On the weekend, the Latvian drift season will likely be opened in Biķerniekos

Within the PRO class, a report variety of members will begin – 41 athletes from all three Baltic international locations. Kristaps Bluša should be talked about first, who, by the best way, plans to carry the complete Latvian Drift Championship, which is a superb reward for followers. Kristaps is the one Latvian athlete who has pushed within the prestigious FD sequence in America, and these would be the first begins of his American automobile in Latvia. Definitely, one among Kristaps’ greatest rivals will likely be, so to talk, his scholar Nikolas Bertāns, who will come to Latvia instantly from Spain, the place he participated within the Drift Masters 1st stage and the Volrace Gymkhana Masters competitors, the place he gained laurels by climbing to the highest step of the rostrum. We will even see Professional pilot Edgars Krogeris at first, who can be on the straight highway from the first stage of Drift Masters in Spain. The one query is whether or not he’ll drive the brand new automobile or the automobile he spent the 2023 drifting season with and which lately arrived dwelling from Oman. And, after all, we should point out Rolands Bērziņš, who’s already a two-time Latvian Professional drift champion; Kristians Burkov, who gained the stage of the Baltic Drift Championship per week earlier than; Alexander Vlasov, who’s the Semi Professional champion in 2023 and who will make his debut within the Professional class.

Latvians will likely be joined by robust Estonian and Lithuanian athletes, who will participate within the official qualifying phases of their championship. The fights will likely be filled with adrenaline, everybody desires to win.

The Semi Professional class additionally has a surprisingly giant variety of athletes at first, the Semi Professional will participate within the Baltic stage and the Latvian stage. Semi Professional will likely be made extra attention-grabbing by 10 rookies who’ve moved from Road class to Semi-Professional. Not solely will it make issues harder for present Semi-Professionals, however it can positively mess up the air. Each Latvian juniors – Daniels Baumanis, who’s the winner of the road class 2023, and Mārtiņš Immermanis – are coaching onerous for the Semi Professional class. We also needs to point out Kirils Malinovskis, who additionally made his Semi Professional debut and gained the very first stage of the Baltic Semi Professional. The debutants will, after all, be joined by the already recognized and robust Semi Professional athletes who additionally wish to combat for the championship title.