and causing the points leader to shallow up his angle slightly to keep up. Still, Piotr’s dominating lead on the first run would be enough to book him a place in his fourth-successive final this year. Deane and Cirba’s battle would resume with two hugely exciting runs, but would come to a bitter end for Deane as a mechanical failure just a few metres short of the finish line relegated him to the play-offs.
The play-off for third place between Irish neighbours James Deane and Jack Shanahan would sadly not materialise, as both teams struggled to solve mechanical issues from their previous respective battles. It would be Deane that claimed the bottom step of the podium based on qualifying score alone.
All eyes would be on an explosive finale between Piotr Wiecek and Benediktas Cirba - both very popular drivers amongst the fans and in the paddock. As the lights went green, a familiar tale would play out in front of the Latvian crowd - Wiecek’s unmatchable pace through turns one and two that would be the nail in the coffin for Cirba. Despite the Lithuanian wringing every single horsepower out of his BMW to keep up, there was little he could do. Piotr Wiecek would take the win, his third out of four this season, and with it secure the 2021 Driftmasters European Championship.
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Imo, Piotr’s new Tire brand really HELPED him a lot. The grip that tire has is unbelievable.
What tyre is that if u know?
@@freddypauljoel7765 thats valino pergea 🤤🤤🤤
@@doorbanger5209 and valino is a......italian tire brand? Never known much about em. But yeah either his car has 1700 horsepower or the tires are just welded to the tarmac : p
@@jacobl6714 Valino it's from japan
y he has a good driving seat ! ^
Piotr is a madman, i love it
That top mounted exhaust is so sick🔥
This kind of sportsmanship is just exemplary
That Wort House S15 is a beast I remember HIm and James Deane in FD USA, Would love to see both of them in FD Japan.
They killed it.
that James deane vs Benediktascirba is so emotional, I feel so sad about james deane
Felt bad for Jd, but nice to see a new driver in finals.
Benedik is good but wouldn’t have beat James if his car didn’t shut down. Also was really looking forward to see James and candy man
man cirba is next level but ye james better but still nice chase and leed
You guys realize you DESTROY US FD. Love your tracks and camera angles especially drone fottage.
Im a fan of all these three men and im happy for them
Awesome show
Glad you enjoyed it
That's my dream 😍..the eye sees and the heart wants ❤️🌹🌺
Piotr has speed style look at that smoke damn
This heartbroken that James dean didn’t win full event his car let him down bad
Urta drift 👌
I was there :)
Congratulations
Only the European championship to have battles worthy of the Oscars
piotr's final lead run....wow!
SO SICK!
To think Wiecek had to switch car last minute....
keren pak..
, love it ❤️❤️❤️
there should be a hp limit
Where do I go to see the whole event i like see all of the drivers skill level
The link is in our description above 😁 win.gs/dmec-riga2021
i feel so bad for James man...
Hohohoho cool mec...
Feel so sad about james deane 😔 but top qualifier always had bad luck and that happen in Round 1 - 4
Ziaurus cirba
POLSKA GUROM
Frist
do not care