Solemn end of the summer Avtofiesty began the final stage of the international championship of Formula Drift. " 15 and 16 August at the Crocus Expo brought together the best drifters in Russia, as well as a special guest from the U.S. flew the famous American artist driven drifts Chris "Milano". Lasted 51 days in the festival came to an end, and circuit in which the pilots with a squeal and smoke allowed cars to skid at a speed of 150 km / h, again becomes a regular parking for visitors. V final stage of the championship was split into two days. By tradition, the first day was reserved for the tournament in the classroom PRO, but due to rainy weather on August 15 were carried out only training and qualification. A parade of participants and the final races were held on 16 August. It is noteworthy that last year's final round is also held on a wet track, but this season, "CT-Production" decided to do everything in mind: once the pilots to train on a dry track, and then fight for victory will be "the dry". The guest of honor Championship, Chris "Milano" shared his impressions of Russia's Drift: "I watched the workouts of your participants and was amazed at their skill level, which could not spoil even the rain and wet asphalt. Difficult to isolate the leaders, all pilots are well kept path and enter the drifts. But the more I was amazed to see a Russian female drifters. In America, of course, they also have, but here the participants go on a par with men! "American pros demonstrate their skills by making a couple of laps on the track at the Nissan Silvia S14 Semyon Alexeyev. Does anyone, let alone "Milano" knows well how to drift, he is constantly involved in the championship FORMULA D, thanks to an aggressive driving style and origin of his nickname "Mad Armenians." In addition, Chris is preparing vehicles for movies. Drift cars built under his leadership, we can see in the movies "Fast and the Furious 3" and "Fast and the Furious 4." Parade participants lasted about an hour. In the right lane Moscow ring road again met the now familiar tube due to wanting to watch the show free of charge. Although vigilant traffic police officers chased a parked car not following the rules, viewers with strikers no one touched. During the presentation, teams have been burned a few bottles of rubber in the sky Flying off a few clouds of colored smoke, steam engines began to boil from the heat, and the spectators enjoyed the parade slip several machines in a small space - it seemed that such stunts to perform more complicated than a circle drive zachetny on the highway. The configuration of the route was changed again, but this time dramatically: specifically for the finals starting gate steel finishing. The pilots had a good try not to fly over the cones and do not unfold in the public eye. But from the stands could see the fastest, easiest and effective moment of the race when the car is already overclocked and glides in the drift. In the class STREET-up phase V was won by Dmitry Strelchenko Nissan Silvia S15. More on skills he showed the best result, and this trend has not changed for the Finals. Second place went to Michael Hondaryan Toyota Mark II, he played for the team Ross Moto Racing Team. Bronze went to the representative team Shicana Drifteam Ruslan Suleymanov on rotor Mazda RX-7. In the qualifying races PRO class leader Nikita became the team Shikov Toy Sport. At its Toyota Altezza Nikita confidently went to the finals and semi-final showdown with difficulty pulled out a victory in St. Petersburg drifter Oleg Tsaplika of command Che Drift Team. Behind the back of Oleg's already a victory over Vladimir Fedorin on the Subaru Impreza WRX and the silver medalist of the 2008 season Ilia Kondratiev. Tsaplik and Shikov long shared the first place, there were several re-run, as a result of Oleg deployed, and the victory went to Nikita. Embossed with the first and second positions Tsaplik Oleg and Vladimir Ivanov met in the battle for third place which went to the Petersburg party. Rival Shykova became Eugene Kharitonov, his teammate Toy Sport, who managed to overtake the former motorcycle racer Vladimir Ivanov of the PRO Sport RCO. But their fight did not happen - the car Kharitonov could not resist high loads and is out of order, so Nikita was counted technical victory. The undisputed leader of the championship Formula Drift 2009 "in the classroom PRO Timothy Kosharnaya of command Che-Drift part in the V stage, did not accept. He had nothing to fear, because the gap in the number of points with the other participants was so great that at one stage it nobody would have caught up. He rightfully earned the title of champion. Second place in the season, took command of Nikita Shikov Toy Sport, and the silver went to Ilia Kondratiev from the team JZ-Brothers. As a result of the season championship Formula Drift.STREET-2009 "St. Petersburg was the pilot of the team Felix Chitipahovyan Miami Team. Second place went to Michael Khondkaryan the team RossMoto, and the third - Vitali Polishchuk from JZ-Brothers. Text: Olga Zabelkina. Photos: Olga Zabelkina.
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